Women's Golf in fourth place after Day 1 of OAC Championships

By Tim Glon

WEST LAFAYETTE — The Ohio Northern women's golf team is in fourth place out of eight teams after the first day of the 2015 Ohio Athletic Conference Championships on Saturday at the River Greens Golf Course.

Sophomore Jennifer Hipskind led the Polar Bears (29-34 overall) with a season-low 92 to tie for 13th place out of 38 golfers.

Sophomores Ariana Tomasula and Hannah Whisler are tied for 16th with 93s, senior Megan Conley is tied for 21st with a 96 and sophomore Heather Comer is 25th with a 98.

The Polar Bears are fourth with a 374.

Otterbein leads the team standings with a 346, Mount Union is second with a 353 and Capital is third with a 370.

The second and final round will get underway Sunday at 11 am.

Team Standings

1. Otterbein 346, 2. Mount Union 353, 3. Capital 370, 4. Ohio Northern 374, 5. John Carroll 377, 6. Baldwin Wallace 379, 7. Heidelberg 385, 8. Muskingum 467.

Top 10 Individual Results

t1. Bailey Pontius (Ott) 84, t1. Michele Whiteleather (JCU) 84, 3. Heather Bruno (MtU) 85, t4. Ann Jobko (Ott) 86, t4. Lexi Scala (MtU) 86, t6. Kathryn Rogers (Ott) 87, t6. Aly McGinnis (Cap) 87, 8. Hannah Myers (Ott) 89, t9. Morgan Rector (MtU) 90, t9. Jackie Weisenberger (JCU) 90, t9. Kerianna Murphy (Berg) 90.

Ohio Northern Individual Results

t13. Jennifer Hipskind 92, t16. Ariana Tomasula 93, t16. Hannah Whisler 93, t21. Megan Conley 96, 25. Heather Comer 98.