Montana closes fall schedule with fifth-place finish

Monday, October 3

Oak Hills Country Club; Omaha, Neb.

Montana

Big O Classic

Montana closes fall schedule with fifth-place finish

10/4/2022 4:30:00 PM | Golf

Results

By: Montana Sports Information

The Montana women's golf team finished fifth on Tuesday at the Big O Classic at Oak Hills Country Club in Omaha, Neb., as the Grizzlies' fall tournament schedule came to an end.

After shooting rounds of 310 and 316 on Monday and sitting fourth out of nine teams through 36 holes, Montana shot a 323 for Tuesday's final 18 holes to drop one spot in the standings.

Kylie Franklin (79-78-78) was the Grizzlies' lone golfer to break 80 for all three rounds. She tied for 14th overall.

Raina Ports (76-79-81) finished 17th, Tricia Joyce (77-78-82) tied for 18th, Jessica Ponce (83-81-82) tied for 35th, and Madison Cecil (78-89-87) tied for 50th.

Wichita State (302-311-313) won the tournament by two strokes over Creighton (307-303-318), eight over Omaha (308-311-315).

"Not a great day. Basically, we didn't play well," said coach Kris Nord. "We had a lot of tired mental errors. We left way too many strokes out there."

The tournament concluded a demanding schedule for Montana, which played four tournaments and 12 competitive rounds in a span of just 23 days.

The Grizzlies made two driving trips to Utah with their full team, another to Spokane, then played with five this week in Omaha.

"I'm glad we did what we did, but I'm glad it's over because the kids need to get in class and caught up," said Nord. "We've got some bright spots I think we can build on for spring."

Montana won't compete again until the Lady Thunderbird Invitational in St. George, Utah, the second week of March.

The Grizzlies' five-tournament spring schedule will finish with the Big Sky Conference Championship, to be held April 17-19 at Talking Stick Golf Club in Scottsdale, Ariz.