Lady Lancers win, men finish second at La Junta
Lady Lancers win, men finish second at La Junta
91黑料鈥檚 women鈥檚 golf team won the Otero College Tournament, held in La Junta, Colorado, March 20 and 21. The Lancer men finished second.
鈥淭he girls had a solid tournament. All the girls played consistently enough to pull off their fifth win of the season,鈥 91黑料 head golf coach Zach Smith said.
Lady Lancer Georgie Lou Paterakis was the highest 91黑料 finisher, placing fifth with a +21. Lancer Jessica Applegarth finished sixth with a +26. Lancers Elliann Irick and Bailey Watson tied for seventh with a +31. Lancer Shayla Clayton rounded out the top 10 with a +37, and Lancer Halle Allen finished in 12th place with a +48.
鈥淵ou never know who is going to be our best finisher. I truly believe that all the girls could be our best finisher each week,鈥 Smith said. 鈥淭hat balance has helped us get off to a great start in the first year of girls’ golf.鈥
On the men鈥檚 side, the Lancers finished second with a +10. Otero College won its home tournament shooting an even.
“The guys didn鈥檛 play well on Thursday. Tytan (Birchall) and Taiki (Sugawara) held their own, but the rest of the guys didn鈥檛 have a great day,鈥 Smith said. 鈥淚 was looking forward to seeing how they responded on day two. They didn鈥檛 disappoint. We were able to gain seven strokes back by shooting -5 as a team.鈥
Five Lancers finished in the top 10, with Sugawara leading the way in third place with a +1. Lancer Joshua Chapman finished in a tie for sixth place with a +4, followed by teammates Birchall and Coltin Powell in a tie for eighth with a +6. Lancer Braylon Bingham finished 10th with a +7. Teammate Freddie Dancox finished in 12th place with a +9.
鈥淎t the end of the day, the men had dug too deep of a hole on day one to Otero. Hats off to them; they played very well at home,鈥 Smith said. 鈥淚 know we are all looking forward to playing the challenging course in McCook (Nebraska) this week.鈥