NIU women’s golf wrapped up the Colonel Classic tying for fifth-place out of fifteen teams. Senior Jasmine Ly paved the way, finishing tied for eighth-place. 

The Huskies finished the two rounds 27-over par, leaving the tournament with 603 strokes. NIU started slow, shooting a 306 in the first round, but improved to 297 in the second round – the lowest team score of the second round. 

After finishing tied for eighth-place, this marks Ly’s fifth-straight tournament with a top-ten finish. Ly left the first round shooting a 73, her best score of the tournament. She left the tournament shooting a 76 in the second round. 

Finishing tied for eleventh-place, NIU’s second golfer was graduate student Sydney Naro. Naro opened the tournament with a score of 78 in the first round, but improved by six strokes to 72 in the second round. 

Senior Emily Romancew was the third golfer for the Huskies, logging a tie for 21st place. Romancew finished the first round shooting a 73, but a score of 79 in the second round bit Romancew.

Junior Caroline Kent finished fourth for the Huskies after tying for 26th place. Kent had a 13-stroke difference between the two rounds, shooting an 83 in the first. In the second round Kent tied the tournament-low score of 70.

Rounding out the Huskies lineup was junior Jóhanna Lea Lúðvíksdóttir, tying for 80th place. Lúðvíksdóttir finished the first round with a score of 82 and left the tournament shooting an 83 in the second round. 

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The Huskies next tournament is the Oral Roberts Spring Invite, a two-day event stretching from Monday to Tuesday in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma.