By FHSU SPORTS INFORMATION
BROOMFIELD, Colo. – The Fort Hays State women’s golf team tied for 10th at the season-opening Swan Memorial this weekend (Sept. 8-9) at the Broadlands Golf Course. The par-72, 5,996-yard course played tough all week, with the field stroke average coming in at 87.8 after three rounds of competition.
The Tigers turned in a 314 for the first round and then the team had 330 strokes during the second round on day one. The team was able to shave 7 strokes off that second round score in Saturday’s round three. FHSU finished the 14-team tournament with a 54-hole total of 967, tying for 10th place with Bellevue.
The reigning MIAA Player of the Year, Morgan Brasser, finished top 5 in the 86-player field. Brasser opened her senior year off by tying the school record with a 3-under 69 thanks to five birdies and a hole-in-one. Brasser finished with 10 birdies on the weekend and fired rounds of 72, 3-under 69 and then 3-over 75, tying for fourth in the tournament and going even on the weekend.
Corbyn Marquess made her debut with the Tigers and tied for 49th after scores of 77, 82 and 85. Marquess also notched 29 pars along with two birdies. Ella Neuhausershot 83, 86, and 82 and was able to sink four birdies during the weekend. Shauna Lee fired rounds of 82, 93 and 81 to finish 69th. Hayden York tallied a birdie in round one, but then had to withdraw after the first round.
West Texas A&M captured the team title by going 37 strokes over CSU Pueblo with a team-total of 10-over 864. Kylie Severin of CSU-Pueblo won the individual title by one stroke at 3-under.
The Tigers will return to the course in two weeks (Sept. 25-26) to compete at the Regional Preview at Hillcrest Country Club in Bartlesville, Okla.