Freshman Sarah Knitter shot an even-par 72 within the last spherical

BREVARD COUNTY • MELBOURNE, FLORIDA – The Jap Florida State Faculty girls’s golf crew positioned eighth general on the NJCAA Division I Nationwide Match in Backyard Metropolis, Kansas Friday.

The Titans tied Seminole State Faculty for the day’s lowest rating, firing a 304 within the last spherical. Jap Florida State Faculty moved up one spot within the general standings and shot 1260 for the four-day event.

“With a bit higher steadiness we might have been underneath 300 in the present day, it’s a good bounce again and any coach on the market will let you know that to indicate up when you find yourself simply exhibiting up is an effective signal,” Jap Florida State Faculty girls’s golf coach Jamie Howell stated.

Freshman Sarah Knitter shot an even-par 72 within the last spherical and positioned seventh general within the event, making the all-tournament crew.

Knitter made birdies on No. 7 and No. 9 and made the flip 1-under after which made par on eight of the 9 holes on the again 9 to shoot 72. Knitter was 16 over for the event.

“She is simply going to get higher, she places within the work and had an actual good event, she was dissatisfied in yesterday’s spherical however we had been all dissatisfied in yesterday’s spherical,” Howell stated.

Teammate Savannah Hawthorne had her greatest spherical of the event in her last sport with the Titans, capturing a 1-over 73.

The sophomore made the flip even par after which after a bogey on No. 10, made birdies on No. 11, No. 14 and No. 15 to go to 2-under. However a slipup on No. 16 put her again to even par.

Hawthorne completed tied for twentieth general within the event. Gracie Doke shot a 79 and completed tied for thirty eighth general whereas Jasmine Yang battled again from a troublesome entrance 9 to shoot 2-over on the again 9 and end with an 80. Morela Boyd additionally performed her last spherical with the Titans, capturing an 84 to complete tied for fiftieth general.

It’s the second straight season that the Titans have made the nationwide event and have completed within the prime 10 in every of them.

“I didn’t drive all this method to end eighth however on the similar time I’m happy with them,” Howell stated. “We talked about it each evening, did you do the most effective that you would and so they seemed me within the eye and stated completely, you possibly can’t ask for greater than that. Happy with that, we should discover methods to attain higher.”

Seminole State Faculty gained the nationwide title for the fourth straight yr, capturing 304 within the last spherical.

Daytona State Faculty was second and Western Texas Group Faculty positioned third. Seminole State Faculty’s Pearl Phoncharatkun shot a 75 on Friday and gained the person title with a 296.

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