Women’s Golf Takes Fifth at Olivet Fall Invitational - Carlia Canto Third in Individual Standings
Sunday, September 11, 2011
MARSHALL - The Calvin women’s golf team completed a solid weekend at the Olivet Fall Invitational, placing fifth with a two-day team score of 690 strokes. After shooting a school record score of 340 on Friday, the Knights came back with a 350 on Saturday.
Calvin finished two strokes behind Madonna and four strokes ahead of Hope. Host Olivet won the tournament with a team score of 664 strokes while Saint Francis was second (671) and North Central third (673).
Sophomore Carlia Canto (Marysville/Port Huron Northern HS) finished third in the final individual standings, carding a round of 83 on Saturday to finish with a two-day total of 158 (75-83). Her Friday round of 75 was a new Calvin single-round record.
Freshman Jackie Richert (Fort Gratiot/Port Huron Northern HS) was also stellar with an 84 on Saturday after shooting 83 on Friday for a two-day score of 167 that left her 10th in the final individual standings. Junior Elise Doezema (Grand Rapids/Grand Rapids Christian HS) had a solid day Saturday, shooting 86 to go with a Friday score of 93 that gave her a two-day total of 179.
Freshman Laura Richert (Fort Gratiot/Port Huron Northern HS) had a 97 on Saturday after shooting 89 to finish at 186 overall. Junior Rachel Whitaker (Grand Rapids/Forest Hills Northern HS) finished at 202 after shooting 97 on Friday and 105 on Saturday.
Shooting individually for Calvin was junior Nicole Black (Grand Rapids/Kenowa Hills HS) and freshman Rachel Potoczek (Cuyahoga Falls, OH/Cuyahoga Christian Academy). Black had a 207 (103-104) and Potoczek a 248 (124-124).
