Siewert Matches Collegiate-Low at Lynn Schweizer

GRANVILLE, Ohio – Ally Siewert kicked off her senior year with a co-collegiate-best 74 to lead The College of Wooster women's golf team at the season-opening Lynn Schweizer Invitational. Wooster finished 11th of 14 teams with a two-day 676.

Siewert, who tied for 21st-place at 157, rolled in four birdies in the opening round at Denison Golf Club. After starting the year with four straight pars, Siewert sank the first birdie on the par-5, 426-yard 15th hole to get back to even par. She went to 2-under-par, thanks to playing holes 18 through four at 3-under-par. Consecutive birdies dropped for the senior on the par-4, 352-yard second hole and the par-4, 318-yard third hole. Siewert logged pars on holes eight and nine to secure the collegiate-best-matching 74. She went on to finish the weekend with six birdies.

Of note, Siewert's Saturday 74 is tied for the sixth-best score in program history, and it is tied for the third-best to-par score at 1-over-par.

Sophomore Abigail Haywood was next at 168, which was tied for 48th-place. One of Haywood's strongest stretches of collegiate golf started on hole 18 on Saturday and carried over upon making the turn to Denison's front nine. Haywood played holes 18 through five at 1-under-par, with a birdie finding the bottom of the cup on the par-4, 233-yard fourth hole. That circle on the scorecard followed four consecutive pars. Haywood played 18 holes at par or better on the weekend.

Wooster's trio of sophomores Morgan Erdmann, Paige Nicely, and Lizzy Hohman combined for a strong 16-stroke bounce back on Sunday. Erdmann went 88 and 83 for a 171, which was the 54th-place score. Erdmann drained three birdies on the weekend, two of which came on the par-5, 426-yard 15th hole. She played Denison's back nine at 7-over-par for the weekend and played 12 of those 18 holes at par or better.

Nicely's 180 placed the sophomore in a tie for 63rd-place. Sunday's 88 was one off Nicely's collegiate-best. Nicely pared six of the first eight holes in Sunday's round and had nine pars on the day.

Hohman's 187 ranked 71st in the field. The sophomore's 90 in round two was two off her collegiate-best.

Denison University won its home event at 610. DePauw University's Becky Williams was the medalist with a 1-under-par 143.

Next, Wooster competes at the University of Mount Union Fall Invitational on Sunday, September 8.