It could have been better, but it’s hard for the Notre Dame
women’s golf team, ranked No. 23 by GolfWeek,
to complain about a total that was the fifth-best 54-hole score in school
history, even if it did yield just a sixth-place finish Monday as the Fighting
Irish teed off the spring portion of their schedule at the Westbrook Spring
Invitational hosted by Wisconsin in Peoria, Ariz.
With Talia Campbell, the senior captain from Dallas, and
Isabella DiLisio, the freshman who won the 2013 PIAA Class AAA title as a
junior at Mount St. Joseph, leading the way, Notre Dame posted a final-round
289 over the 6,269-yard, par-72 Vistas Course at Westbrook Village Country
Club. That gave them a 54-hole total of 1-over 865.
But the Irish were just a shot behind fifth-place finisher
SMU, ranked No. 41 by GolfWeek, two
shots behind No. 26 UNLV in fourth and just four back of Kansas State in third.
SMU had the day’s best round, a 6-under 282, to move into fifth place at
even-par 264. UNLV posted a 290 for a 1-under 863 total and Kansas State
matched par at 288 for a 3-under 861 total.
Oregon, ranked 30th, took a six-shot lead into
Monday’s final round and fired a solid 1-under 287 for a 10-under 854 total and
a five-shot victory over 41st-ranked Ohio St., which closed with a
4-under 284 for a 5-under 859 total.
The Ducks were paced by three players who finished in the top
10, including two players who finished in a large group that was tied for third
at 4-under 212. Cathleen Santoso, a junior from Australia, fired a final-round 2-under 70 to get to
4-under and Caroline Inglis, a senior from Eugene, Ore. who was the 36-hole
leader at 5-under, posted a 1-over 73 to fall back to 4-under. Kathleen Scavo,
a freshman from Benicia, Calif., carded a 1-under 71 to finish in a large group
tied for ninth that included Notre Dame’s Campbell and DiLisio at 2-under 214.
Campbell signed for a 1-over 73 and DiLisio posted a solid
1-under 71 to earn Notre Dame co-medalist honors. The 2-under 214 total matched
DiLisio’s career best set last fall at Nebraska’s Chip-N Club Invitational.
Emma Albrecht, a freshman from Ormond Beach, Fla. had a 1-over 73 to finish in
a tie for 33rd at 219, Maddie Rose Hamilton, a freshman from
Louisville, matched par with a 72 that included an eagle on her final hole of the day, the fifth at Westbrook, to finish in a tie for 48th at 222 and Kari Belville, a sophomore
from Granger, Ind., struggled with an 83 to finish in a tie for 79th
at 231. Jordan Ferreira, a junior from University Place, Wash., competed as an
individual for the Fighting Irish and closed with an even-par 72 to finish in a
tie for 58th at 224.
Notre Dame broke 870 for the third time in its last four
tournaments after bettering the 870 mark on a par-72 course just three times in
the program’s 27-year history before the 2015-16 season. Campbell, the captain,
is the only senior in the group that traveled to the Westbrook.
Wisconsin’s Brooke Ferrell, a junior from Edgerton, Wis.,
and Emma Henrikson, a senior from Sweden, shared medalist honors as they
matched the day’s best score, each firing a 3-under 69, to emerge from a tight
pack and finish at 5-under 211.
Five players finished in a tie for third at 4-under 212,
including Oregon’s Santoso and Inglis, Kansas State’s Connie Jaffrey, a
sophomore from Scotland, Indiana’s Erin Harper, a freshman from Dublin, Ohio,
and SMU’s Jenny Haglund, a junior from Australia. Jaffrey matched par with a
72, Harper fired a 2-under 70 and Haglund also matched the day’s best score
with her 3-under 69.
Runnerup Ohio State was led by Jessica Porvasnik, a junior
from Hinckley, Ohio, and Jaclyn Lee, a
freshman from Canada, both of whom finished in the tie for ninth along with
Oregon’s Scavo at 2-under 214. Porvasnik had a final-round 73 while Lee was
another player who matched the day’s best score with a 3-under 69.
In addition to Jaffrey’s tie for third, Kansas State got a
solid showing from Katherine Gravel-Coursol, a junior from Canada, who posted a
1-over 73 to finish alone in eighth place at 3-under 213.
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