Another weekend, another win for the golf team
By Marissa Cianchetti
Another weekend, another golf tournament,and another win for both Centre College golf teams. It seems as if the men’s and women’s teams are off to a pretty good start. When the rankings come ou, the women’s team is hoping to be in the top50 in the nation. The men hopefully will break the top 30. In the past three years, both teams have come so far and all of us are excited to see where we can go.
This past weekend the women’s team was at Hanover College in Madison, Ind. (For complete results of the tournament, click here.) The first day of the tournament was a struggle. No one played as well as they expected, and most of us were very frustrated. However, Scott Bolin, our assistant coach, kept us positive and after a pep talk we were ready for the next day.
On the second day the women’s team did not use a score over 89. Katie McKenna carded a 79, both Melanie Goff and Paige Burton had 85’s and Sarah Fisher and I had 89s. Our individual, Lindsay Maurer, shot 92. Our total for the second day was a 338, which is very good for Division III golf. We beat the second place team by 22 strokes and the third place team by about 40.
I cannot explain how excited I am about how far we have come since last year, and none of us could say we played our best with those scores we carded on the second day. Next weekend we are playing in the DePauw Small School Classic. DePauw is ranked second in Division III golf. We are hoping to give them a run for their money.
The Centre men’s team had a successful weekend as well. They won the Anderson University Fall Invitational at Anderson, Ind. The men came out strong with a 293 to lead the tournament and were closely followed by their second team, who shot 297. The men then held on in the final round to outlast conference foe Depauw University. The first team fired a final round of 301 and the second team fired a final round 303 to finish first and second respectively.
The men were led by Tyler Griffith with a one-over score of 145 (68-77) and Chris Morris also with a one-over 145 (72-73). Griffith went on to birdie the first playoff hole to win individual honors. The men will return to action next weekend in Springfield, Ohio at the Wittenberg Invitational, as they look to start the season with a fourth win in a row.
