Women's Golf opens 2013-14 season with eighth place finish at Denison Fall Invitational

By Tim Glon

GRANVILLE — The Ohio Northern women's golf team opened the 2013-14 season with an eighth place finish at the 12-team Denison Fall Invitational Saturday and Sunday at the Granville Country Club.

The Polar Bears (4-7) finished with 748 strokes in their first tournament under first-year head coach Chad Bucci.

Juniors Megan Conley and Allison Fye led ONU with 185s on the Par-71, 5,813-yard course to tie for 28th place out of 79 golfers.

Conley posted a steady 93-92—185, while Fye rebounded from a 98 in the first round with an 87 on Sunday in the second round.

Freshman Ariana Tomasula fired a second round 84 after an opening round 103 to finish tied for 33rd with a 187.

Freshmen Heather Comer and Hannah Whisler tied for 46th with 197s.

Denison's Brynn FitzGerald won Medalist honors with a 77-77—154.

Denison also won the team title with a 650, Ohio Wesleyan and Baldwin Wallace tied for second with 697s and Otterbein was fourth with a 711.

The Polar Bears will return to action Sept. 14-15 at the Ohio Wesleyan Fall Invitational.

Team Scores

1. Denison 330-320—650, t2. Ohio Wesleyan 356-341—697, t2. Baldwin Wallce 358-339—697, 4. Otterbein 370-341—711, 5. Gettysburg (Va.) 362-352—714, 6. Urbana 355-363—718, 7. Wooster 367-358—725, 8. Ohio Northern 386-362—748, 9. Mount Union 372-382—754, 10. Heidelberg 387-400—787, 11. Capital 401-394—795, 12.

Top 5 Individual Results

1. Brynn FitzGerald (Den) 77-77—154, 2. Kara McNulty (Getty) 79-80—159, 3. Courtney Tincher (OWU) 83-79—162, t4. Anne Miller (Den) 85-80—165, t4. Tina Berardi (Den) 83-82—165.

Ohio Northern Individual Results

t28. Megan Conley 93-92—185, t28. Allison Fye 98-87—185, t33. Ariana Tomasula 103-84—187, t46. Heather Comer 98-99—197, t46. Hannah Whisler 97-100—197, 63. Jennifer Hipskind 103-106—209.