For Immediate Release
Thursday, August 29, 2019
NSIC Media Relations
BURNSVILLE, Minn. - Augustana University, winners of nine of the last ten NSIC Championships, was picked to win the NSIC in the preseason women's golf coaches' poll. The Vikings received six first place votes (coaches cannot vote for their own team) and tallied 114 points, just one point ahead of the defending NSIC Champions of Minnesota State. The Mavericks also received six first place votes and 113 points. Concordia-St. Paul and Sioux Falls tied for third with 91 points.
Augustana's Hannah Hankinson was voted by the league coaches at the NSIC Women's Golf Preseason Golfer of the Year for the second year in a row. Hankinson, the reigning NSIC Women's Golfer of the Year, finished third at the NSIC Championships a year ago and tied for 15th at the NCAA Regional. She had two first place finishes a year ago along with six top five and seven top ten finishes.
The 2019-20 NSIC women's golf schedule will commence on Friday, September 6 with a MSU Moorhead and Minnesota Crookston dual in Battle Lake, Minnesota. Then on Monday, September 9 teams will compete at the Tracy Lane Memorial in Bemidji, Minnesota. The three-round NSIC Women’s' Golf Championship will take place this spring on April 24-26 at Dacotah Ridge in Morton, Minnesota.
NSIC Athletes to Watch - 2019-20
Preseason Athlete of the Year in Italics (More info at link above)
| Name |
Yr. |
School |
Hometown |
High School |
| Hannah Hankinson |
Sr. |
AUGIE |
Edina, Minn. |
Edina |
| Lauren Stockmoe |
Jr. |
BSU |
Alexandria, Minn. |
Alexandria |
| Erika Olson |
Jr. |
CSP |
Spring Lake Park, Minn. |
Spring Lake Park |
| Anna Olson |
Jr. |
UMC |
Fertile, Minn. |
Fertile-Beltrami |
| Alissa Carlson |
So. |
MSU |
Chanhassen, Minn. |
Chanhassen |
| Meghan McBride |
Fr. |
MSUM |
Lakeville, Minn. |
South |
| Alexandra Demko |
Sr. |
MINOT |
Thunder Bay, Ontario |
Sir Winston Churchill CVI |
| Lexi Hanson |
Sr. |
USF |
Chanhassen, Minn. |
Chanhassen |
| Hannah Kohls |
Jr. |
SMSU |
Forest Lake, Minn. |
Forest Lake |
| Morgan Hetletved |
So. |
SCSU |
Grand Forks, N.D. |
Red River |
| MacKayla Olsen |
Sr. |
UIU |
Stewartville, Minn. |
Stewartville |
| Jessica Smith |
Fr. |
WSU |
Lakeville, Minn. |
South |
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