Van Dyke victorious in match play at Anderson Spring Invitational

ANDERSON, Ind. – Defiance College freshman Cassady Van Dyke (Marysville, Ohio/Marysville) earned her first career tournament victory at this weekend's Anderson Spring Invitational held at Anderson Country Club.

The two-day competition was set to a match-play format that awarded one point per hole victory and half points for a tied hole. Due to an odd number in the field of seven, the matchups rotated every six holes with one player on a bye that could earn points by shooting par (one point) or bogey (half point).

Van Dyke was the top scorer after Saturday's 18 holes with 11 points while competing in the three-woman group against Anderson's Kylee Duncan and Mabrey Buis. Defiance's Isabelle Vance (Continental, Ohio/Miller City) and Winter Boroff (Convoy, Ohio/Crestview) were pitted against Chloe Renihan and Emma Howe. Vance tallied 10.5 points and Boroff notched seven in their round-robin style of six-hole matchups.

On Sunday, Boroff was the top scorer overall for the day with 12.5 points but finished one point behind Van Dyke, Vance and Renihan for a three-way tie for first, who all scored 20.5 total points for the weekend. Adding to the late-stage drama, Van Dyke and Vance went head-to-head for vital points over the last six holes in their grouping. Renihan picked up four points in her hole 7-12 matchup against Van Dyke while Vance made up late ground with a 3.5-2.5 edge over Van Dyke to close out the round.

The tie atop the leaderboard sent the trio into a chip-off to decide the top three spots that saw Van Dyke emerge as the victor ahead of Vance finishing second. Boroff placed fourth to give all three Defiance golfers all-tournament team hardware awarded to the top five finishers.

The Yellow Jackets wrap up their season with the HCAC Championships hosted by Defiance College at Moose Landing Country Club in Ottawa, Ohio. The conference women's golf championships will be a three-day, 54-hole competition that begins Friday, April 28 running through Sunday, April 30.

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