Titans Finish Sixth In Own Invitational

Mary Welch sunk a hole-in-one during her final-round 72 as UW-Stevens Point won the UW-Oshkosh Women's Golf Invitational held Saturday and Sunday (Sept. 10-11) at Oshkosh Country Club.

The Pointers captured the 36-hole tournament with 667 strokes, 83 over par. Carroll University finished second with 669 strokes, while Carthage College place third with 673, UW-Whitewater fourth with 675 and UW-Platteville fifth with 724. UW-Oshkosh finished fifth in the eight-team event with 727 strokes.

Welch went under par by one stroke during her final 18 holes to take individual honors with a score of 153. Her ace from the par three, 14th tee proved to be the winning margin.

Carthage’s Erin Holst earned second with a total of 155 (9 over par), as UW-Whitewater’s Nicole Westcott took third at 161. Fourth place went to Carthage’s Taylor McAdams (164), while fifth (166) was shared by UW-Platteville’s Ellyn Subak and Carroll’s Erin Sullivan. Sullivan also hit the jackpot on the 14th hole, recording a hole-in-one.

Kim Sippl (Sr. • Omro), who posted an 84 on Saturday, took 19th place to lead UW-Oshkosh. The Titans also received a 27th-place score of 179 from Sarah Sheldon (So. • Janesville), a 33rd-place standing (185) from Theresa Henke (So. • Wisconsin Rapids), a 39th-place total of 189 from Andrea Kirchenwitz (Fr. • Sheboygan) and a 48th-place mark of 209 by Coree Georgenson (Jr. • Stevens Point).

A total of 55 players competed in the event, which was played on a par-73 course that measured 5,845 yards.

UW-Oshkosh travels to Berlin next weekend to compete at the Ripon College Invitational. The event begins Saturday (Sept. 17) and concludes on Sunday (Sept. 18) at the Mascoutin Country Club.