Final Results
GLEN ROSE, Texas – The University of Mary Hardin-Baylor women's golf team improved by 14 strokes on the second day as the Cru pulled away late to win the team title at the Lady Crusader Invitational Tuesday in Glen Rose. The UMHB women have now won back-to-back tournaments to open the season.
UMHB fired a tournament low final round 305 to finish at 319-305=624 to win by seven shots over East Texas Baptist's 319-312=631. Hardin-Simmons University finished in third place at 337-338=675. Howard Payne University also played three individuals in the tournament.
The Cru's
Sarah Kmiecik ran away with individual medalist honors to earn her first collegiate tournament win. Kmiecik fired a 73-71=144 to finish at even-par and won by nine strokes over UMHB teammate
Sydney McConnell's second-place total of 78-75=153. Kmiecik's 71 ties the sixth-best single round in program history and her 36-hole total of 144 is tied for third-best in the history of UMHB women's golf.
Jo Tiger carded a 78-78=156 to finish fifth for the Cru,
Annie Hasselbach took sixth place with an 83-74=157,
Lily Self's 80-78=158 was good for seventh place,
Leah Tyner posted an 80-83=163 for tenth place,
Zoe Kelton finished 11
th after recording an 81-83=164 and
Jade Ming finished 15
th after shooting 83-86=169 for UMHB.
The two-day, 36-hole event was played on a par-72, 5,846-yard layout on the Comanche Lakes course at Squaw Valley Golf Course in Glen Rose. The UMHB women will return to action with the ETBU Invitational. That tournament will be played at The Tempest Golf Club in Gladewater on October 12-13
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