By RANGERS ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT
Women’s Golf
The Northwestern Oklahoma State women’s golf team finished up both rounds during the opening day of competition in the RSU Hillcat Classic at Bailey Ranch Golf Club in Owasso.
The Rangers struggled throughout the day with team totals of 356 and 354, placing them in 10th place. St. Edwards University blitzed the field by nearly 20 strokes and will hold the overnight lead with a total of 589.
Brittani Casement, a sophomore, led the way for Northwestern finishing in 50th place with a two-round total of 174. Kelsi Wilson, a junior, was next up on the leaderboard with a total of 178.
Halle Ward, a freshman, saw major improvement during her second round with an 83 after a first round 96, placing her in 54th place with a total of 179. Olivia Brock and Kennedy Jewell finished up the squad with totals of 183 and 189.
Men’s Golf
On March 13 the Northwestern Oklahoma State men’s golf team opened up the 2017 Dave Falconer Classic with a team total of 314.
The 314 puts the Rangers in 15th place in a field that featured all but one Great American Conference foe as well as multiple regionally ranked teams. Tiffin University and Cameron University finish round one tied for the team lead with 296, while Ryan Dyck fired a 69 to hold the overnight individual lead.
The Rangers were paced by a pair of experienced Northwestern athletes in Cole Ward and Drew Sims, who shot rounds of 75 and 78 respectively. Ward’s round of 75 places him in a tie for 21st place while the 78 from Sims puts him in a tie for 46th.
The other two countable scores were shot by a pair of Ranger freshman, Parker Rehorn and Cody Hixon, who finished one stroke apart with rounds of 80 and 81. Clayton Davison, a junior, rounded out the travelling team with an 87.
The Dave Falconer Classic is an annual tournament that invites some of the top teams throughout the region with this year’s first round proving difficult for even the conference’s best. Cold, breezy conditions at Chamberlyne Country Club kept low-scoring to a minimum as the Rangers find themselves with-in striking distance of multiple conference foe’s and just 16 strokes behind the leading team from the GAC in Henderson State.