NMU women golfers 8th downstate
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Northern Michigan University women's golfer Aavra Relich hits from a fairway during a past Wildcats' meet. (Photo courtesy NMU)
Playing at Stonehedge Golf Club in Augusta, not far from where the NMU men were at for their own Panther Invite, the Wildcats finish strongly and with the best round of the event on Sunday.
Northern totaled a 103-over-par 967, shooting rounds of 37-over 325, 44-over 332 and 22-over 310, the final round the fourth best in the field.
Sophomore Aavra Relich paced a closely bunched group of NMU golfers, shooting a 24-over 240 for three rounds to tie for 29th, carding a 12-over 84, 9-over 81 and 3-over 75, the final round sixth best of the day in the field. She had three birdies altogether.
Senior Hailey Bolander and junior Maddy Martens tied for Northern's second-best finish, tying for 34th with 26-over 242. Bolander carded 7-over 79, 13-over 85 and 6-over 78, while Martens had 9-over 81, 12-over 84 and 5-over 77.
Bolander had four birdies and Martens three.
Junior Abbie Pietila tied for 40th with 29-over 245, shooting 9-over 81, 12-over 84 and 8-over 80 as she had two birdies, each on the par-5 18th hole.
Senior Payton Donnelly was at 37-over 253 for 55th, carding 14-over 86, 11-over 83 and 12-over 84.
Junior Abby Luke, a Marquette Senior High School graduate, played as an individual and finished at 58-over 274 to tie for 67th.
Northwood won the team title with a 41-over 905, shooting an 11-over 299, 19-over 307 and 11-over 299. That was four strokes ahead of Ferris State's 45-over 909.
Individually, the Timberwolves' Paulina Marquez shot a 2-under 214 for a four-stroke victory over Ferris' Ashley Thomasma. Marquez had rounds of 70, 74 and 70, while Thomasma turned in 72, 76 and 70.
The Northern men's team headed to metro Detroit for the Motor City Shakedown immediately after this tourney finished on Monday and Tuesday, while the Wildcat women played in a similar event in the Detroit area about a month ago.
Story contents based on Northern Michigan University Sports Information press release reviewing the meet. Journal Sports Editor Steve Brownlee's email address is sbrownlee@miningjournal.net.