RICHMOND, Ky. – Coming off a victory at the East Tennessee Collegiate, Milligan University's No. 17-ranked women's golf team took part in the Battle at Gibson Bay Invitational, hosted by Lindsey Wilson University at Gibson Bay Golf Club, on Monday and Tuesday. Overall, Milligan finished +112 as a team to finish in fourth place out of six teams.
Pernilla Sühl was the top finisher for Milligan, finishing 11
th with rounds of 79, 77 and 80 for a 54-hole total of 236. Suhl opened the event with a seven-over-par 79 on Monday, carding 11 pars and a birdie on the par-three third hole. In the second round, she shaved two strokes off her score with a five-over 77 that featured an even-par front nine highlighted by seven pars and a birdie and finished with eight-over final round.
Bailey McGaha opened the tournament with rounds of 81 and 82 on day one before posting a 78 in the final round for a 54-hole total of 241 and a top-20 finish at T-15
th. Mcgaha's 78 in the final round was highlighted by three birdies and nine pars.
Tessa Wilck, coming off medalist honors at the East Tennessee Collegiate, did not get off to the start she had hoped for, carding an 87 in the opening round. However, she found her rhythm in round two, trimming seven strokes from her first-round score with an 80 before finishing with a 83 in the final round to place T-23
rd overall.
Lightning struck twice for freshman
Addie Goolsby in the opening round. On her third hole of the day, the 371-yard par-four 18th, she carded an eagle before following it up with a hole-in-one on the 170-yard par-three sixth. Goolsby went on to shoot an 82 in the opening round and added an 83 in round two before finishing with a 86 in the final round to place right behind Wilck at 25
th overall.
Madison Butler competed as an alternate throughout the event and supplemented a final-round score of 84 to the team score. Butler steadily improved across the three rounds, opening with an 88 before lowering her score to 85 in round two to finish 30
th overall.
Milligan finished 32 strokes ahead of Campbellsville University in fifth place, and 55 strokes behind third-place University of Pikeville. Overall, they took 976 (313, 311, 317) strokes, which was 112-over-par.
Next up for (17) Milligan is the AAC Fall Championships on Oct. 26 and 27 in Adairsville, Ga. at the Barnsley Resort. The AAC Championships will serve as the final event of the fall season and be a litmus test for what lies ahead in the spring.
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