Women's Golf 10/1/2024 9:34:00 PM Tim Gooszen Hot Days, Tough Course Surprise, Ariz. - With afternoon temperatures near 110 degrees, the Sterling Golf Course was very unforgiving with hard greens and fairways on Monday and Tuesday. The Firestorm started with their best round but slid from there as they finished fifth. EVENT INFO OUAZ Fall Invitational Sterling Golf Course - Surprise, AZ Par 72 - 5,840 yards SCORECARD SPOTLIGHTS Avery Sartain was (+4) after her first round (2 birdies, 10 pars) and used three birdies in both rounds two and three to shoot a double 79 Taylor Crowder finished just two shots behind Sartian thanks to five birdies and 27 pars over the 54 holes The highlight of the tournament for Madelyn Thorsen was carding her career best round of 76 in her opening 18 holes Jaidyn Eldridge dropped eight strokes from round tone to round two Grace Shaddle bettered her scores in each round with a 14 stroke improvement between rounds one and three TEAM SCORES 1 - Embry-Riddle (AZ) - 296+309+305=910 (+46) 2 - Bellevue (NE) - 295+310+306=911 (+47) 3 - Victoria (BC) - 318+308+312=938 (+74) 4 - OUAZ - 333+309+320=962 (+37) 5 - Arizona Christian - 315+322+331=968 (+104) 6 - The Master's - 336+319+323=978 (+114) ACU INDIVIDUAL SCORES 11 - Sartain - 76+79+79=234 (+18) T13 - Crowder - 75+76+78=236 (+20) 22 - Thorsen- 76+87+84=247 (+31) 25 - Eldridge- 88+80+84= 252 30 - Shaddle - 98+89+84=271 (+55) THOUGHTS FROM COACH PARKER "This event was an improvement for us finishing in fifth place. We had six out of 15 scores in the 70's with Madelyn carding her career best tournament score of 76. Taylor was in fifth place after two rounds of 75/76 yesterday in some brutal heat conditions and unfortunately fell back today. Avery had the strongest finish for the Firestorm squad. Overall, it was our putting that was a challenge as the greens were large and very undulating. We will focus on our short game this next week and a half as we prepare for the Embry Riddle event in two weeks. Excited to head to the next one and escape the hot temps!" NEXT UP In two weeks, Arizona Christian will make what is traditionally their first of two trips of the season to Prescott to compete in the ERAU Fall Invitational. The ERAU field will face the rarity of playing two courses in one tournament. Roll Storm! Print Friendly Version Players Mentioned Grace Shaddle Senior Madelyn Thorsen 5' 2" Junior Taylor Crowder 5' 4" Junior Jaidyn Eldridge 5' 6" Junior Avery Sartain 5' 3" Sophomore Players Mentioned Grace Shaddle Senior Madelyn Thorsen 5' 2" Junior Taylor Crowder 5' 4" Junior Jaidyn Eldridge 5' 6" Junior Avery Sartain 5' 3" Sophomore
