Gard ties for 19th, Bearcats 11th
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. — The Northwest women’s golf team placed 11th at the Holiday Inn Express Classic Monday afternoon, hosted by Missouri Western at the St. Joseph Country Club.
After shooting a team 338 on day one Sunday, the Bearcats shot a 346 on Monday to finish 11th out of 15 teams.
Arkansas Tech won the event, beating out MIAA member Central Oklahoma by just one stroke, 619-620.
Tech’s Rebecka Surtevall won the individual championship, shooting a two-day total of 151. Northwest got back-to-back rounds of 81 from senior Taylor Gard, who tied for 19th overall in a field of 75 golfers.
Senior Ashley Powers tied for 42nd (171), junior Brooke Byland tied for 48th (176), sophomore Taylor Gardner tied for 50th (177) and freshman Maddie Propst rounded out the Bearcats’ scorers, tying for 60th (181).
Up next, the Bearcats head to the two-day Nebraska-Kearney Invitational beginning Monday, March 30.
