Laconia, Ind. – The University of Findlay women's golf team, ranked No. 4 in the latest Women's Golf Coaches' Association (WGCA) poll, picked up the first win of the spring on Tuesday, April 1 at the Findianapolis Intercollegiate. The event, which Findlay is co-hosting with the University of Indianapolis, was played at Chariot Run Golf Course in Laconia, Indiana, a Par-72 course that played at 6,166 yards. No. 21 Missouri-St. Louis is the only other nationally ranked team in the field, but all ten teams in the field are ranked in the top 20 in the latest East Region rankings.
The event also included a men's tournament which saw the same ten teams participating. Findlay's men and women won the combined tournament title, as well. Six scores from each of the three rounds were taken, at least two of which had to come from each gender. For the three rounds, the Oilers combined to finish 15-over.
Findianapolis Intercollegiate Combined Champions - Findlay Oilers
As a team, the Oilers dominated from start to finish. UF entered the day with a 20-shot lead after 36 holes of play and after a Tuesday score of 292 (+4), Findlay secured a score of 882 (+18), 29 shots clear of Missouri-St. Louis which finished runner-up.
Senior Erin Mulcahy picked up the individual tournament title, firing a final round score of 69 (-3) to finish at -1 for the tournament, a score of 215, lowest 54-hole score of her career. E. Mulcahy, the only player to finish the tournament under par, made six birdies on her way to earning the five-shot victory. The Lima, Ohio native started on the first hole and went out in 32 (-4), eventually getting to five under through 13 holes. A double bogey on 14 was followed by four consecutive pars as she held off the field to collect the first tournament win of her career.
Sophomore Ashleigh Duflo and freshman Gracie James tied for third in the event with scores of 222 (+6). Duflo shot 78 on Tuesday while James posted a final-round score of 75. Joining those two at +6 was junior Ellie Yeazell who played as an individual in the tournament. Yeazell shot 72 (E) on Tuesday.
Another top-ten finish came from senior Mary Kelly Mulcahy who, along with Erin Mulcahy, posted the only other sub-par round of the day. M. Mulcahy shot 71 (-1) to finish in T6 with a 225 (+9).
Medalist Erin Mulcahy and Dominic Guarnieri
Findlay will wrap up the regular season on April 12 and 13 when they head to Columbus, Ohio to play in the Therese Hession Buckeye Invitational. That tournament is hosted annually by Ohio State University at OSU's Scarlet Course.
