Freshman sets new record at season-opening meet

In her first meet as an Eagle, freshman Brooke Kramer set a new CSC record and helped the women’s golf team achieve a new record-low 18-hole score. 

In the first round of the Samuel Proal Invitational at Pueblo Country Club, in Pueblo, Colorado, Monday, the CSC women carded 317, the team’s lowest 18-hole score ever. Kramer shot 73 on day one of the invite, one-stroke better than Ally Malzahn’s previous single-round record set in 2007 which current Eagle sophomore Alpine Hickstein tied last season. 

After round two was complete on Tuesday the CSC women had earned a two-day score of 317-331-648 and tied for seventh place with defending Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference champions and invite hosts Colorado State University-Pueblo.

“We had a really good first day and we played well today, but had a bad last few holes,” CSC Head Coach John Ritzen told CSC Sports Information. “We were up two strokes on the sixth place team with three to play and then we had a rough go at it.”

Despite the team’s mishaps as the invite drew to a close on Tuesday, Ritzen said he believes Monday’s record score will be more representative of their average this season.

“We have a good group with some good girls sitting at home, too, so it’s going to be interesting,” he said. 

Monday, Kramer tied for the most pars at the invite, according to CSC Sports Information, and birdied two. She led all golfers until a double-bogey on her final hole of the day. The bogey dropped her into a tie for third place after one round.   Unfortunately on day two Kramer added 15 strokes to her first round score. Her score of 73-88-161 tied her for 23rd. 

CSC was led by Hickstein who shot 77-79-156, good for 13th place among the invite’s 75 golfers.

Behind Hickstein, freshman Kinsey Smith shot 82-83-165 and tied for 35th; freshmen Allison Acosta shot 87-81-168 and tied for 44th; Sophomore Anna Branscome scored 83-87-170 and tied for 57th. Abby White shot 85-90-175. 

Individually the meet was won by Faith Kilgore of Colorado Christian University. She shot 70-73-143 to take the title. Dixie State took the team title with a two-day score of 300-313-613.