Women's golf places eighth at HCAC Championship

The Defiance women's golf team placed eighth out of 10 teams at the 2021 Heartland Collegiate Atheltic Conference Women's Golf Championships on Sunday afternoon. 

The Basics

• The three-day event was hosted by Franklin College and took place at The Legends Golf Club in Franklin, Ind.
• The Yellow Jackets finished eighth in a ten-team field and shot a combined team score of 1194 (383, 392, 419).
• Rose-Hulman shot a combined 947 (318, 306, 323) to claim their third conference championship in a row.

On The Course

• Junior Mari Najar was the top finisher for Defiance with a score of 277 (97,91,89) good for a tie for 27th place.
• Freshman Winter Boroff shot a combined score of 290 (94,96,100) and finished tied for 30th.
• Freshman Aubrey Bujalski and junior Julia Yeager tied for 45th after each shooting a 331. 
• Freshman Alexis Devries shot an 88 in the first round and a 97 in the second round before withdrawing from the competition.
• Rose-Hulman's Rachel Zhang won the event with a three-day total of 227 (81, 69, 77) that included a new HCAC Championship record score of 69 in the second round. 

Up Next

• This event wraps up the fall season for Defiance. The Yellow Jackets will return to action in the spring.