WEST LAFAYETTE, Ohio – The Capital University women's golf team hit the course for the three-day OAC Women's Golf Championship taking place this past Friday through Sunday at River Greens Golf Club. The Comets would score rounds of 380, 376, 378, and 381 en route to an eighth place finish with a total of 1515.
Emma Konopa highlighted CU's performance, finishing T-10th for All-OAC honors with a 72-hole total of 345.
ROUND ONE: 380 | TOTAL: 380
Cap got off to a decent start in round one on Friday, scoring 380 as a team. Konopa led the team with an 87, followed by
Camryn Mauter with her best round of the tournament at 89.
Hannah Combs scored a 99 while
Reese King came in at 105.
ROUND TWO: 376 | TOTAL: 756
The Purple and White would improve slightly in round two – starting with the first nine on Friday and finishing up the second nine on Saturday – dropping four strokes as a collective to finish with a 376. Again, it was Konopa leading the way, adding just one stroke at 88. King clocked the largest drop in round two, knocking 11 strokes off for her lowest round of the tournament at 94. Combs dropped four strokes and finished with a 95. Mauter would tally 10 more strokes than round one, shooting 99.
ROUND THREE: 378 | TOTAL: 1134
Capital wrapped up moving day on Saturday with round three, shooting a total of 378. Konopa and Mauter both put up 90 to lead the team. Combs and King would come in at 98 and 100 respectively.
ROUND FOUR: 381 | TOTAL: 1515
The Comets would end the tournament shooting a 381 on Championship Sunday to finish eighth in the nine-team field at 1515, just five strokes behind seventh-place Muskingum and 23 strokes ahead of ninth-place Marietta. Konopa had the biggest drop of the round, knocking off 10 strokes for her lowest round of the tournament at 80. She would finish T-10th at 345 and earn All-OAC honors. Mauter's tournament came to an end with a 93 in her final round, finishing 29th at 371. Combs and King both scored 104 to wrap up the scorecard. Combs finished T-36th with a 396 while King came in at T-40th with a 403.
COMMENTS FROM COACH GARCIA
"We had only four healthy girls all spring and in any sport if you saw a team with the minimum roster requirements even compete let alone succeed people would have thought the worst. Not here… not these girls… that was heart like I've never seen before. All four of them: Emma, Camryn, Reese, and Hannah did everything in their power to help out and get us Gleason points as well as leave this tournament on a high note for all the ladies that came before them. I'm so proud of these girls and they have meant the world to me. They restored my love for coaching and I'm emotional because of how special they all are. I love them to death. Forget the championships, that was my favorite team I've ever coached… pure passion for their school and program. I've never seen anything like it."
