The Javelina golf team shot a 19-over, 303 last Tuesday in Abilene to move into seventh place overall at the Lone Star conference tournament.
This was the team’s lowest team score since November 2014 and the third-best score in team history.
Sophomore Kristina Gutierrez headed into the tournament after being named to the LSC All-Academic and Honorable Mention teams.
Gutierrez was the team leader after day one, shooting 6-over par.
Her day one score placed her at 23rd.
Sophomore Madison Lake ended day one at 31st. Lake shot 9-over and tallied up 9 pars.
Junior Rachelle Nielsen and sophomore Abigail Willcoxon were tied for a share of 33rd after ending the first day of play with a 10-over 81.
Freshman Sarah Turnbo ended day one at 45th.
At the end of day one, TAMUK was 35-over par.
Day two marked a turnaround for the Javelinas.
Three Javelinas would shave off points from their day one scores to improve the team’s overall score.
Nielson shot a career best 72. This score was the 6th best at the tournament and allowed her to shoot up to the 18th spot.
But she wouldn’t be the only Javelina to have a career day in Abilene.
The other player to shoot her career best during tournament play was Willcoxon, who shot 4-over for a 75 on day two.
Her last day’s performance was enough for her to jump to the 28th spot in the overall standings.
Gutierrez finished one stroke over Willcoxon which was enough for her to claim 26th place.
She shot a 78 on Tuesday that included 11 pars.
Lake finished 16-over with a score of 158 to claim the 30th spot on the leaderboard.
Her 78 on Tuesday was 2 strokes better than her Monday score.
Turnbo’s 50-over, 192 was enough for 44th place.
West Texas A&M took the top spot in the LSC, besting the second place Texas A&M-Commerce by 20 strokes.
Angelo State received third place, shooting 32-over.
Cameron and Midwestern State rounded out the top 5.
The Javelinas will close out the spring season at the 2019 PGA Works Collegiate Golf Championships May 8 to 12 in Lucie, Fla.
