April 17, 2012

Cowgirls Finish In Seventh At ASC Championships

LUFKIN, Texas — Hardin-Simmons' women's golf team improved 35 shots from the first to second rounds to finish in seventh place at the American Southwest Conference Championships on Tuesday afternoon at the Crown Colony Golf Course in Lufkin.

Ragan Foos shot a round of 96, which was the best round for a Cowgirl in the tournament. She had a 112 on Monday and finished with a two-day 208.

Traci Tschirhart had the best two-round total for the Cowgirls with a 103-102-205. Kacy Bartlett had rounds of 111 and 105 for a 216 total and Stephanie Jones shot 115-103 for a 218 total.

Mary Hardin-Baylor won its ninth ASC women's golf title with a 340-346-686. They best Texas-Tyler by 31 shots. UMHB freshman Taylor O'Rear shot 80-81-161 to win the medalist race by 10 shots over teammate Sara Eckert.

The tournament concluded the Cowgirls season and all four players are sophomores or freshmen and should return for next year.

7 Hardin-Simmons

441

406

847

27 Traci Tschirhart

103

102

205

28 Ragan Foos

112

96

208

T 30 Kacy Bartlett

111

105

216

32 Stephanie Jones

115

103

218

 

Team

1

2

Total

1 Mary Hardin-Baylor

340

346

686

2 Texas-Tyler

361

356

717

3 Schreiner University

352

377

729

4 Concordia U (TX)

364

366

730

5 McMurry

400

398

798

6 Texas Lutheran

409

393

802

7 Hardin-Simmons

441

406

847

8 Texas-Dallas

466

466

932

 

Top 10 Individuals

School

1

2

Total

1 Taylor O'Rear

UMHB

80

81

161

2 Sara Eckert

UMHB

85

86

171

3 *Candice Nishimura

LETU

87

87

174

Danica Weddle

UTT

87

87

174

5 Katie Crawford

UTT

83

92

175

6 Kristen Cain

UMHB

91

86

177

7 Blair Allen

CTX

90

88

178

Kelly Gonyea

UMHB

84

94

178

Gabby Rosales

SCH

86

92

178

10 Sarah Stillwell

SCH

85

94

179