COLUMBUS, OHIO - The Wheeling University Cardinals Women's Golf Team finishes sixth overall through the first round of the Ohio Dominican Invitational. The Cardinals Women's Team had one golfer place top ten overall.
In first place on the Cardinals team is junior Sawyer Hobbs, who shot four over par and came in sixth place. On the front nine Hobbs started with a bogey then hit two pars before hitting another bogey. She was able to hit three straight pars before hitting a par on hole eight, then hitting a double bogey on hole nine. She completed the front nine three over par. Moving to the back nine, she started with a bogey but then hit a birdie right after. She then hit two more birdies and three more bogeys.
Junior Tilly Jones was right behind Hobbs, hitting eight over par and finishing tied for 13th. Starting with a par on hole one, which was followed by a double bogey on hole two. She then hit a birdie on three. She would go on to hit par on five more holes and pick up one more double bogey to complete the front nine three over par. On the back nine she hit a par on the first hole and followed that up with a total of five bogeys and finished the back nine five over par.
Coming in third for the Cardinals is sophomore Ivana Alvarez, who finished tied for 27th and shot 11 over par. On the front nine, she hit four pars, three bogeys, and two double bogeys, going seven over par. On the back nine she started with three straight pars. She would then hit two more pars and four bogeys to finish it four over par.
Rounding out the top four is Dorthea Evebo, who shot 13 over par and tied for 32nd overall. Evebo was able to capture four pars on the front nine, hit four bogeys, and double bogey and birdie, finishing five over par. On the back nine she picked up another birdie but had some struggles outside of that and finished the back nine eight over par.
The Cardinals Women's Golf Team will be back tomorrow for the final round of their fall season.