LITCHFIELD, Ariz. – The South Dakota Mines women's golf team finished in 10
th place during the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Golf Championships Wednesday in Litchfield, Arizona, while the men's team posted a ninth-place finish.
The Hardrocker women registered a three-round team score of 1021 strokes. Westminster College were crowned RMAC team champions with 927 strokes while UCCS finished second with 930 and Colorado Mesa was third with 930.
Individually, Emily Shimkus of UCCS won tournament with a three-day total of 221 while Colorado Christian's Faith Kilgore was second with 225.
South Dakota Mines was led by
Rianna Garland with 249 strokes who tied for 35
th place.
Annika Schooler took a share of 39
th place with a 252,
Abby Magee tied for 45
th place with a 255,
Larissa Pawlowski finished 52 with 267 strokes and
Jessalyn Shipp was 54
th with 272.
On the men's side, the Hardrockers tallied 929 strokes to finish 10
th. CSU Pueblo took top honors with 874, Fort Lewis College was second with 890 and Colorado Mesa finished third with 892.
Individually for the 'Rockers, Andrew Ni of CSUP was crowed the RMAC champion with a three-round score of 213 while Darren Edwards of FLC and Jamie Roberts of CSUP tied for second with 218 strokes.
Joseph Vincent posted the lowest round of the tournament on Tuesday with a 69. He had 72 on Monday and a three-day total of 221, which gave him a tie for seventh place.
Bryce Howard closed out the tourney in a tie for 29
th place with a 232,
Roger Nakagawa carded a 235 for 34
th place,
Jake Francis tied for 42
nd with a 242 and Supawich Bootna tallied a 245 for 44
th place.