CSC golfers beat their previous record

Chadron State’s golfers set the college’s single-round team record with 306 points during their second day of competition to finish fourth of 10 teams at the Mustang Invite at Marshall Golf Club in Minnesota.

“I know that after the first day we were a little disappointed in how we played,” John Ritzen, head women’s golf coach, said. “We didn’t score bad, but I think that this course presented some good opportunities to shoot some low scores if you played well, they did that the second day. We’re excited to see that record fall.”

The record was last set by the same team of golfers last season at 311 points, April 3 during the RJGA Palm Valley Classic in Goodyear, Arizona.

With their low second-day score, the Eagles finished with a total of 626 points, their first day scoring 320.

“Our top four girls all played really well and kind of had some break throughs in terms of two-day performances,” Ritzen said. “It was really good to see them put two days together and be at or better than where they’ve been in the past.”

Alpine Hickstein, junior of Chadron, remained under 80 strokes both days of the tournament to finish fourth against 64 golfers. She scored 151 total points with 78 points after the first day and 73 after the second.

“We all played OK the first day, but we knew we were better than that,” Hickstein said. “The second day was better overall for everyone and we all felt good about our performance.”

Brooke Kramer, sophomore of Aurora, Colorado, held the second lowest score for the Eagles with a card of 80-76-156, finishing tied for 11th place.

Jordan Grasis, junior of Yuma, Arizona; Kinsey Smith, sophomore of Windsor, Colorado; and Allison Acosta, sophomore of Oro Valley, Arizona, all finished one stroke behind the other. Grasis tied for 19th with scored of 77-81-158. Smith scored 81-78-159 strokes finishing tied for 21st. Acosta had a score card of 81-79-160, tying for 24th.

Ritzen said all the golfers played well. The second, third, and fourth place golfers for the Eagles played a couple of strokes under their previous two-day best.

Eagle golfers have one remaining tournament for the fall portion of their season on Oct. 11 and 12 at the Samuel Proal Invite in Pueblo, Colorado.