April 30, 2016
Grove City finishes fourth at PAC Championships
GROVE CITY, Pa. -- The Grove City College women's golf team concluded the 2015-16 Presidents' Athletic Conference Women's Golf Championships in fourth place out of seven teams with a score of 1,687 strokes after posting a 36-hole total of 845 at the 2016 PAC Spring Championships on Friday and Saturday at the Grove City Country Club.
The 2015-16 PAC Championships feature a 72-hole stroke play event, with 36 holes contested at the Fall Championships and another 36 holes played at the Spring Championships. The combined 72-hole team total will determine the 2015-16 PAC team champions and winners of the league's men's and women's automatic qualifying bids to the 2016 NCAA Division III Championships.
Sophomore Carolyn Jack (Wexford, Pa./North Allegheny) shot a 209 over the two spring rounds to lead Grove City, shooting a 98 on Friday before posting a 111 on Saturday. Freshman Ashley Winters (Toms River, N.J./Toms River North) was second among the Wolverines in the spring with a 36-hole score of 211 (105-106) while senior Rebecca Shakely (Butler, Pa./Butler) recorded a 213 (100-103) in the final tournament of her collegiate career. Junior Leah Wilson (Solon, Ohio/Solon) and freshman Molly Arendt (Coldwater, Mich./Hillsdale Academy) rounded out Grove City's scores with a 216 (110-106) and 221 (112-109), respectively.
For the tournament, Jack finished 17th overall out of 28 golfers with a 72-hole total of 408. Shakely was 19th with a 429 while Arendt and Winters were 20th (436) and 21st (437).
Washington and Jefferson won the team title for the second year in a row with a 72-hole score of 1,417 strokes. Thomas More was second with 1,525 while Saint Vincent finished third with 1,539. W&J's Jocelyn Sudar earned PAC Player of the Year laurels with a four-round score of 334, edging Waynesburg's Abbey Richards' mark of 338.
Grove City loses Shakely and Katie Birmingham (Grove City, Pa./Grove City) to graduation.
GROVE CITY SCORECARD |
Spring Total | 72-Hole Total |
Carolyn Jack (So., Wexford, Pa./North Allegheny) | 98-111 209 | 97-102-98-111 408 |
Rebecca Shakely (Sr., Butler, Pa./Butler) | 100-113 213 | 108-108-100-113 429 |
Ashley Winters (Fr., Toms River, N.J./Toms River North) | 105-106 211 | 112-114-105-106 437 |
Leah Wilson (Jr., Solon, Ohio/Solon) | 110-106 216 | DNP in Fall |
Molly Arendt (Fr., Coldwater, Mich./Hillsdale Academy) | 112-109 221 | 110-105-112-109 436 |
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