OKATIE, S.C. — For the second consecutive season, the Catawba College women's golf team bagged a runner-up finish at the Oldfield Intercollegiate hosted by USC Beaufort as tournament proceedings drew to a close on Tuesday afternoon.
The tournament was shortened from 54 to 36 holes as play was suspended due to weather on Monday morning; nonetheless, Catawba rose to the occasion with its first podium of the year using a 40-over-par 616. The blue and white outperformed South Atlantic Conference foe and 26th-ranked Carson Newman while trailing only No. 17 UIndy, the team champion at 603 (+27). Sydney Himes (Columbus State), Yunyi Luo (SCAD), and Caroline Whallon (UIndy) fired 149 shots (+5) to tie for first place.
RESULTS
T-4. Rachel Carlson (150, +6)
T-4. Mary-Paige King (150, +6)
T-23. Sara Kristinsdottir (155, +11)
T-43. Taya Buxton (162, +18)
T-53. Hannah Waddell (165, +21)
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Carlson began the opening round at four-under-par through 10 holes, leveling out to a 74 through 18 before laying down a 76 to close the tournament with her best finish of the year
- King was mostly the opposite, bouncing back from a first-round 77 with a two-birdie 73 – the second-best in the field – to wrap up the week with the second top-10 finish of her junior campaign
- Kristinsdottir climbed the ladder big-time, making a nine-shot improvement from Round 1 to Round 2 with a one-over 73 that featured four birdies and an under-par back nine
- Buxton turned a front-nine 41 into 39 in the second round, posting a final card of 82-80
- Waddell rounded out the lineup with an 81-84 scorecard and flipped No. 13 from a bogey to a birdie in the second 18
UP NEXT
The Catawba Indians occupy home course next week (Mar. 23-24) with the Patsy Rendleman Invitational at the Country Club at Salisbury.
