The Holy Cross College women’s golf team finished its season Tuesday afternoon as it participated in the CCAC Conference Championship.
The CCAC Championship was played in Silvis, Illinois, at the TPC Deere Run course, which will host the PGA Tour’s John Deere Classic this July. Here, the Saints would try to win the conference and an automatic bid to the NAIA Championships.
The Saints had strong play from both sophomore Sierra Benge and junior Annika Johnson on day one. Benge finished the day in fourth with 89 strokes, putting her 18 above the courses par of 71. Johnson ended the first day in 11th, shooting a 94 (+23).
Freshman Kianna Sharp finished in triple digits, ending the day with a score of 106 (+35). Freshman Summer Bonnar finished with a 114 (+43), which put her in 32nd in the field of 37.
Junior Neva Longhofer did not have a reported score and was listed with a “W.” Her score was also not listed on the Holy Cross Athletics website. Her official finish on day one was tied for 36th.
Overall, the Saints finished with a combined score of 403, which put them in seventh overall, two shots behind Olivet Nazarene University.
On day two, Benge improved her game by three strokes (+15), though she fell from fourth to sixth despite the improvement. It was Johnson who had the most significant improvement, as she shot an 87 (+16), knocking off seven strokes. Her day two performance was good enough to move her into a three-way tie for eighth overall.
Both Sharp and Bonnar improved by two strokes, finishing with totals of 104 (+33) and 112 (+41), respectively. The improvement did not impact their final place in the standings, however.
Longhofer, who again did not have a reported score on the second day, moved into a tie for 35th when one of the Trinity Christian players had a DNF.
Overall, the team improved by a total of 14 strokes, finishing the second outing with a score of 389 for a team two-day total of 792.
The Saints did move up a spot when Saint Francis University was unable to finish its second day and, as a result, received a DNF for the tournament, which dropped it five spots into seventh.
The champion, finishing with a total score of 731, was Saint Xavier University.
The sixth-place finish ends Saint’s tumultuous season, which was unexpectedly and permanently altered by the sudden and unexpected resignation of head coach T.J. Mannen. The team will look to improve next year after athletic director Tom Robbins pledged to support the team more following Mannen’s departure.
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