RiverHawks Fourth at Tarleton Classic After Opening Round
GRANBURY, Texas – Northeastern State fired an opening round 304 to place fourth in the Tarleton State Classic at the par 72, 6,216 yard Harbor Lakes Golf Course, just eight- strokes off the lead.
Host Tarleton State leads the women’s tournament with a 296 total followed by Grand Canyon University by a stroke at 297 and Angelo State at 302. The RiverHawks are within striking distance at 304, just 8-strokes back.
The RiverHawks’ Kelsey Kirkpatrick fired a 74 two strokes over par for seventh place after the first round, four strokes back of tournament leader Georgina Dunn of Grand Canyon at 2-under 70. Northeastern State’s Whitney McAteer is 8th, after an opening round 75.
Team Scores: 1, Tarleton State 296. 2, Grand Canyon University 297. 3, Angelo State 302. 4, Northeastern State 304. 5, Midwestern State 305. 6, Central Oklahoma 310. 7, St. Edwards 311. 8, Cameron University 314. 9, West Texas A & M 315. 10, Western Washington 316. 11, Nebraska - Omaha 319. East Central 319. 13, Newman University 320, Texas A&M-Commerce 320. 15, Incarnate Word 323. 16, Dallas Baptist 325. 17, Northwood Texas 332. 18, Southwestern State 342.
Top individuals: 1, Georgina Dunn (Grand Canyon) 70. 2, Andrea Martires (Newman) 72, Raelyn Smith (Angelo State) 72. 4, Carla Cooper (Tarleton State) 73, Kendra Whittley (Midwestern) 73. Katy Ward (Tarleton State) 73.
Other Northeastern State scores: T 7 Kelsay Kirkpatrick 74,.T 12 Whitney McAteer 75.T 27 Shaunda Petree 77. T 35 Katie Miller 78. T 44 Liz Cagle 80.
