Titans Begin Season With Second-Place Showing

Four players posted a top-seven finish as the UW-Oshkosh women's golf team placed second among three teams on Friday (Sept. 2) at the Oshkosh Country Club.

Ripon College boasted the top two individuals and won the meet with a four-player total of 371 strokes. UW-Oshkosh followed with a team score of 385, while St. Norbert College came in third with 393.

Ripon College's Amanda Peterson closed with 39 strokes on the back nine to mark a winning score of 87. Jenny Donohue of Ripon College placed second with 90 strokes, while Theresa Henke (So. • Wisconsin Rapids) of UW-Oshkosh finished third with 91 and Kathleen Geraghty of St. Norbert College fourth with 92. The course played to a par of 73.

UW-Oshkosh owned both fifth-place finishers as Sarah Sheldon (So. • Janesville) and Kim Sippl (Sr. • Omro) counted 93 strokes. The Titans' Taylor Wenzel (Fr. • Franklin) finished seventh with 96.

UW-Oshkosh also had Amanda Bingham (Jr. • Mukwonago) rank 10th with 98 strokes, Emily Mallek (Fr. • Plover) 13th with 103, Samantha Atkielski (Fr. • Pleasant Prairie) 15th with 107, Coree Georgenson (Jr. • Stevens Point) and Andrea Kirchenwitz (Fr. • Sheboygan) 16th with 108 and Lisa Breger (Fr. • Hortonville). 18th with 110. A total of 20 golfers took part in the Titans' season-opening event.

The Titans will host the UW-Oshkosh Invitational on Saturday and Sunday (Sept. 10-11) at Oshkosh Country Club.