Haywood's First Top-Three Finish Leads Scots to Another Runner-Up Showing

NEW CASTLE, Pennsylvania – Sophomore Abigail Haywood's first collegiate top-three finish headlined The College of Wooster women's golf team's runner-up showing at the Westminster College Fall Invitational. Wooster's 340 ranked seven strokes back of Westminster for top honors and was 30 shots better than Clarion University, the next scoring squad in the seven-team field.

Haywood's third-place 81 tied for the sophomore's third-lowest collegiate score. Haywood made 10 pars in the round, six of which came on the back nine at the par-71, 5,516-yard Avalon Field Club at New Castle. Haywood pared all four par-3 and all three par-5 holes in the round. Haywood had two stretches of three consecutive pars on the back nine.

Senior Ally Siewert found her rhythm late, finishing with six straight pars to secure top-five collegiate finish No. 18, a total tied with alumna Melissa Burtscher for the most in program history. Siewert shot an 83 on the day and had nine pars for the round.

Morgan Erdmann finished at 85 to tie for seventh-place, which marked the sophomore's first top-10 finish of the year. Two late pars, with those coming on the par-4, 329-yard 18th hole and the par-3, 140-yard second hole, helped secure Erdmann's top-10 finish for the shotgun-started round.

Sophomore Lizzy Hohman's 91 rounded out the scorers. Hohman's highlights included four pars on the back nine, including on the par-5, 435-yard 15th hole and the par-5, 456-yard 16th hole.

Sophomore Paige Nicely's 103 concluded the scores from Wooster's lineup.

Sophomore Serena Grenga led a trio of Fighting Scots playing in the field as individuals. Grenga shattered the collegiate-best by seven strokes on Saturday, signing for a 99. Grenga carded four pars in the round.

Geneva College's Madison Sharek was the medalist at 80.

Next, Wooster competes at the Grove City College Invitational on Thursday, September 26.