Site: Lima, Ohio (Hawthorne Hills Golf Course)
MU Finish: Third - 335
Top MU Golfer: Michelle Hall - Eighth (87, 79 - 166)
Next Event: Aug. 31 - USF Fall Invite - Kendallville, Ind.
LIMA, Ohio - - The Madonna women's golf team improved by nine strokes from day one to climb into a third place finish at the University of Northwestern Ohio Racer Open at Hawthorne Hills Golf Club in the opening event of the season.
Freshman
Michelle Hall (Flushing, Mich.) improved eight strokes from day one to finish in eighth place. Classmate
Megan Fleischer (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) made the biggest jump from day one to day two, imrpving by 11 shots to shoot a 91 and finish 29th.
Sophomore
Chelsea Bathhurst (Livonia, Mich.) tied for 10th with an 82 while juniors
Mariel Meyers (Westland, Mich.) and
Sara Simnitch (Swartz Creek, Mich.) shot rounds of 84 and 90 to place 12th and 18th respectively.
Junior
Caitlin Steele (Livonia, Mich.) and freshman
Elena Thomas (White Lake, Mich.) rounded out the MU contingent by tying for 25th overall.
The Crusaders continue the fall slate on Monday at the USF Fall Invite hosted by the University of St. Francis at the Noblehawk Golf Course in Kendallville, Ind.