HAWAII – The Saint Martin's women's golf team had their best round of the fall, while sophomore
Kelsie Inouye had one of the best rounds in program history enroute to a successful final competition of the fall schedule. The Saints finished 14
th at the HPU Sharks Shootout before a 16
th place finish at the Dennis Rose Invitational.
At the HPU Sharks Shootout, the Saints set a new mark in round one when they shot 298 as a team. Inouye bolstered the effort with a 70 which tied Jennifer Liedes for the best individual single round in program history.
Hannah White also made waves with a 71, right behind Inouye, and
Ashley Bruland shot a 76. The other counting score was from
Sabrina Poole who tallied a solid 81.
"We had a strong start in Hawaii in Round 1 of the HPU Shark Shootout, posting 298 as a team, our lowest round of the fall season," said Head Coach Anne Bahr, "It was great to see the team click together for that round, and the goal is to be able to do that more consistently moving forward."
The Saints as a squad lost some strokes in round two but saw a nine-stroke improvement from freshman
Abby Roll, as well as an improvement from
Jade Rebelo.
On Thursday and Friday, SMU continued to see different individuals excel as numerous individual bests were acclaimed. The Saints improved their round two score nine strokes from round one and were once again led by Inouye who tied for 46
th. Bruland was right behind at 51
st while White finished in 62
nd.
"I'm really proud of Kelsie's performance throughout the week and having her tie our 18-hole program scoring record on Monday was a very impressive accomplishment," stated Bahr, "Four players posted new collegiate lows during the week, and it was exciting to finish the fall season on a high note. We'll take the lessons we learned and apply them during our off-season practice and be ready to hit the ground running for our spring opener in late February."