The Iowa women’s golf team teed off play this morning at the Hawkeye Invitational, the team’s only home tournament.
After a first round score of 306, Iowa’s best mark of the season, the Hawkeyes sat in third place.
Freshman Kristi Cardwell led the team with an even-par score of 72, putting her in a tie for first place individually. Juniors Brianna Coopman, Laura Cilek, and Lauren Forbes also broke 80 with scores of 77, 78, and 79.
The second round of play was suspended due to darkness at roughly 6:20 p.m., leaving most of the Hawkeyes with a few holes left to play.
Cilek and sophomore Chelsea Harris currently have the low scores on the team at three over.
The Hawkeyes’ second-round play dropped them to fourth place, just one stroke behind third-place Missouri State and nine strokes behind leader Illinois.
“We had a really good first round, but we kind of struggled a little bit in the second round,” assistant coach John Owens said. “We have to get off to a great start tomorrow. There’s a couple teams in front of us we can catch, so hopefully we can do that and finish in the top three.”
The second round of play will resume Sunday at 9:00 a.m., followed by the third and final round.
— by J.T. Bugos
