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Women’s Golf Finish Pirate Classic in Fourth Place
9/21/2021 3:45:00 PM | Women's Golf
Rauch and Kalaskey finish tied for 10th
Pirate Classic Final Results (PDF)
GREENVILLE, N.C. – The Marshall women's golf team completed the Pirate Collegiate Classic in fourth place on Tuesday. The tournament, played at the Greenville Country Club, had wet conditions throughout the final round including a rain delay.
Junior Makena Rauch and senior Torren Kalaskey both finished tied for 10th, a career-best for both players.
"I saw good things from everyone this week," Herd head coach Brooke Burkhammer said. "We fought back when we could have given up. I'm leaving this tournament feeling very encouraged about our team."
The Herd pushed through the wet conditions on the course to stay in the top half of the field. Marshall began the day on No. 10 and played the back-nine first. Rauch birdied two out of her last four holes including the final one of the day on the par-5 No. 9. Kalaskey sank two birdies on the back-nine and then hit par 8-of-9 hole on the front-nine. Kalaskey shot par or better on 14-of-18 holes on Tuesday.
Senior Jackie Schmidt had a 2-stroke improvement from the second round and finished tied for 20th. Freshman Katie Potter had three birdies on Tuesday and finished her first collegiate tournament tied for 26th.
East Carolina won its home event with, ending the day with a 10-stroke lead over Towson. Oda Sofie Kilsti of East Carolina also won the individual award staying atop the leaderboard with a five-stroke lead over Jordan Cornelius of Towson.
Marshall will have a couple weeks before getting back onto the links at the Courtney Cole Invitational, hosted by Indiana, in Bloomington, Ind. The tournament is set for Oct. 4-5.
FROM THE LEADERBOARD: 10 teams, 53 golfers
4 – Marshall University – 300+304+305=909
T10 – Makena Rauch – 75+72+77=224
T10 – Torren Kalaskey – 73+77+74=224
T20 – Jackie Schmidt – 76+78+76=230
26 – Katie Potter – 76+78+78=232
44 – Hanna Shrout – 81+77+83=241
For all of the latest information on the Marshall women's golf team, follow the Herd on Twitter @HerdWGolf, Facebook at Marshall University Women's Golf Team and on www.herdzone.com.
To follow all Thundering Herd sports and get live stats, schedules, and free live audio, download the Marshall Athletics App for iOS or Android!
GREENVILLE, N.C. – The Marshall women's golf team completed the Pirate Collegiate Classic in fourth place on Tuesday. The tournament, played at the Greenville Country Club, had wet conditions throughout the final round including a rain delay.
Junior Makena Rauch and senior Torren Kalaskey both finished tied for 10th, a career-best for both players.
"I saw good things from everyone this week," Herd head coach Brooke Burkhammer said. "We fought back when we could have given up. I'm leaving this tournament feeling very encouraged about our team."
The Herd pushed through the wet conditions on the course to stay in the top half of the field. Marshall began the day on No. 10 and played the back-nine first. Rauch birdied two out of her last four holes including the final one of the day on the par-5 No. 9. Kalaskey sank two birdies on the back-nine and then hit par 8-of-9 hole on the front-nine. Kalaskey shot par or better on 14-of-18 holes on Tuesday.
Senior Jackie Schmidt had a 2-stroke improvement from the second round and finished tied for 20th. Freshman Katie Potter had three birdies on Tuesday and finished her first collegiate tournament tied for 26th.
East Carolina won its home event with, ending the day with a 10-stroke lead over Towson. Oda Sofie Kilsti of East Carolina also won the individual award staying atop the leaderboard with a five-stroke lead over Jordan Cornelius of Towson.
Marshall will have a couple weeks before getting back onto the links at the Courtney Cole Invitational, hosted by Indiana, in Bloomington, Ind. The tournament is set for Oct. 4-5.
FROM THE LEADERBOARD: 10 teams, 53 golfers
4 – Marshall University – 300+304+305=909
T10 – Makena Rauch – 75+72+77=224
T10 – Torren Kalaskey – 73+77+74=224
T20 – Jackie Schmidt – 76+78+76=230
26 – Katie Potter – 76+78+78=232
44 – Hanna Shrout – 81+77+83=241
For all of the latest information on the Marshall women's golf team, follow the Herd on Twitter @HerdWGolf, Facebook at Marshall University Women's Golf Team and on www.herdzone.com.
To follow all Thundering Herd sports and get live stats, schedules, and free live audio, download the Marshall Athletics App for iOS or Android!
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