LIHUE, Hi. – The Kansas women's golf team concluded its fall season in Lihue, Hawaii and tied for 10th place at the Rainbow Wahine Invitational after rounds of 292-297-294 (+19) on the Ocean Course Hokuala.
Baylor took home first place in the 19-team tournament with a final score of 851 (-13), followed by Santa Clara (-4), Missouri (-4), Eastern Michigan (+3) , and BYU (+8) to round out the top five.
Senior
Amy DeKock and sophomore
Ebba Nordstedt both led the way for the Jayhawks in Hawaii. DeKock tallied 10 birdies and finished with scores of 75-74-69 (+2), while Nordstedt carded scores of 70-72-76 (+2). Both golfers tied for 18th place in the 112 golfer field, giving DeKock her fifth top 20 finish of the season, and Nordstedt her second top 20 finish this year.
"I'm really proud of Amy and Anna today as our senior captains to keep fighting and finishing. The tournament was really strong, and we needed them today and I think this tournament really showed us what we need to work on in the off-season." Kansas head coach
Lindsay Kuhle said.
Senior
Anna Wallin tallied seven birdies at the Rainbow Wahine Invitational and finished with scores of 74-77-72 (+7) and tied for 43rd place.
Junior
Lyla Louderbaugh carded rounds of 73-74-77 (+8) while recording eight birdies throughout the event. Louderbaugh tied for 47th place individually.
Freshman
Marieke Ebens finished the tournament with rounds of 80-81-77 (+22) and tied for 101st.
Sophomore
Jillian Fatkin competed as an individual throughout the tournament, and finished with scores of 75-83-73 (+15). Fatkin carded six birdies with one eagle and tied for 90th place individually.
"Really looking forward to the off-season and getting to work because I think this team has a lot of talent. I know they'll work hard and I know they care about KU, we just need to put a lot of time into execution and scoring," Kuhle said.
UP NEXT
Kansas will next compete in the Therese Hession Regional Challenge in Palos Verdes Estates, California at the Palos Verdes Golf Club from Feb. 1-3 to kick-off its spring season.