Jackets Continue Fall Season at Manchester Invitational
N. MANCHESTER, Ind. – The Defiance College women’s golf team placed sixth among eight teams to compete at the Manchester Invitational on Saturday.
N. MANCHESTER, Ind. – The Defiance College women's golf team placed sixth among eight teams to compete at the Manchester Invitational on Saturday. Phoenix Golnick and Kelly Beard paced the squad once again with scores of 98 and 99 in the single-round event.
The solid play of Golnick and Beard propelled Defiance to a team score of 407, just five strokes back of Alma for a top-five finish. Manchester won the team championship with a 355 to edge Anderson by one shot.
Anderson's Courtney Erickson claimed the individual championship by carding an 82 to finish one stroke in front of Manchester's Mary McCauley.
The Jackets will be back on the course on Monday, when they host the Defiance Invitational at Kettenring Country Club. The action is slated to begin at 1:00 pm.