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Women’s Golf Has Historic Day At The GLIAC Championships
Posted: Apr 23, 2022

Women’s Golf Has Historic Day At The GLIAC Championships

Results Results

OVERVIEW – GLIAC CHAMPIONSHIPS (STROKE PLAY/SEMIFINALS)
LOCATION: Augusta, Mich. – Stonehedge Golf Club (Par 72 – 5,829 yards)
RECAP: Women's Golf has a historic day at the GLIAC Championships, setting a school-record for a team score before earning its first trip to the championship finals Saturday (April 23).

INSIDE THE EVENT (STROKE PLAY)

  • Northwood shot team scores of 303 and 295 to finish at 598 overall, good for second place.
  • Grand Valley State was the leader after 36 holes of stroke play at 587 (298-289), with Wayne State (304-305=609) and Saginaw Valley (313-306=619) rounding out the top four.
  • SVSU (594) and Wayne State (595) were edge out of a spot in the final four by Northwood.
  • A total of nine teams took part in the championship.

TOP NU PERFORMERS

  • Ines Dorado: 74-73=147 – tied for third overall
  • Sydni Harding: 72-75=147 – tied for third
  • Morgan Colby: 76-73=149 – sixth place
  • A total of 44 players competed in the tournament

NORTHWOOD NOTES

  • Northwood set a pair of school records in the stroke play portion of the tournament – 18 hole team score (295) and 36-hole team score (598). The old records were 299 and 607, both set in 2019 at the Music City Invitational

INSIDE THE EVENT (MEDAL MATCH PLAY SEMIFINALS)

  • The format of the event takes the top-four teams after 36-holes of stroke play and advances them to the medal match play semifinal round.
  • Medal match play consists of the five individual players each team's lineup facing off in one-on-one matches. First team to win three matches takes the overall victory.
  • No. 2 Northwood took on third-seeded Wayne State in the semifinals
  • WSU was the better team in the early matches, winning the first two matches out for the day. NU's Ines Dorado and Tyler Kautz shot rounds of 75 and 81, respectively in those contests.
  • Northwood picked up a vital one-stroke win in the third slot thanks to Morgan Colby, who carded an 81.
  • The Timberwolves controlled the final two matches of the day, as Sydni Harding (71) won by five shots and Sufna Gill (77) earned a victory by four shots.

NORTHWOOD NOTES

  • This is the first time Northwood has advanced to the finals of the GLIAC Tournament. NU had advanced to the semifinals in each of the last two years but had lost each time.
  • Gill's 77 in the semifinals is the low round of her career at Northwood.

UP NEXT

  • Northwood will face top-seeded Grand Valley State in the finals. GVSU defeated Saginaw Valley 5-0 in the other semifinal. The finals will begin at 8 a.m.