Wooster Starts Year as Part of Loaded Field

GRANVILLE, Ohio – The College of Wooster women's golf season started in a stacked Denison University Lynn Schweizer Invitational field, which had eight 2023 NCAA Div. III Championships qualifiers, including the second-, fifth-, and 10th-place teams. Wooster placed 12th in the 14-team field, with the Fighting Scots' two-day 657 ranking ahead of one of the eight Div. III Championships qualifiers.

Senior Melissa Burtscher's opening-round 76 led Wooster on the weekend. Burtscher followed with an 80 to finish at 156, which was part of an eight-way tie for 18th-place. Junior Ally Siewert's 164 ranked tied for 42nd-place. The Fighting Scots' lineup anchor opened with an 81 and closed with an 83.

Senior Grace Lindgren and first-year Abby Haywood were part of the tie for 58th-place with 169s. Both had big bounce backs on Sunday, with Lindgren signing for nine strokes better with a final-round 80. Haywood's collegiate career started with an 86, and the first-year rounded out the weekend with an 83.

First-year Morgan Erdmann tied for 65th-place at 176. Erdmann fired a pair of 88s.

Emory University cruised to the team title with a 583. The Eagles were 16 strokes clear of runner-up Centre College. Emory's Sharon Mun's 3-under-par 142 was the medalist score.

Additional specifics about Wooster's rounds are unavailable for this tournament due to system-wide issues with Spikemark, which has replaced Golfstat as the official provider of NCAA golf score reporting, statistics, and ranking services.

Next, Wooster competes at the University of Mount Union Fall Invitational, which takes place Sunday, September 10 at Tannenhauf Golf Club in Alliance, Ohio.