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.
\nThis was the team\u2019s lowest team score since November 2014 and the third-best score in team history.
\nSophomore Kristina Gutierrez headed into the tournament after being named to the LSC All-Academic and Honorable Mention teams.
\nGutierrez was the team leader after day one, shooting 6-over par.
\nHer day one score placed her at 23rd.
\nSophomore Madison Lake ended day one at 31st. Lake shot 9-over and tallied up 9 pars.
\nJunior 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.
\nFreshman Sarah Turnbo ended day one at 45th.
\nAt the end of day one, TAMUK was 35-over par.
\nDay two marked a turnaround for the Javelinas.
\nThree Javelinas would shave off points from their day one scores to improve the team\u2019s overall score.
\nNielson shot a career best 72. This score was the 6th best at the tournament and allowed her to shoot up to the 18th spot.
\nBut she wouldn\u2019t be the only Javelina to have a career day in Abilene.
\nThe other player to shoot her career best during tournament play was Willcoxon, who shot 4-over for a 75 on day two.
\nHer last day\u2019s performance was enough for her to jump to the 28th spot in the overall standings.
\nGutierrez finished one stroke over Willcoxon which was enough for her to claim 26th place.
\nShe shot a 78 on Tuesday that included 11 pars.
\nLake finished 16-over with a score of 158 to claim the 30th spot on the leaderboard.
\nHer 78 on Tuesday was 2 strokes better than her Monday score.
\nTurnbo\u2019s 50-over, 192 was enough for 44th place.
\nWest Texas A&M took the top spot in the LSC, besting the second place Texas A&M-Commerce by 20 strokes.
\nAngelo State received third place, shooting 32-over.
\nCameron and Midwestern State rounded out the top 5.
\nThe Javelinas will close out the spring season at the 2019 PGA Works Collegiate Golf Championships May 8 to 12 in Lucie, Fla. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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