C of I's Gibbens Wins Home Tournament, Concordia Squeaks Out Win
WILDER, Idaho – College of Idaho’s Trish Gibbens went wire-to-wire to win her fifth career Cascade Conference event, but Concordia University rallied for a one-stroke team victory at The C of I Invitational at River Bend Golf Course.
Final Results
Trailing by four strokes heading into the final 18, the Cavaliers shot at tournament low 332 to finish with a team-score of 1,035 on the windswept track – recording their sixth-straight C of I Invite title. The C of I recorded their best round of the tournament in today’s finale (337), but could not hold off No. 23 ranked CU.
Gibbens won her first league tourney of the year with a 54-hole total of 238, holding off Cavalier Sunny Powers by four strokes. The senior held an eight-stroke lead after seven holes, but Powers shaved six strokes off the lead in the next four holes, but Gibbens played one-over par the rest of the way, carding a 78, to earn the victory.
Rocky Mountain placed third overall – 18 strokes behind CU, as the No. 21 ranked Bears were paced Katy Peterson (254), who finished 16-strokes behind the leader. Northwest Christian placed fourth (1096), thanks to a tenth-place finish from Haley Partridge (263), with Warner Pacific in fifth, with Scotti Jo Helmick placing fifth over (257), and Corban University in sixth (1120) – led by Hillary Seabrook in 23rd (276).
Westminster College, who did not record a team score, had three players in the Top-6, including Jenteal Jackson in fourth (255). Northwest Nazarene was led by Jessica Knight, who finished 29th (284).
The CCC teams close out the regular season next week at the CCC Championships at Diamond Woods Golf Course.