Yellow Jacket Women's Golfers Place Second at the Three-Team Yellow Jacket Invitational
BEREA, OHIO — The Baldwin-Wallace College women's golf team placed second of three teams today at the annual Yellow Jacket Invitational Tournament, held this year at the Pine Hills Golf Course in Hinckley.
Otterbein Cllege won the team title with 361 strokes and was followed by B-W with 408 and Capital University was third with 450 strokes.
For the Yellow Jackets, freshman Lauren Buckner (Westlake) led the team with a 15-over-par 87 on the par-72, 5,800-yard Pine Hills layout. Buckner finished third individually behind medalist Kiki Koehl of Otterbein, who shot an 83, and Capital's Julie Huffman, who cared an 86.
In addition for B-W, freshman Emily Scheetz (Massillon Perry) was second on the team with a 93 and tied for fifth individually. Also, freshman Jessica Graham (Avon Lake) carded a 105 and placed ninth and junior Karissa Kusick (Chicora, Pa./ Karns City) had a 123 to rank 12th.
The Yellow Jacket women will be back in action this Thursday and Friday, May 1-2, at the 2003 Ohio Athletic Conference Championship Tournament in the Fowler's Mills Golf Course in Chesterland, Ohio.
FOR MORE BALDWIN-WALLACE COLLEGE SPORTS INFORMATION, please call Sports Information Director Kevin Ruple at 440-826-2327, FAX him at 440-826-2329 or e-mail him at kruple@bw.edu. To contact Head Coach Jim Meyer, please call him at 440-826-3839, FAX him at 440-826-2192 or e-mail him at jimeyer@bw.edu. To check out all of the latest B-W women's golf information, please log onto our Internet Web site at www.bw.edu/athletics and then go to the women's golf pages.
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2003 The Baldwin-Wallace College Yellow Jacket Invitational Tournament
The Pine Hills Golf Course; Hinckley, Ohio
Par-72, 5,800 yards
How They Finished: 1. Otterbein, 361; 2. Baldwin-Wallace, 408; 3. Capital, 450; 4. John Carroll, DNF
B-W Golfers: 3. Lauren Buckner, 87; t5. Emily Scheetz, 93; 9. Jessica Graham, 105; 12. Karissa Kusick, 123