St. Thomas women’s golf finished in sixth place at the Summit League Championship, held at Longbow Golf Club in Mesa, Arizona, on April 28. The team posted a final round score of 15-over-par.
The tournament saw Emma Davies and Karen Lind Stefansdottir lead the Tommies by tying for 11th place individually. Davies recorded one of her best rounds with a score of 72 (+1), starting with an eagle and ending with a birdie to move into the top eleven. This performance marked her second time leading St. Thomas at the Summit League Championship.
Stefansdottir also delivered a strong finish, posting a final round of 74 (+3) to tie for eleventh alongside Davies. All-Freshman honoree Genevieve Birkeland achieved her best round of the tournament with a score of 75 (+4), playing bogey-free through seventeen holes before finishing in twenty-ninth place.
Other contributors included Amelia Morton, who moved up to thirty-third overall after carding her best round of the week (78, +7), and Kathryn VanArragon, who finished twenty-third after shooting a final-round 79 (+8). As a team, St. Thomas recorded scores of 312-298-299 for an overall total of +57.
South Dakota surpassed St. Thomas in the standings during the final round by recording one of the lowest team scores in the tournament (291, +7). The results reflect improvement among several players over each successive round.
The Tommies’ season concluded with notable performances from both experienced seniors and freshmen athletes.
