ROME, Ga. –  The Methodist University women's golf team concluded their 2026 fall campaign, placing tied for second out of 12 teams with a team score of 640 (+56), alongside a trio of collegiate accomplishments through 36 holes at the Chick-Fil-A Women's Invitational, hosted by Berry College on Monday, November 1st through Tuesday, November 2nd at Stonebridge Golf Course.

THE ESSENTIALS
Event: Chick-Fil-A Women's Invitational
Location: Stonebridge Golf Course (Par 73 – 5,705 yards); Rome, Ga.
Top teams: 1 – Oglethorpe University (323-313-636, +52), T-2 – Rhodes College (317-323-640, +56), T-2 – Methodist University (328-312-640, +56)
Top individuals: 1 – Dounia Bezzari, Oglethorpe University (75-75-150, +4), T-2 – Juliette Coffey, Batten University (77-74-151, +5), T-2 – Maddie Easterling, Transylvania University (72-79-151, +5)

OPENING ROUND

• Senior Anna Wicklum logged her career-best 18-hole score of 74 (+1), keeping Methodist within the top of the leaderboard with an eagle on the par-4 third, alongside birdies on the par-3 twelfth and the par-5 seventeenth to combine for a collegiate-low 154 (+8) 36-hole score for 5th place alone on the leaderboard.
• Junior Cloe Rich would fire her collegiate-low 18-hole score as well, marking out with a 72 (-1) with five birdies by the conclusion of 36-holes played in the afternoon, recording a 155 (+9) for T-6th individually.
• Junior Paige Wilkinson maintained consistency throughout both 18-hole rounds, collecting a birdie on the par-4 second, while logging a five-hole par-run to match her round one result of 82 (+9) to achieve a 164 (+18) for T-20th in the 36-hole match.
• Junior Kiley Donovan was the final Methodist player to count for the Monarchs team tally as she was able to collect a birdie on the par-4 sixteenth followed by a four-hole par-run to tabulate an 84 (+11) to total a 167 (+21) for the event to rank out in T-23rd.
• Sophomore Julia Hashem waived one stroke from her round one tally, unfortunately not counting for the Monarchs team score through 36 holes, landing a birdie on the par-5 18th to fire an 85 (+12) for the round to a combine for a 171 (+25), marking out in T-33rd on the leaderboard.
• Sophomore Riley Henriksen and freshman Kenley Baker competed as individuals throughout the tournament, with Henricksen shaving seven strokes off her prior total in her collegiate debut for Methodist, alongside marking a birdie on the par-3 eighth to fire a 94 (+21), in round two, totaling a 195 (+24) for the tournament for 57th position overall.

 
UP NEXT
The Monarchs return to the links in the spring of 2027 at the Centre College Classic, hosted by (RV) Centre College on Saturday, February 20th through Sunday, February 21st at Mid Pines Golf Club in Southern Pines, N.C.