YellowJackets take 6th at Lady Crusader Spring Invitational

SALADO, Texas – The LeTourneau University women's golf team placed sixth during Monday's 36-hole University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Lady Cru Spring Invitational at Mill Creek Golf Course.

 

The YellowJackets finished the opening round with a 386 and a second round for 370 for a two-round total of 756 to take sixth. Western Texas Community College won the event with a 654. Redland Community College was second with a 670, followed by Lubbock Christian (690), McMurry (734) and host Mary Hardin-Baylor (738). Oklahoma Baptist (773) finished seventh, UT-Dallas (844), eighth and Concordia-Texas rounded out the field with a 947.

 

Leslie Lee paced LeTourneau by finishing tied for eighth with an 89-83 for 172. Candice Nishimura was tied for 22 ^nd with an 98-87 for 185. Melissa Freeman took 34 ^th with a 96-101 for 197, while Elizabeth Zapata placed 37 ^th with a 104-99 for 203. Kristen Baskin rounded out the scoring by taking 39 ^th with a 103-102 for 205.

 

Redlands' Jessica Schiele won the event with a 76-76 for 152.

 

LeTourneau returns to the links 9:00 a.m., Monday, March 1 at the Eagles Bluff Golf Course in the Tyler Junior College Spring Invitational.