USD Claims Fourth at the Summit League Championships – University of South Dakota Athletics

NEWTON, Kan. – The South Dakota girls’s golf staff shot its lowest spherical of the match on Tuesday and captured a fourth-place end on the Summit League Championships. The Coyotes shot a 307 as a staff within the remaining spherical and completed with a 924 three-round rating. USD had three people end within the high 20 on the Summit League Championships for the third time in program historical past and the second time within the Brett Bennett period. Senior Laerke Jensen positioned the best for the Coyotes individually.

Jensen closed out the match with a 6-over par 78 within the remaining spherical. She sank two birdies on the again 9, bringing her three-day whole to 6 birdies. Jensen’s three-round whole of 229 (77-74-78) tied her for seventeenth place individually in her remaining rounds as a Coyote.

Sophomore Danica Badura posted the bottom spherical for South Dakota on the ultimate day with a 3-over par 75. Badura sank two birdies on the day with two of these approaching the entrance 9. Her three-day whole of 230 (77-78-75) earned her a tie for nineteenth place individually to finish her sophomore marketing campaign.

Becoming a member of Badura in a tie for nineteenth place is freshman Paige Hoffman. Hoffman carded a 6-over par 78 in her third spherical. She sank three birdies on the day and led the staff with seven whole birdies within the match. She additionally averaged the fifth-best scoring common on par-four holes this week with a 4.13 stroke common. Hoffman compiled a complete rating of 230 (75-77-78) in her first Summit League Event look.

Senior Molly Fossen closed out the match along with her lowest rating of the three days. She recorded a 4-over par 76 within the remaining spherical and carded her lone birdie of the spherical on the par-four 14th gap. Fossen’s three-round rating of 235 (79-80-76) positioned her in a tie for twenty fifth place to cap off her senior season.

Senior Megan Munneke entered the lineup as a substitution on the ultimate day. Munneke sank a birdie on the entrance 9 and again 9 on her technique to a 6-over par 78 in her lone spherical on the Summit League Championships. Munneke is one in all 5 seniors on the Coyote roster this season.

As a staff, the Coyotes scored the fourth-most pars of the week with 147 and the fifth-most birdies with 28. South Dakota additionally averaged the fifth-best scoring common on each par-three holes and par-four holes and recorded the fourth-best scoring common on par-five holes.