Women's Golf | 4/26/2017 12:10:00 AM
Final Results
HORSESHOE BAY, Texas –
Junior
JOHANY RIVERA carded three birdies on her back nine Tuesday, to lead St. Edward's women's golf to a third-place finish at the Heartland Conference Championship.
St. Edward's (309-299-301=909) surpassed Rogers State (307-300-303=910) in the final round to move to third place. Dallas Baptist (291-304-293=888) took home the team title and St. Mary's (298-307-293=898) finished as runner-up.
HILLTOPPER NOTES
- After making four birdies in her first two rounds combined, Rivera carded five birdies in the final round.
- Rivera bogeyed her first hole of the day but responded with five birdies over the next 12 holes.
- Rivera improved her score in each of the three rounds.
- St. Edward's finished second in the tourney in Par-4 scoring with a 4.35 average.
- Senior JESSICA TAMEN (79-80-74=233) made the biggest jump of any Hilltopper, advancing eight spots to tie for 21st place.
QUOTE BOARD: HEAD COACH JENNIFER MCNEIL
"We played well today. The conditions got really difficult in the last few holes. I think we finished on three of the toughest holes on the course."
On the play of
JOHANY RIVERA:
"JoJo makes a lot of birdies. That is her bread and butter. When she is on, she can go really low. I expect that out of her week in and week out."
UP NEXT
The Hilltoppers will wait and see if they are selected to compete in next month's NCAA DII West Super Regional. St. Edward's was ranked sixth in last week's West region poll.
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TEAM & INDIVIDUAL RESULTS, HEARTLAND CONFERENCE CHAMP. (FINAL)
2 St. Edward's 301-284-296 = 881 (+17)
4 Rivera 76-75-69 = 219 (+3)
15 Livas 80-71-79 = 230 (+14)
T21 Benavides 77-77-79 = 233 (+17)
T21 Tamen 79-80-74 = 233 (+17)
T23 Morales 77-77-81 = 235 (+19)
