Ohio Northern five shots back in second place after Day 1 of OAC Women's Golf Championships
By Tim Glon
WEST LAFAYETTE — Ohio Northern had all five of its golfers finish in the top eight as individuals as the Polar Bears are in second place after the first day of the 2022 Ohio Athletic Conference Women's Golf Tournament on a beautiful Friday at River Greens Golf Course.
ONU (68-13 overall) carded a 327 on the first day of the three-day event and is five strokes behind first place Otterbein after 18 of the 54 holes.
Freshmen Amelia Burger (Centerville) and Rhianna Firmstone (Moon Township, Pa./Moon Area) are tied for third place out of 45 golfers with 9-over par 81s.
Junior Isabella Orofino (Powell/Olentangy Liberty) is tied for fifth with an 82, sophomore Grace Honigford (West Chester/Lakota East) is seventh with an 83 and senior Karlee Staugler (Saint Henry) is tied for eighth with an 84.
Otterbein's Lyndsay Blum leads the individual standings with a first round 76.
The top 14 individuals earn All-Conference honors and the team champion earns the league's automatic bid to the NCAA III Championships May 10-13 at Bay Oaks Country Club in Houston, Tex.
The second round will be held Saturday with flighted tee times beginning at 10 am.
Team Standings
1. Otterbein 322, 2. Ohio Northern 327, 3. Mount Union 355, 4. Muskingum 360, 5. Baldwin Wallace 368, 6. John Carroll 377, 7. Heidelberg 382, t8. Marietta 383, t8. Capital 383.
Top 14 Individual Results (Top 14 finishers earn All-OAC honors)
1. Lyndsay Blum (Ott) 76, 2. Rachel Hatley (Ott) 80, t3. Amelia Burger (ONU) 81, t3. Rhianna Firmstone (ONU) 81, t5. Isabella Orofino (ONU) 82, t5. Jackie Adler (Ott) 82, 7. Grace Honigford (ONU) 83, t8. Karlee Staugler (ONU) 83, t8. Emma McGreal (Ott) 84, t8. Mattie Muckelroy (MtU) 84, 11. Lexi Bubenchik (Mar) 85, 12. Allison Jurkovic (Musk) 86, t13. Madison Gruber (MtU) 88, t13. Kelly Linnabary (BW) 88.
Ohio Northern Individual Results
t3. Amelia Burger 81, t3. Rhianna Firmstone 81, t5. Isabella Orofino 82, 8. Grace Honigford 83, t8. Karlee Staugler 84.
