After finishing in fifth and sixth place, respectively, to begin its tenure in the Great Midwest Athletic Conference, Ashland University's women's golf team will have a chance to finish at the top in 2024.
The Eagles completed the 54-hole leaderboard portion of the 2024 Great Midwest Championship on Friday (April 26), and they finished an emphatic second in the 10-team field to move on to Saturday's (April 27) head-to-head medal match play final vs. Findlay at 9:30 a.m. Eastern/8:30 a.m. Central.
At 296-297-288—881, the Oilers finished first after three rounds, and Ashland earned the second medal match play spot by taking second place at 313-304-309—926. The Eagles finished 30 strokes ahead of third-place Ohio Dominican (324-319-313—956.
Individually, freshman
LeeAnn Harker finished a strong 54 holes by tying for eighth at 74-79-78—231. Harker has seven birdies so far on the week. Junior
Grace Grant also tied for eighth after carding 79-75-78—232 and picking up four birdies.
Both Harker and Grant earned first-team All-Great Midwest honors by virtue of their finishes on Friday.
Rounding out Ashland's three players in the top 10 individually was freshman
Riley McKenzie (82-74-77—233, six birdies), who tied for 10
th in her first conference action.
Both sophomore
Klaira Paramore and junior
Emma Conway tied for 17
th. Paramore's scores improved as the rounds progressed (84-79-75—238, nine birdies), and Conway (78-76-84—238) recorded four birdies.
