SELLERSBURG, Ind. – The 2024 Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) Women’s Golf Championship concluded on Sunday, May 12th at Hidden Creek Golf Club, hosted by Hanover College, with Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology crowned as champions of the HCAC Women’s Golf Championship.
COMPLETE RESULTS
After the third, and final, day of play, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology came out on top of the team leaderboards shooting +50 as a team (914). Finishing in second place was Transylvania University, shooting +94 (958). Mount St. Joseph University finished in third place with a +102 (966).
With their win, the Fightin’ Engineers secure the HCAC’s automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA Division III Women’s Golf National Championship taking place May 21-24, at Keene Trace at Nicholasville, Ky. The team win also results in the 2024 Roger Lundy Memorial Women’s Golf Coach of the Year honor being bestowed upon head coach Jon Lester, who is serving in his second year as head coach of the women’s team at Rose-Hulman.
The medalist at the tournament was Precious Saelee of Rose-Hulman. Saelee came on strong throughout day three, shooting a third round best 73. Saelee finished the HCAC Women’s Golf championship weekend with an overall score of +9 (225). Followed by Alyssa Haverstraw of Mount St. Joseph who finished in second place with a score of +12 (228) on the weekend.
Precious Saelee and Mikaela Ikeda of Rose-Hulman led the Fightin’ Engineers to their fifth consecutive HCAC Women’s Golf championship. Saelee found herself in first place over the weekend shooting +9 (225). While teammate Ikeda wasn’t too far behind shooting +16 (232). With a three-round total of +17 (233), Elizabeth of Rose-Hulman rounded out the Top-5, which are all named to the 2023 HCAC Women’s Golf All-Tournament Team.
HCAC Women’s Golf All-Tournament Team
Emma Spencer - Transylvania
Winter Boroff - Defiance
Mallory Mortl - Hanover
Harper Clementz - Rose-Hulman
Amira Smiley - Transylvania
Elizabeth Ma - Rose-Hulman
Erin Nolan - Rose-Hulman
Mikaela Ikeda - Rose-Hulman
Alyssa Haverstraw - Mount St. Joseph
Team Standings
| 1. |
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology |
310 |
300 |
304 |
914 |
+50 |
| 2. |
Transylvania University |
325 |
320 |
313 |
958 |
+94 |
| 3. |
Mount St. Joseph University |
330 |
322 |
314 |
966 |
+102 |
| 4. |
Bluffton University |
337 |
313 |
330 |
980 |
+116 |
| 5. |
Hanover College |
329 |
325 |
335 |
989 |
+125 |
| 6. |
Defiance College |
363 |
356 |
356 |
1075 |
+211 |
| 7. |
Anderson University |
392 |
396 |
383 |
1171 |
+307 |
| 8. |
Manchester University |
433 |
420 |
423 |
1276 |
+412 |
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