Women's Golf leads field after first day of Bluffton Classic

By Tim Glon

BLUFFTON — The Ohio Northern women's golf team is in first place out of six teams after the first day of the Bluffton Spring Classic on Saturday at Hidden Creek Golf Course.

The Polar Bears (55-12 overall) carded a 336 on the 5602-yard, par-72 course and lead Mount Saint Joseph by eight strokes and Bluffton by 11 strokes.

Sophomore Grace Honigford (West Chester/Lakota East) and freshman Amelia Burger (Centerville) are tied for second out of 44 golfers with 10-over par 82s.

Freshman Rhianna Firmstone (Moon Township, Pa./Moon Area) is tied for eighth with an 85, senior Karlee Staugler (Saint Henry) is tied for 10th with an 87 and sophomore Isabella Orofino (Powell/Olentangy Liberty) is tied for 14th with a 90.

Playing on ONU's "B" team, junior Meghan Utterdyke (Lebanon/Bishop Fenwick) is in fifth with an 83.

Patricia Windholtz of Mount Saint Joseph leads the individual standings by one stroke with an 81.

The final round will begin Sunday with a Noon shotgun start.

Team Standings

1. Ohio Northern 336, 2. Mount Saint Joseph 344, 3. Bluffton 347, 4. Ohio Northern "B" 354, 5. Tiffin 386, 6. Heidelberg 389, 7. Manchester (Ind.) 401.

Top 5 Individual Results

1. Patricia Windholtz (MSJ) 81, t2. Grace Honigford (ONU) 82, t2. Amelia Burger 83, t2. Colleen Webrich 82, 5. Meghan Utterdyke (ONU) 83.

Ohio Northern Individual Results

t2. Grace Honigford 82, t2. Amelia Burger 82, t8. Rhianna Firmstone 85, t10. Karlee Staugler 87, t14. Isabella Orofino 90.

Ohio Northern "B" Individual Results

5. Meghan Utterdyke 83, t10. Rylie Smith 87, t17. Torrie Smith 91, 22. Allison Rountree 93, t24. Olivia Galigher 96.

Other Ohio Northern Individual Results

t14. Rebekah Baumlein 90.