YORK, Neb. – Concordia University, Nebraska Women’s Golf spent all of Monday (Sept. 29) at or near the top of the team standings in round one of the York University Fall Invite. Led by four competitors who sit inside the top 10, the Bulldogs reside two strokes out of first place halfway through the tournament. Senior Emery Custer and sophomore Savannah McFalls are both just one stroke off the individual lead at the event hosted by York Country Club, a regular location for the annual Bulldog Golf Classic fundraiser.
Head Coach Brett Muller’s squad hopes to break through with a tournament title after placing as the runner up in each of the first three events of the fall. On day one of the York Invite, Concordia turned in a 338 ‘A’ team score and 407 ‘B’ team score.
The Broken Bow, Neb., native Custer is aiming for a second straight tournament win after she claimed first at the Siouxland Invite back on Sept. 16-17. Custer and McFalls shot identical 82s (+12) on Monday and are tied for third place, one stroke behind co-leaders Micaela Suhl of Park University (Mo.) and Victoria Farkas of College of Saint Mary. In addition, Bulldog freshmen Olivia James and Amelia Ptacnik are hanging onto top 10 spots on the player leaderboard after carding 87s in round one. Meanwhile, senior Maddie Lewis sits in 17th place (90).
The ’B’ team was paced on Monday by sophomore Kaylee Carlson, who shot a 94. There are 11 total Concordia individuals in York Invite field of 41. Six Bulldogs sit in the top half of the player leaderboard.
Park leapfrogged the Bulldogs late in round one and shot 336. Concordia is followed in the top five of the team standings by College of Saint Mary (347), Mount Marty (349) and Hastings (371).
Bulldogs at the York Fall Invite
A Team: 338 (+58)
T3. Emery Custer: 82
T3. Savannah McFalls: 82
T9. Amelia Ptacnik: 87
T9. Olivia James: 87
17. Maddie Lewis: 90
B Team: 407 (+127)
20. Kaylee Carlson: 94
T27. Makenzie Hughes: 100
T31. Audra Poffinbarger: 104
35. Emma McCoy: 109
37. Abigail Kollbaum: 114
36. Brielle Cook: 110 (individual)
The York Invite will resume from York Country Club with a round two shotgun start at 9 a.m. CT on Tuesday. Live results can be followed via clippd: https://scoreboard.clippd.com/tournaments/238624/scoring/team.