By Ranger Athletic Department
The season came to a close Tuesday afternoon on the golf course for the Northwestern Oklahoma State University men’s and women’s golf teams with the conclusion of the 2019 Great American Conference Championships, held at Hot Springs Country Club.
The Northwestern women improved a spot from a season ago as they shot a three-round total of 1010, one shot better than Arkansas-Monticello.
Brittani Casement followed up a quality showing Monday in the opening two rounds with a 78 on the final 18 holes to finish the event with a three-round total of 236 (77-81-78), 18 strokes better than her scoring in the 2018 GAC Championship.
Casement finished the tournament tied for 15th.
Playing consistent golf as the tournament went along, Nikkole Donk logged a final round of 83 to finish the event with a 249 (82-84-83) and a 34th place finish.
Rylie Eller (84-93-86) bounced back from a setback in round two to shoot an 86 in round three to finish No. 38.
With back-to-back rounds of 91 in the second and third rounds, Cassidy Pettigrew finished in the No. 40 spot in the tournament with a total tally of 268, and Ashley Watts rounded out the event with a 272 (92-87-93).
The men’s season came to an end Tuesday with better scores being posted than in the first two rounds of the tournament.
Four of the five Ranger golfer competing at the GAC Championships improved their scorers from day one to day two.
Preston Ewing was the top finisher for the Ranger men with a 233 total when followed up an 81-77 opening day with a 75 in the third round.
Tyler Berryhill finished two spots behind Ewing on the leaderboard with a 36th place finish with a total score of 234 (78-79-77), and Parker Rehorn wasn’t far behind with a 236 (75-79-82).
Colten Person improved his score nine strokes between the final two rounds as he posted a 76 on Tuesday to finish with a 244 (83-85-76) total, and Collin Stork added a total of 257 (93-83-81).
Arkansas Tech swept the championships in 2019 as both the Wonder Boys and Golden Suns won the team titles, while Andre Jacobs was the men’s individual champion and Allie Weiner won the women’s championship.
The ATU women have now won five consecutive GAC Championships.