ELKINS, W.Va. - The Wheeling University Cardinals Women's Golf Team finishes round two of the Mountain East Conference Women's Golf Championships. They jumped a spot in the rankings and currently sit in third place.
First, for the Cardinals, jumping two spots and sitting in fourth place is junior Sawyer Hobbs, who shot eight over par today. Hobbs had a great start to the day with a birdie on hole one. She then hit for par the next two holes before hitting a bogey on hole four. She proceeded to hit three more pars and two bogeys, finishing the front nine two over par. On the first three holes of the back nine, she went five over par, but she hit for par five of the last six holes, only picking up one more bogey on hole 14. She finished the back nine six over par.
Staying in the top ten and coming in ninth place is junior Tilly Jones, who shot 11 over par. Jones hit four bogeys on the front nine, then followed those up with a birdie on hole eight and hit for par the rest of the holes. She went three over on the front nine. Jones was only able to pick up three pars on holes 10, 14, and 16 of the back nine and ended up finishing eight over par.
In a tie for 14th place is junior Dorthea Evebo, who shot 17 over par in today's round. Evebo started with a double bogey, then she came back and picked up two straight pars. Evebo also hit a birdie on hole eight just like teammate Jones. Evebo completed the front nine, going six over par. On the back nine she was able to pick up two pars and had four bogeys. She finished the back nine, going 11 over par.
Once again rounding out the top four for the day and the tournament for the Cardinals is sophomore Ivana Alvarez, who shot 19 over par. She also had the most birdies on the Cardinals team today, with two. Alvarez had three pars on the front nine and three bogeys, finishing the front nine at ten over par. On the back nine she hit two birdies on holes 13 and 14 and finished nine over par.
The Cardinals will wrap up the MEC Women's Golf Championships tomorrow with a tee time of 9 a.m.
