Nicholson Leads Zips Final Round, Akron Finishes 935 (+71) at Golfweek Challenge

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Nicholson Leads Zips Final Round, Akron Finishes 935 (+71) at Golfweek Challenge

September 27 | Women's Golf

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Vail, Colo. – Junior Danielle Nicholson (Geneva, Ohio) led the Akron Zips women's golf team in the final round of Golfweek Conference Challenge as the Zips finished 18^th overall with a 935 (+71) tournament total on Wednesday.

After opening the tournament with back-to-back 78 (+6) performances, Nicholson carded a 1-under par 71 score. Nicholson started the round on hole No. 16 and played even-par golf through three holes. On the 418-yard, par-4 first hole, Nicholson moved to 1-over par and three holes later added a second bogey. With six holes left to play, Nicholson got a stroke back with a birdie on the 150-yard, par3 hole No. 10.

The former Mid-American Conference champion collected four consecutive pars to stay at 1-over par at the Red Sky Golf Club's Fazio Course. On the final hole of the 54-hole tournament, Nicholson buried an eagle putt to move to 1-under par, finishing the tournament 51^st overall with a 227 (+11) tally.

Leading the Zips' overall scoring efforts for the third straight tournament was freshman Jacinta Pikunas (Youngstown, Ohio). Pikunas recorded a 74 (+2) final 18-hole round to go along with a pair of 73 (+1) performances. She completed the 54-hole event with a 220 (+4) ledger to finish 19^th overall on the leaderboard.

Senior Pader Her (Holt, Mich.) followed with a 240 (+24) with a pair of 81 (+9) scores and a 78 (+6) total. Sophomore Allyson Wentworth (Stewartsville, N.J.) and freshman Abbie Pearce (Green, Ohio) rounded out the scoring with 251 (+32) and 261 (+45) scores, respectively.

Denver held on to win the 18-team field team title, which included 16 Top 100 programs and seven Top 50 programs, with an 872 (+8) tournament total. Arizona's Haley Moore earned medalist honors with a 7-under par 209 performance.

The Zips will be back in action at the Bettie Lou Evans Invitational hosted by Kentucky. The three-day event is scheduled for Friday through Sunday, Oct. 6-8, at the Big Blue Golf Course in Lexington, Ky.

Top 5 Teams
1 Denver, 292-291-289 – 872 (+8)
2 Pepperdine, 290-300-284 – 874 (+10)
3 Campbell, 301-292-287 – 880 (+16)
4 Arizona, 300-287-294 – 881 (+17)
T5 SMU, 293-303-288 – 884 (+20)
T5 Louisville, 299-302-283 – 884 (+20)
T5 San Diego State, 289-300-295 – 884 (+20)

Top 5 Players
1     Haley Moore, Arizona, 74-64-71 - 209 (-7)
T2   Elsa Moberly, Eastern Kentucky, 72-75-65 - 212 (-4)
T2   Emma Svensson, Central Arkansas, 72-74-66 - 212 (-4)
4      Katerina Vlasinova, Old Dominion, 71-73-69 - 213 (-3)
5      Ayelen Irizar, Campbell, 70-76-68 - 214 (-2)

18 Akron (+71) 311-313-311 - 935
T19 Jacinta Pikunas (+4) 73-73-74 - 220
T51 Danielle Nicholson (+11) 78-78-71 - 227
T82 Pader Her (+24) 81-78-81 - 240
87 Allyson Wentworth (+32) 79-84-85 - 248
90 Abbie Pearce (+45) 89-86-86 - 261