Men’s gold does well, women’s struggle

By OAKLEE FIELDER

Two golf tournaments for each team went by for the golf teams with two in Edmond hosted by UCO, the other for the women in Kearny, Nebraska, and the other for the men in Joplin, Missouri.

The men competed in the Skip Wagnon Invitational on Oct 5-6 and the MSSU Men’s Fall Invite on Monday and Tuesday. They finished 8^th in Edmond and 3^rd in Joplin.

The men’s final score in the Skip Wagnon Invitational was -13, two over Missouri Western and two under Oklahoma Christian’s B team.

Mathieu Zerwin finished tied for 3^rd with a score of -12. Jack Collingswood finished tied for 15^th with a score of -7. Further back in the field were Pierce Geminden, Chris Xiao and Zac Farmer.

Geminden and Xiao finished tied for 71^st with scores of +7. Farmer finished tied for 76^th with a score of +8.

10 days later, the men were in Joplin for the MSSU Men’s Fall Invite where they finished 3^rd with a total score of -4.

Zerwin and Geminden had great games as they both finished tied for 5^th with scores of -3. The rest of the men also had good games, as no Ranger finished more than six over par.

Xiao finished 14^th with a score of +2. Collingswood finished tied for 15^th with a score of +3. Farmer finished tied for 24^th with a score of +6.

Back in time and back in Edmond, the Lady Rangers were in the Grace Shin Invitational on Oct 5-6. They finished 19^th out of 21 teams with a score of +86.

Veronica Rodriguez was the top Lady Ranger in 61^st. She had a score of +15. Heather Hunkele finished tied for 84^th with a score of +22. Amanda Lane finished tied for 87^th with a score of +23. Olivia Platow and Kelsey Hoy-Pollard finished tied for 104^th with scored of +29.

Five days later, the Lady Rangers were in Nebraska for the UNK Central Regional Preview. They finished in 19^th out of 21 with a score of +136.

Rodriguez finished the top Lady Ranger again as she finished tied for 55^th with a score of +21. Lane was further back in the field as she finished tied for 88^th with a score of +33. Hunkele finished tied for 95^th with a score of +39 and Hoy-Pollard finished 98^th with a score of +44. Ava Borne finished 104^th with a score of +60.

The final tournament of the season will be on Monday and Tuesday in Broken Arrow for the Tulsa Cup, hosted by Rogers State.