FRANKLIN, Ind. – Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology makes it three in a row, capturing its third straight Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) Women's Golf Championship title on Sunday.
Complete Team Scores – Day 3
Complete Individual Scores – Day 3
Combined Team Results – Day 3
2021 HCAC Women's' Golf Championship Page
The Fightin' Engineers took the 2021 team title with an impressive 54-hole total of 947 (318, 306, 323), setting a new HCAC Championship team record. Transylvania University finished in second place with a score of 1,004 (343, 337, 324), with Hanover College picking up third with a team tally of 1,026 (336, 350, 340).
Rose-Hulman's
Rachel Zhang took the medalist honors, carding a strong three-day total of 227 (81, 69, 77), featuring a second-round score of 69, which set a new HCAC Championship record. Fightin' Engineer teammate
Meg Fosnot finished in second overall, garnering Newcomer of the Year honors, as the lowest scoring first-year in the competition with a total of 237 (82, 74, 81).
Maci French of Franklin College took third, with a score of 239 (81, 79, 79) while there was a three-way tie for fourth, with Transylvania's
Grace Chilton (84, 81, 78), and Rose-Hulman's
Precious Saelee (77, 85, 81) and
Lily Byrne (78, 80, 85) all carding 243 totals.
Claire Waggener from Earlham College set a new program record for her efforts, finishing in eight with a 246 (79, 82, 85).
The top-10 finishers of the championship earn all-conference honors. For leading the Fightin' Engineers to their second straight championship, Kevin Robinson was voted the 2021 HCAC Women's Golf Coach of the Year.
All-Conference
| Name |
Institution |
Score |
| Lily Byrne |
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology |
243 (78, 80, 85) |
| Taylor Caldwell |
Hanover College |
247 (83, 80, 84) |
| Grace Chilton |
Transylvania University |
243 (84, 81, 78) |
| Meg Fosnot |
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology |
237 (82, 74, 81) |
| Maci French |
Franklin College |
239 (81, 79, 79) |
| June Lee |
Transylvania University |
250 (84, 84, 82) |
| Precious Saelee |
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology |
243 (77, 85, 81) |
| Claire Waggener |
Earlham College |
246 (79, 82, 85) |
| Patricia Windholtz |
Mount St. Joseph University |
244 (82, 80, 82) |
| Rachel Zhang |
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology |
227 (81, 69, 77) |
Full Team Scores
| Place |
Institution |
Score |
| 1st |
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology |
947 (318, 306, 323) |
| 2nd |
Transylvania University |
1004 (343, 337, 324) |
| 3rd |
Hanover College |
1026 (336, 350, 340) |
| 4th |
Mount St. Joseph University |
1037 (345, 339, 353) |
| 5th |
Franklin College |
1053 (362, 343, 348) |
| 6th |
Bluffton University |
1107 (388, 364, 355) |
| 7th |
Earlham College |
1166 (394, 392, 380) |
| 8th |
Manchester University |
1107 (394, 423, 290) |
| 9th |
Defiance College |
1194 (383, 392, 419) |
| 10th |
Anderson University |
1211 (390, 421, 400) |
For more information on HCAC women's golf, visit the websites of any of the participating schools, or go to the HCAC's home on the internet at www.heartlandconf.org. Be sure to stay up to date on all of your Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference news by following @HCACDIII on Twitter and by liking the "HCAC DIII" Facebook page.