Tomasula, Silva lead Women's Golf to fourth place finish at Ohio Wesleyan Fall Invitational

By Tim Glon

POWELL — Senior Ariana Tomasula and junior Caitlin Silva each carded 12-over par 84s to lead the Ohio Northern women's golf team to a fourth place finish at the Ohio Welseyan Fall Invitational on Sunday at the Safari Golf Course.

The Polar Bears (5-16 overall) finished the rain-shortened tournament with a 342 on Sunday after Saturday's opening round was rained out.

Tomasula and Silva tied for seventh out of 56 golfers with their rounds of 84 on the par-72, 5823-yard course.

Senior Hannah Whisler tied for 11th with an 85 and senior Jennifer Hipskind tied for 19th with an 89 for ONU.

Alexis Reichardt of Ohio Wesleyan won Medalist honors with an 81, winning the tournament on the second hole of a four-woman playoff.

Ohio Wesleyan won the team title with a 332, Otterbein was second with a 338 and Wooster was third with a 341.

The Polar Bears will return to action Saturday-Sunday at the Heidelberg Fall Invitational.

Team Standings

1. Ohio Wesleyan 332, 2. Otterbein 338, 3. Wooster 341, 4. Ohio Northern 342, 5. Allegheny (Pa.) 353, 6. Heidelberg 369, 7. Baldwin Wallace 376.

Top 5 Individuals

1. Alexis Reichardt (OWU) 81, t2. Emily Howerton (Woo) 81, t2. Kayla Orr (All) 81, t2. Marie Overing (OWU) 81, t5. Maddie Durbin 83, t5. Alexandra Metzger (All) 83.

Ohio Northern Individual Results

t7. Ariana Tomasula 84, t7. Caitlin Silva 84, t11. Hannah Whisler 85, t19. Jennifer Hipskind 89, t28. Heather Comer 95.

Other Ohio Northern Individual Results

25. Alexis Miller 92, t31. Madison Dramis 96, t36. Taylor Daniel 98, t36. Stacie Shalenberger 98, t44. Kristin Radalia 102, 46. Brittany Bolton 103, 47. Lydia Shealy 104, t52. Alaina Mikolajewski 112, 56. Ashley Bisciotti 120.