Women's Golf finishes third at DePauw (Ind.) Invitational

By Tim Glon

SELLERSBURG, Ind. — The Ohio Northern women's golf team finished third of six teams at the DePauw (Ind.) Dan Quayle Invitational Monday and Tuesday at the Covered Bridge Golf Club.

The Polar Bears (51-6 overall) won the stroke play portion of the competition by seven strokes over DePauw (Ind.) on Monday morning.

Junior Grace Honigford (West Chester/Lakota East) won Medalist honors in the stroke play, finishing first of 34 golfers with a 4-over par 76 on the 5,943-yard course.

Freshman Marisa Alfes (Bellbrook) was right behind in fourth place, finishing with a 78.

Sophomore Rhianna Firmstone (Moon Township, Pa./Moon Area) was seventh with an 80 and senior Jessica Tubbs (Maumee/Springfield) tied for 16th with an 85.

In the match play segment on Monday afternoon, top-seeded ONU was upset by No. 4 seed Wittenberg in the semifinals. The teams tied 3-3 in match play, but WU won the tiebreaker hole 17-16.

On Tuesday, Northern defeated No. 5 seed DePauw "B" 5-0 in the third place match.

The Polar Bears return to action on April 1-2 at the Bluffton Classic at Lost Creek Country Club.

Team Standings - Stroke Play

1. Ohio Northern 319, 2. DePauw (Ind.) 326, 3. Saint Mary's (Ind.) 327, 4. Wittenberg 342, 5. DePauw (Ind.) "B" 350, 6. Ohio Wesleyan 481.

Top 5 Individuals - Stroke Play

1. Grace Honigford (ONU) 76, t2. Ashley Long (DePauw) 77, t2. Sydney Weiner (DePauw) 77, t4. Marisa Alfes (ONU) 78, t4. Erin Bennett (SMC) 78.

Ohio Northern Individual Results - Stroke Play

1. Grace Honigford 76, t4. Marisa Alfes 78,7. Rhianna Firmstone 80, t16. Jessica Tubbs 85, 18. Amelia Burger 86, t20. Torrie Smith 89.

Team Results - Match Play

No. 3 Saint Mary's def. No. 4 Wittenberg, 4.5-1.5 - Championship
No. 1 Ohio Northern def. No. 5 DePauw B, 5-0 - 3rd Place
No. 2 DePauw def. No. 6 Ohio Wesleyan - 5th Place
No. 4 Wittenberg def. No. 1 Ohio Northern, 3-3 (17-16 tiebreaker) - Semifinals
No. 3 St. Marys def. No. 2 DePauw, 4-2, - Semifinals
No. 5 DePauw B def. No. 6 Ohio Wesleyan 3.5-2.5 - Cons. Semifinals