For Immediate Release
Sunday, April 22, 2018
Championship Website

SMITHVILLE, Mo. (Paradise Pointe Golf Complex)  – Augustana University shot a 306 in the third and final round of the NSIC Women's Golf Championships on Sunday to finish the 54-hole tournament at 926, 62-over-par (321-299-306) securing its ninth straight NSIC Championship. Augustana finished 18 strokes ahead of second-place finisher, Minnesota State, which finished at 944, 80-over-par.
 
Augustana had four golfers finish in the top-10 and all five in the top-15. Emily Israelson fired a 4-over-par 76 on Sunday to finish at 12-over-par 228 (80-72-76) to win individual medalist honors at the championship. Augustana has now had the individual medalist at the NSIC Championship seven straight seasons and eight times since joining the NSIC in 2008-09.
 
Israelson finished three strokes ahead of MSU’s Haley Tollette and Concordia-St. Paul’s Sophia Hill. Tollette shot rounds of 77-80-74 while Hill put together rounds of 80-74-77 as both finished at 231 (+15).  Joining them on the NSIC All-Tournament Team were Kali Trautman (78-77-79) and Alex Stone (78-78-78) of Augustana and Maddy Messin (75-78-81) of MSU.  All three tied for fourth place at 234. 
 

The entire field for the NCAA Women's Golf Championships will be announced Monday, April 30 on NCAA.com. Four, 54-hole Super Regional tournaments will be conducted to determine the participants in the championships finals. Twelve teams and six individuals, not on those teams, will compete at each Super Regional. The maximum number of participants is 264. The low three teams and the low three individuals, not on those teams, will advance to the finals. Tiebreakers and playoffs will be used to determine team and individual champions and advancement to the finals. Super Regional tournaments are considered preliminary rounds of NCAA championships competition and all national championships policies will apply.

The NCAA Championships will be held May 16-19 at Bay Oaks Country Club in Houston Texas.
 

Rank		Team	Scores			Total	Par
	1	Augustana	321	299	306	926	+62
	2	Minnesota State	313	319	312	944	+80
	3	Sioux Falls	338	319	320	977	+113
	4	Southwest Minnesota State	343	322	316	981	+117
	5	Minot State	337	330	315	982	+118
	6	Winona State	346	323	337	1006	+142
	7	Concordia-St. Paul	337	342	329	1008	+144
	8	Upper Iowa	346	341	337	1024	+160
	9	St. Cloud State	358	339	340	1037	+173
	10	Bemidji State	356	341	344	1041	+177
	11	MSU Moorhead	394	368	370	1132	+268
	12	Minnesota Crookston	392	376	375	1143	+279

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Player Standings

Rank		Player	Team	Scores			Total	Par
	1	Israelson, Emily	Augustana	80	72	76	228	+12
t	2	Hill, Sophie	Concordia-St. Paul	80	74	77	231	+15
t	2	Tollette, Haley	Minnesota State	77	80	74	231	+15
t	4	Messin, Maddy	Minnesota State	75	78	81	234	+18
t	4	Stone, Alexandra	Augustana	78	78	78	234	+18
t	4	Trautman, Kali	Augustana	78	77	79	234	+18
t	7	Bixby, Ashley	Southwest Minnesota State	85	78	72	235	+19
t	7	Joerger, Megan	Upper Iowa	81	79	75	235	+19
t	9	Hanson, Lexi	Sioux Falls	85	75	76	236	+20
t	9	Langlie, Sierra	Augustana	87	72	77	236	+20
	11	Demko, Alexandra	Minot State	88	77	73	238	+22
t	12	Dumes, Miriam	Minot State	78	79	84	241	+25
t	12	Short, Genie	Minnesota State	80	85	76	241	+25
	14	Hankinson, Hannah	Augustana	85	82	75	242	+26
	15	Kohls, Hannah	Southwest Minnesota State	87	78	78	243	+27
t	16	Carlson, Alissa	Minnesota State	81	83	81	245	+29
t	16	Hubbard, Sydney	Sioux Falls	88	82	75	245	+29
t	16	Nitta, Maegen	Upper Iowa	86	80	79	245	+29
t	16	Pfannenstein, Marren	St. Cloud State	83	77	85	245	+29
t	20	Long, Ilayna	Upper Iowa	77	80	90	247	+31
t	20	Love, Kami	Sioux Falls	83	83	81	247	+31
t	20	Schintz, Maddy	Minnesota State	88	78	81	247	+31
t	23	Blanchard, Jessica	Winona State	84	79	86	249	+33
t	23	Miller, Madelyn	Winona State	85	80	84	249	+33
t	23	Nutter, Alexandra	Sioux Falls	82	79	88	249	+33
	26	McGlenen, Katherine	Minot State	83	86	81	250	+34
t	27	Bergum, Courtney	Winona State	89	80	82	251	+35
t	27	Lauren Stockmoe	Bemidji State	83	85	83	251	+35
	29	Katy Woelfel	Bemidji State	89	82	81	252	+36
	30	Dereniwsky, Kira	Minot State	88	88	77	253	+37
	31	Kerr, Lauren	Southwest Minnesota State	83	86	85	254	+38
	32	Olson, Erika	Concordia-St. Paul	82	90	84	256	+40
	33	Brunholzl, Sidney	Winona State	88	84	85	257	+41
t	34	Lindeen, Samantha	St. Cloud State	91	85	82	258	+42
t	34	Will, Hallie	Southwest Minnesota State	88	89	81	258	+42
	36	Robinson, Emma	Concordia-St. Paul	88	88	83	259	+43
	37	Tenney, Madison	St. Cloud State	85	90	85	260	+44
t	38	Claussen, Heather	Concordia-St. Paul	88	90	85	263	+47
t	38	Collins, Christina	Southwest Minnesota State	96	80	87	263	+47
t	38	McCoy, Sheridan	Concordia-St. Paul	87	91	85	263	+47
	41	Erica Gartner	Bemidji State	88	86	91	265	+49
	42	Arlien, Makensy	Minot State	93	88	85	266	+50
	43	Humble, Ashlee	Minnesota Crookston	95	87	86	268	+52
t	44	Jonas, Lexi	Sioux Falls	92	84	97	273	+57
t	44	Ruch, Kiana	MSU Moorhead	89	91	93	273	+57
t	44	Joleen Werden	Bemidji State	96	88	89	273	+57
	47	Eggebraaten, Ashlee	St. Cloud State	99	87	88	274	+58
	48	Heidkamp, Alexi	Winona State	91	92	93	276	+60
	49	Harris, McKenzie	Minnesota Crookston	96	95	88	279	+63
	50	Baker, Kiana	MSU Moorhead	105	85	90	280	+64
	51	Maninga, Natasha	Minnesota Crookston	95	87	100	282	+66
	52	Hailey Hinners	Bemidji State	101	96	93	290	+74
t	53	Safranski, Jill	MSU Moorhead	103	98	90	291	+75
t	53	Sindberg, Leah	MSU Moorhead	100	94	97	291	+75
	55	Szepieniec, Julia	Upper Iowa	102	102	93	297	+81
	56	Niehaus, Kendall	St. Cloud State	103	93	102	298	+82
	57	Bergh, Kylie	MSU Moorhead	102	100	99	301	+85
	58	Ryan, Megan	Minnesota Crookston	106	107	101	314	+98
		Weakley, Paige	Minnesota Crookston	wd	159	153	DNF