Jackets Slip One Spot at Lady Buffalo Invite (4/4/06)
AMARILLO, TX – Under windy
conditions, the Montana State-Billings women’s golf team
slipped one spot to ninth in the team competition
shooting a 36-hole combined 759 at the Lady Buffalo
Invitational held in Amarillo, Texas April 3 and 4.
Western New Mexico continued to
dominate the team competition to take top honors with
rounds of 311 and 320 for a combined 631. Central
Oklahoma shaved eight-strokes off their first round
total to hold the second spot with a 648 (328, 320).
Tarleton State rounded out the third spot carding rounds
of 336 and 330 for a 666. The host team West Texas A&M
shot a 332 and 341 (673) which was good enough for
fourth.
It came down to a play-off to
determine the winner of the Invite. Western New
Mexico’s Katharine Dorris and Central Oklahoma’s Ashley
Kelley played an extra hole to determine the champion.
Kelley prevailed with both golfers carding a two-round
total 152. Third place belonged to Emily Kirk, also of
Central Oklahoma. Kirk shot rounds of 76 and 79 for a
155. The Lady Jackets were paced by Halley Montalban
(So., Billings, MT) who shot to 23rd place.
Montalban had rounds of 86 and 89 for a combined 175.
No golfer at the invite was able to shoot better than
two-over par at the par-72 Tascosa Country Club golf
course.
The Lady Jackets head to Chico,
California April 10-11 to compete in their final
invitational leading up to the Heartland Conference
Championships that will be hosted by Oklahoma Panhandle
State in Amarillo, Texas April 17 and 18.
Team Standings
1.Western New Mexico – 311, 320 – 631; 2.
Central Oklahoma – 328, 320 – 648; 3. Tarleton State –
336, 330 – 666; 4. West Texas A&M – 332, 341 – 673; 5.
Texas A&M-Commerce – 337, 360 – 697; 6. Cameron
University – 348, 355 – 703; 7. SW Oklahoma – 357, 362 –
719; 8. Nebraska-Kearney – 377, 359 – 736; 9.
MSU Billings – 374, 385 – 759; 10. Oklahoma Panhandle –
415, 404 – 819
Top Five Individuals School Scores
1. Ashley Kelley Central
Okla. 78 – 74 – 152
2. Katharine Dorris W. New
Mexico 76 – 76 – 152
3. Emily Kirk Central
Okla. 76 – 79 – 155
4. Kim Cammer W. New
Mexico 79 – 78 – 157
Tina
Bickford W. New Mexico 75 –
82 – 157
MSU Billings Standings
23. Halley Montalban – 86 – 89 – 170
T48. Karrie Brack – 94 – 99 – 193
T51. Jessica Boyer – 98 – 98 – 196
53. Nicole Salsbery – 96 – 101 – 197
54. Emily Maag – 102 – 99 – 201 |
