ALAMOSA, Colo. – Adams State Women's Golf swings back in to action for the 2019-2020 season. The Grizzlies just completed two successful weekends on the road.
Over the weekend of September 9th and 10th, Adams State attended the Farmers Insurance Samuel Proal Invitational hosted by CSU-Pueblo. With three returners, the Grizzlies finished 13th out of 14 teams over the two days. Adams State shot a combine team score of 350 day one and 371 day two.
Junior,
Madison Horton led the Grizzlies, tying in 33rd. Horton was very consistent over the two-day tournament, shooting an 82 both days, finishing 164 (+20). Horton improved on her score from last year at this tournament finishing in 35th shooting a 170.
Also a returning for the 2019-2020 season is
Jolene Carrica and
MaClay Bruce. Carrica shot an 85 her first round and a 90 her second. With an overall score of 175, she tied for 57th. Bruce tied for 68th, shooting a 188. On day one, Bruce shot an 87 and day two a 101.
New to the Grizzly roster are freshmen
Gracie Burkhart and
Alexis Ortega. Burkhart finished in 73rd, shooting a 96 and 98, respectively. Ortega shot a very consistent game with a 110 both games, finishing in 75th.
Adams State competed in the Maverick Invitational yesterday, Sept. 16 and today Sept. 17 in Grand Junction, Colo. There the Grizzlies finished 6th of 6 teams shooting a 371 round one and a 359 round two.
The Grizzlies had three top thirty finished in this tournament with Horton leading the Grizzlies. Horton tied for 26th shooting an 89 round one and an 85 round two. Carrica was close behind shooting a 178 overall, finishing in 28th. Round one, Carrica shot an 87 and a 91 round two.
Bruce finished right behind Carrica in 29th, with a 184 overall. Bruce improved her round one score of 95 by six strokes in round two, shooting an 89. Ortega also had a great stoke improvement from round one to round two, finishing in 32nd. With a 10-point difference, she started the tournament shooting a 114, respectively, and finished round two with a 94. Burkhart finished behind Ortega at 33rd shooting a 209 overall.
The Grizzlies will head back out on to the green Sept. 30 in Amarillo, Texas for the West Texas A&M Fall Invitational.
