Freshman Grace Honigford leads No. 24 Women's Golf to second place finish at Capital Purple and White Invitational

By Tim Glon

GALENA — Freshman Grace Honigford (West Chester/Lakota East) carded an 8-over par 80 to lead the No. 24-ranked Ohio Northern women's golf team to a second place finish at the Capital Purple & White Invitational on Saturday at the Royal American Links.

The Polar Bears (11-2 overall) finished second of five teams with 346 strokes.

Honigford was fourth out of 37 golfers.

Senior Lydia Cranmer (Farmington Hills, Mich./Ladywood) tied for 12th with an 86 and senior Annika Neumann (Valley City/Avon) sophomore Torrie Smith (Russiaville, Ind./Western) and freshman Rylie Smith (Cambridge/Buckeye Trail) tied for 18th with 90s.

Playing as an individual, sophomore Bella Orofino (Powell/Olentangy Liberty) finished tied for second with a career-low 79.

Otterbein won the team title with a 324, Muskingum was third with a 352, Marietta was fourth with a 357 and Capital was fifth with a 384.

Otterbein's Emma McGreal won Medalist honors with a 5-over par 77.

The Polar Bears will return to action on Sunday at a second Capital Purple and White Invitational.

Team Standings

1. Otterbein 324, 2. Ohio Northern 346, 3. Muskingum 352, 4. Marietta 357, 5. Capital 384.

Top 5 Individuals

1. Emma McGreal (Ott) 77, t2. Bella Orofino (ONU), t2. Allie Jurkovic (Musk) 79, 4. Grace Honigford (ONU) 80, t5. Viv George (Ott) 81, t5. Meg Thomas (Ott) 81.

Ohio Northern Individual Results

4. Grace Honigford 80, t12. Lydia Cranmer 86, t18. Annika Neumann 90, t18. Torrie Smith 90, t18. Rylie Smith 90.

Other Ohio Northern Individual Results

t2. Bella Orofino 79, t7. Meghan Utterdyke 83, t9. Karlee Staugler 84, t12. Olivia Galigher 86, t21. Jessica Tubbs 92, 30. Allison Logue 101.