Women's Golf | 5/11/2022 10:38:00 PM

HOUSTON, TX.  Methodist women's golf did not have their ideal round of golf in day 2 of the NCAA 2022 NCAA Division III Women's Golf Championship Wednesday afternoon. Methodist dropped four places in the leaderboards and now sits in seventh-place following a score of 37-over par.
 
Emory University remains at the top with a 12-over par score, 14 strokes ahead of second place Pomona-Pitzer College.

THE ESSENTIALS
Event: NCAA Division III Women's Golf Championship
Location: Bay Oaks Country Club (Par 72, 5,866 yards); Houston, TX.
Dates: May 10-13, 2022
Host institution: Mary Hardin-Baylor
Participants: 29 teams and 6 individuals; 151 golfers
Top 3 teams: 1 – Emory (292-296-588, +12), 2 – Pomona-Pitzer (303-299-602, +26), 3 – George Fox University (305-304-609,+33)
Top 3 individuals: 1 – Aliea Clark, New York Univeristy (71-71-142, -2), 2 – Ellen Dong, Emory (75-68-143, -1), 3 – Annie Mascot, Washington University (St. Louis) (69-76-145, +1)

OPENING ROUND NOTES 

• Methodist had a later tee time on Wednesday and started its round on the front nine of the course with the par-4. 
• Three Monarchs opened round two with even pars, to start Methodist on a good note.
• Jillian Drinkard (72-74-146, +2), led the Monarch squad with a two-over par 74. She carded four bogeys but canceled two with her two birdies on holes No. 6 & 9. Drinkard remains in the top five on the individual leaderboards as she moved up one spot for a six-way tie in fourth place.
• Ingrid Steingrimsen (75-76-151, +7) trailed behind Drinkard again on day 2 with a 4-over par score. She was one-under going into the turn for the back nine, and collected a birdie on the 10^th hole to drop two-under. Upon doing so well, holes 13-15 gave her some trouble as she carded three back-to-back bogeys. She went on to answer with two pars but ended her day on a negative note with a triple bogey to set her four-over. Steingrimsen remains in the top 20 but dropped five places in a tie for 20^th.
• Maggie Williams (76-81-157, +13) dropped tremendously on the leaderboards after having a tough day with her shot. After closing out the front nine just three over, four bogeys and a double bogey set her nine-over after 18. Williams will look to bounce back during the last two rounds of the tournament.
• Rounding out the Monarch golfers are Emily Gresham (77-82-159, +15) and Natalie Brosig (78-82-160, +16).
• Both Gresham and Brosig struggled through the first four holes, but Brosig found a breakthrough on the following hole. She carding a birdie on hole five, which led to an eagle on hole seven, being the only Monarch to do so thus far in the tournament.
• Gresham had a rough start on the front nine as well but managed to turn it around on the back nine to go three-over.
• Both Gresham and Brosig finished the round 10-over, dropping their placement on the leaderboards by 27 and 26 slots respectively.

PUT-TING IT TOGETHER 

• Washington University (St. Louis) had the biggest drop on the leaderboards, and fell to 10^th place after being in 2^nd after round one.
• The biggest advancement on the leaderboards was Washington and Lee University who moved up six slots to tie for fourth place.

UP NEXT 

• Methodist's first golfer is scheduled to begin Round 3 on the front nine at 8:10 a.m. Thursday, and the Monarchs will be again partnered with Williams College but will add Claremont Mudd Scripps to group. 
• Day 3 tee times will be determined by placings on the team leaderboard. 
• For Friday's concluding round, the 29-team field will cut to the top 15 after the third round, and will also include the top six individuals not on teams making the cut.