Jennifer Gibbons ended the first day of the NCU Invite three shots back of the overall lead.
Borchers leads field, Concordia team race at NCU Invite
RESULTS
SPRINGFIELD, Ore.—With five of the top eight golfers on the leaderboard, the Concordia women’s golf team concluded the first day of action with a 34-stroke at the Northwest Christian Invitational held at the Springfield Country Club on Monday.
Concordia (315-323—638) posted the best two rounds of the day with College of Idaho (334-338—672) coming through 36 holes in second place. The host Beacons of Northwest Christian (360-346—706) hold a 10-stroke lead over Simpson University (361-355—716) for third place while Corban (371-359—730) and Oregon Tech (398-409—807) wrap up the final team standings.
College of Idaho’s Baylee Borchers (77-76—153) will enter the third and final round with a three-stroke edge over first-round leader Jennifer Gibbons (76-80—156) of Concordia.
Breaking into the top 10 and following Gibbons for Concordia were Sunny Powers (79-80—159) in third place, Madison Alamillo (79-82—161) in fifth, Kelsey Whiles (81-81—162) in sixth and Lynsie Furuya (82-84—166) in eighth.
Competing as an individual, Scotti Jo Helmick (82-89—171) led Warner Pacific in 10th place, firing a 171 over the 5,801-yard course. One stroke back of Helmick, Northwest Christian’s Haley Partridge (87-85—172) paced the Beacons in 11th place.
In 15th place, Aylssa Clements (85-91—176) turned in the best performance for Oregon Tech and Brooke Spencer (89-89—178) recorded consecutive 17-over 89s to lead Corban.