2019 MIAC WOMEN'S GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS PAGE
2019 MIAC WOMEN'S GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS PREVIEW
2019 MIAC WOMEN'S GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS LIVE SCORING
DAY 3 - MONDAY, SEPT. 30
FINAL RESULTS
BECKER, Minn. -- Shooting the third-best individual round score in school history in the final round,
Emma Kraft (SO, Hutchinson, Minn./Hutchinson HS) finished in 39th place, leading the Augsburg University women's golf team to a ninth-place finish at the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Championships, completed on Monday at Pebble Creek Golf Course.
THE BASICS
RESULTS: Augsburg 9th/11 (386-384-354--1128)
LOCATION: Pebble Creek Golf Course (Par 72, 5,873 yards), Becker, Minn.
HOW IT HAPPENED
• After shooting 188 through the first two days of the three-day competition, Kraft finished with a career-best, 5-over-par 77 in Monday's final round, placing 39th in the 53-player field with a 54-hole total of 269 (98-94-77).
• With a season-best round of 354 in the final round, Augsburg finished in ninth place in the 11-team meet with a 54-hole total of 1,128 (386-388-354). Augsburg's ninth-place team finish is its best finish in the conference meet since the 2012 championships, when it finished seventh.
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Livia Behnke (FY, Litchfield, Minn./Litchfield HS) shot a season-best 89 -- a five-stroke improvement from her previous season-best score -- to finish in 44th place with a 281 (94-98-89) total.
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Nicole Zielsdorf (JR, Arden Hills, Minn./St. Anthony Village HS) shot 94 in her final round, finishing in 47th place with a career-best 54-hole score of 289 (96-99-94).
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Olivia Boe (FY, Stewartville, Minn./Stewartville HS) finished in 48th place with a 291 (100-97-94) total.
Lilia Lindgren (FY, Elko New Market, Minn./New Prague HS) finished in 50th place with a 307 (98-111-98) total.
BEYOND THE BOXSCORE
• Kraft's final-round 77 is the third-best single-round score in the history of the Augsburg women's golf program (records kept since 1994-95), behind a 72 shot by Marisa Navarro in a 2005 meet and a 76 shot by
Johanna Frykmark in a 2009 meet.
• Kraft's 269 total is tied for the 16th-best 54-hole score in program history. Her 265 score in last year's MIAC tournament is tied for the 12th-best 54-hole score.
• As a team, Augsburg's 1,124 total is the school's seventh-best 54-hole score in program history, with its final-round 354 tied for the 18th-best single-round score in program history.
• Augsburg finished the fall half of the 2019-20 season with a 378.1 team stroke average, so far the ninth-best team season stroke average in program history. Kraft's team-leading 86.1 stroke average is currently the fifth-best single-season average in program history.
UP NEXT
• Augsburg returns to action in the spring half of the 2019-20 season.
DAYS 1-2 - SATURDAY-SUNDAY, SEPT. 28-29
TEAM RESULTS | ROUND 1 INDIVIDUAL RESULTS | ROUND 2 INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
BECKER, Minn. --
Emma Kraft (SO, Hutchinson, Minn./Hutchinson HS) stands in a tie for 41st place to lead the Augsburg University women's golf team following the first two days of competition of the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Championships on Saturday and Sunday at Pebble Creek Golf Course.
THE BASICS
RESULTS: Augsburg 9th/11 (386-384--770)
LOCATION: Pebble Creek Golf Course (Par 72, 5,873 yards), Becker, Minn.
HOW IT HAPPENED
• Kraft opened her second conference championship meet with a round of 98 on Saturday, then shot a 90 on Sunday to stand in a tie for 41st place in the 53-golfer field with a 188 total.
• The young Augsburg squad, with three first-year competitors, a sophomore and junior comprising the five-person entry, stands in ninth place in the 11-team competition after 36 holes of the 54-hole event. The Auggies shot 386 on Saturday and 384 on Sunday for a two-day total of 770.
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Livia Behnke (FY, Litchfield, Minn./Litchfield HS) stands in a tie for 44th place with a two-day total of 192 (94-98).
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Nicole Zielsdorf (JR, Arden Hills, Minn./St. Anthony Village HS) is in 47th place with a 195 (96-99) total, and
Olivia Boe (FY, Stewartville, Minn./Stewartville HS) is in 48th place with a 197 (100-97) total.
Lilia Lindgren (FY, Elko New Market, Minn./New Prague HS) is in 50th place with a 209 (98-111) total.
• Augsburg tee times will begin at 8:57 a.m. for the final round on Monday (9/30).
