Women's Golf ends Fall season with fourth place finish at Indiana U.-East Classic

By Tim Glon

LIBERTY, Ind. -- The Ohio Northern women's golf team ended its 2012 Fall schedule with a fourth place finish at the Indiana U.-East Waterfront Classic Thursday afternoon at the Harbor Links Golf Course.

The Polar Bears will head to their winter break with a 14-18 record.

Northern finished with 404 strokes to finish fourth out of six teams on the par 72, 5905-yard course.

Ursuline won the team title with a 354, Urbana was second with a 375 and Northwestern Ohio was third with a 383.

Sophomore Megan Conley led the Polar Bears by tying for 11th out of 35 golfers with a 97.

Sophomore Allison Fye was 13th with a 98, freshman Courtney Knippen was 17th with a 102, freshman Alex Manno was 23rd with a 107 and sophomore Kaitlyn Nestel tied for 24th with a 109.

Ashley Rideout of Ursuline won Medalist honors with an 85.

The Polar Bears will resume their season in the spring with their annual spring break trip.

Team Standings

1. Ursuline 354, 2. Urbana 375, 3. Northwestern Ohio 383, 4. Ohio Northern 404, 5. Indiana-East 453, 6. Thomas More (Ky.) 470.

Top 5 Individual Results

1. Ashley Rideout (Ursuline) 85, 2. Eadaoin Cronin (Ursuline) 86, 3. Chasey Rotondo (Ursuline) 88, 4. Courtney Tierney (Ursuline) 89, 5. Lindsey Phillips (Ursuline) 90.

Ohio Northern Individual Results

t11. Megan Conley 97, 13. Allison Fye 98, 17. Courtney Knippen 102, 23. Alex Manno 107, t24. Kaitlyn Nestel 109.