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Women’s Golf Defeats Bowling Green 4-1 in Match Play
February 06 | Women's Golf
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Lakewood Ranch, Fla. – The Akron women's golf team posted a 4-1 win over host Bowling Green at the Mid-American Conference Match Play Challenge on Tuesday at the 6,068-yard, Par-72 Lakewood Ranch Golf and Country Club.
Four Zips posted wins as junior Danielle Nicholson (Geneva, Ohio) led the way with her second win of the tournament, a 5&4 victory over Nichole Cox. Nicholson and Cox played even through the first four holes before Nicholson won four straight holes to finish the first nine. Two holes later, on No. 2, Nicholson increased the lead to five and held on to the lead for the next three consecutive holes before the match ended.
Freshman Abbie Pearce (Green, Ohio) followed with a 4&3 win for Akron. She defeated Jessica Madry by taking a 1up lead on the first hole and winning back-to-back holes for a four-hole advantage. Pearce kept the lead throughout the remainder of the round.
Also scoring for the Zips were freshman Jacinta Pikunas (Youngstown, Ohio) and senior Pader Her (Holt, Mich.) Pikunas won 3&2 over Erin Fahey while Her defeated Samantha Blackburn 1up.
Pikunas came back from two holes down to post the three-hole win. Four holes into the match Pikunas was staring at the two-hole deficit until she won consecutive holes to square the match. The stalemate lasted for one additional hole before Pikunas grabbed the lead. She won the following hole to go 2up and increased the lead to three holes with two left to play.
Her also fell behind by one hole as the round began. By the fourth hole, the match was all-square. Her established an advantage on the fifth hole, but the match became square again. Her claimed her final lead of the round with six holes left to play. She led by as many as two before the round ended.
BGSU's Sarah Kern defeated Akron's Allyson Wentworth (Stewartsville, N.J.) 4&2.
The Zips are currently playing for the fifth or sixth place against Ohio.
Bracket PDF | GolfStat: Live Scoring | Pairings | Leaderboard: Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals
Lakewood Ranch, Fla. – The Akron women's golf team posted a 4-1 win over host Bowling Green at the Mid-American Conference Match Play Challenge on Tuesday at the 6,068-yard, Par-72 Lakewood Ranch Golf and Country Club.
Four Zips posted wins as junior Danielle Nicholson (Geneva, Ohio) led the way with her second win of the tournament, a 5&4 victory over Nichole Cox. Nicholson and Cox played even through the first four holes before Nicholson won four straight holes to finish the first nine. Two holes later, on No. 2, Nicholson increased the lead to five and held on to the lead for the next three consecutive holes before the match ended.
Freshman Abbie Pearce (Green, Ohio) followed with a 4&3 win for Akron. She defeated Jessica Madry by taking a 1up lead on the first hole and winning back-to-back holes for a four-hole advantage. Pearce kept the lead throughout the remainder of the round.
Also scoring for the Zips were freshman Jacinta Pikunas (Youngstown, Ohio) and senior Pader Her (Holt, Mich.) Pikunas won 3&2 over Erin Fahey while Her defeated Samantha Blackburn 1up.
Pikunas came back from two holes down to post the three-hole win. Four holes into the match Pikunas was staring at the two-hole deficit until she won consecutive holes to square the match. The stalemate lasted for one additional hole before Pikunas grabbed the lead. She won the following hole to go 2up and increased the lead to three holes with two left to play.
Her also fell behind by one hole as the round began. By the fourth hole, the match was all-square. Her established an advantage on the fifth hole, but the match became square again. Her claimed her final lead of the round with six holes left to play. She led by as many as two before the round ended.
BGSU's Sarah Kern defeated Akron's Allyson Wentworth (Stewartsville, N.J.) 4&2.
The Zips are currently playing for the fifth or sixth place against Ohio.
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