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For Immediate Release
May 27, 2006
2005-06 Spring Season Wrap-up
After narrowly qualifying in the fall, the NWU women’s
golf team made quite a showing at the NAIA Region III Championships
and nearly qualified for the national meet.
Under third-year head coach Stacy Graham, the Prairie
Wolves placed second at the regional, just seven strokes behind
Dakota Wesleyan University. Senior Caitlin Johnson had the best
two rounds of her career (85-83) to earn individual runner-up honors,
and sophomore Joslin Roach placed 11th at 178.
Johnson also joined senior Jennifer Gloystein and
junior Jessica Mertens in being named Daktronics/NAIA All-America
Scholar-Athletes.
2006-07 Fall Season Wrap-up
After losing two of NWU’s varsity golfers
to graduation, the women’s team had some big shoes to fill
this fall. The Prairie Wolves started off the year with an 11th-place
showing at the Wartburg College Fall Invitational on Sept. 9. Junior
Amber Edwards tied for 24th place individually with a score of 84.
Three days later, sophomore Sarah Hannon was the team’s top
finisher at the GPAC Preview Tournament, placing 15th (91) and helping
Nebraska Wesleyan finish 10th.
Senior Jessica Mertens led the team to another 10th-place finish
by tying for 31st with 178 strokes at the NWU Fall Invitational.
On Oct. 6, the women posted their highest finish of the season as
they took third at the Peru State College Bobcat Invitational. Hannon
and first-year golfer Kiley Miller each finished in the top 10,
placing eighth (89) and ninth (91), respectively.
Edwards led the team in its final two meets of the season as NWU
tied for sixth at the Concordia University (Neb.) Invitational and
tied for seventh at the GPAC Championships. Individually, Edwards
placed sixth at Concordia (85) and 18th at conference (188).
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