CORPUS CHRISTI – Linnea Olsson finished third at the Islanders Collegiate Invitational as the East Texas A&M University women's golf team placed fifth among 11 teams at the Corpus Christi Country Club.
Olsson (Beddingestrand, Sweden) carded her first top five performance as a Lion, totaling a score of 224 (72-71-81) in the three-round tournament. She came into the day being tied for the lead. A&M-Corpus Christi's Elsa Tornvall won the individual medal on her home course by two strokes over HCU's Alyssa Stewart.
"A couple bright spots from the week is Linnea's top-3 finish as well as a few things around the greens clicking a bit more than the last tournament," said director of golf
Brian Dolehide.
"We've got a few weeks to string everything together with our ball striking and short game coming into HCU early March!"
In the team leaderboard, HCU edged out UTRGV by four strokes to take the team title. The Huskies shot 902 as a team, while the Lions totaled a score 934 to finish in fifth, 13 strokes back of Blinn College.
Marie Baertz (Luxembourg) posted a score of 233 (77-77-79) to tie for 20
th place, then
Marie Naeher (Neuenbuerg, Germany) placed in a tie for 31
st place with a score of 239 (75-84-80).
To round out the Lions,
Tais Moreno (Santa Cruz, Bolivia) finished 33
rd with a score of 240 (77-80-83), while Gimmena Errecart (Mar Del Plata, Argentina) shot a 256 (88-82-86) for 53
rd place.
UP NEXT
The Lions are off the next two weeks and back in action at the Riverbend Intercollegiate in Sugar Land on March 9-10.
| Pos. |
Team |
Round 1 |
Round 2 |
Round 3 |
Total |
| 1 |
HCU |
299 |
297 |
306 |
902 |
| 2 |
UTRGV |
295 |
294 |
317 |
906 |
| 3 |
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi |
292 |
306 |
320 |
918 |
| 4 |
Blinn College |
300 |
309 |
312 |
921 |
| 5 |
EAST TEXAS A&M |
301 |
310 |
323 |
934 |
| 6 |
Lamar |
310 |
324 |
316 |
950 |
| 7 |
New Mexico JC |
316 |
321 |
319 |
956 |
| 8 |
Weatherford College 958 |
316 |
322 |
|
320 |
| 9 |
McLennan CC |
324 |
318 |
344 |
986 |
| 10 |
Valparaiso |
332 |
332 |
338 |
1002 |
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