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Akron Wins Ball State Cardinal Classic
September 21 | Women's Golf
Akron Wins Ball State Cardinal Classic
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Yorktown, Ind. – The Akron golf team posted the second tournament win in as many weeks as the Zips fired a 304-305-303 - 912 (+48) team total at the Ball State Cardinal Classic on Tuesday at The Players Course.
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Akron entered the final round tied for first place with Fort Wayne and the Zips carded a 303 (+15) final round team tally to remain in the top spot at the par 72, 6,204-yard course. Mid-American Conference foe finished runner-up with a 915 (+51) tournament total.
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Sophomore Jennifer David (Hudson, Ohio) led the Zips' scoring with a 226 (+10), registering a final-round 73 (+1) performance mixed with 75 (+3) and 78 (+6) scores. David finished tied for eighth overall. Finishing in the Top 20 were graduate transfer Ke'Asha Phillips (Owensboro, Ky.) and senior Abbie Pearce (Green, Ohio). Phillips placed 12th overall with 77-77-75 – 229 (+13) scores and Pearce placed 16th overall with 75-74-81 – 230 (+14) scores. Rounding out the Zips scoring were, junior Ivana Shah (Mumbai, India) and sophomore Jessica Hahn (Canton, Ohio) with 232 (+16) and 235 (+19) scores, respectively.
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Akron's win marked the second time in program history the team won back-to-back tournaments.
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The Zips will be back in action for the last tournament in the Fall session on Monday and Tuesday, Oct. 4-5 at the Shirley Spork EMU Invite hosted by Eastern Michigan at Eagle Crest Golf Clubin Ypsilanti, Mich.
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1 Akron, U. of +48 304-305-303 - 912
T8 Jenn David +10 75-78-73 - 226
T12 Ke'Asha Phillips +13 77-77-75 - 229
T16 Abbie Pearce +14 75-74-81 - 230
T27 Ivana Shah +16 81-76-75 - 232
T37 Jessica Hahn +19 77-78-80 – 235
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Top 5 Teams
1 Akron, U. of 304-305-303 - 912 +48
2 Eastern Michigan 312-299-304 - 915Â +51
3 Cleveland State 304-310-302 - 916Â +52
4 IUPUI 310-305-302 - 917Â +53
5 Butler 307-314-301 - 922Â +58
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Top 5 Players
T1 Nicole Jung Taylor University 75-74-71 - 220 +4
T1 Kayla Davis Bowling Green State 73-74-73 - 220 +4
3 Amalia Shahzan Oakland 75-69-78 - 222 +6
T4 Claire Edwards Butler 73-76-74 - 223 +7
T4 Ally Ross Butler 69-81-73 - 223 +7
T4 Liz Kim Ball State 71-72-80 - 223 +7
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Final Results PDF | Golf Stat: Live Scoring | Pairings
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Yorktown, Ind. – The Akron golf team posted the second tournament win in as many weeks as the Zips fired a 304-305-303 - 912 (+48) team total at the Ball State Cardinal Classic on Tuesday at The Players Course.
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Akron entered the final round tied for first place with Fort Wayne and the Zips carded a 303 (+15) final round team tally to remain in the top spot at the par 72, 6,204-yard course. Mid-American Conference foe finished runner-up with a 915 (+51) tournament total.
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Sophomore Jennifer David (Hudson, Ohio) led the Zips' scoring with a 226 (+10), registering a final-round 73 (+1) performance mixed with 75 (+3) and 78 (+6) scores. David finished tied for eighth overall. Finishing in the Top 20 were graduate transfer Ke'Asha Phillips (Owensboro, Ky.) and senior Abbie Pearce (Green, Ohio). Phillips placed 12th overall with 77-77-75 – 229 (+13) scores and Pearce placed 16th overall with 75-74-81 – 230 (+14) scores. Rounding out the Zips scoring were, junior Ivana Shah (Mumbai, India) and sophomore Jessica Hahn (Canton, Ohio) with 232 (+16) and 235 (+19) scores, respectively.
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Akron's win marked the second time in program history the team won back-to-back tournaments.
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The Zips will be back in action for the last tournament in the Fall session on Monday and Tuesday, Oct. 4-5 at the Shirley Spork EMU Invite hosted by Eastern Michigan at Eagle Crest Golf Clubin Ypsilanti, Mich.
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1 Akron, U. of +48 304-305-303 - 912
T8 Jenn David +10 75-78-73 - 226
T12 Ke'Asha Phillips +13 77-77-75 - 229
T16 Abbie Pearce +14 75-74-81 - 230
T27 Ivana Shah +16 81-76-75 - 232
T37 Jessica Hahn +19 77-78-80 – 235
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Top 5 Teams
1 Akron, U. of 304-305-303 - 912 +48
2 Eastern Michigan 312-299-304 - 915Â +51
3 Cleveland State 304-310-302 - 916Â +52
4 IUPUI 310-305-302 - 917Â +53
5 Butler 307-314-301 - 922Â +58
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Top 5 Players
T1 Nicole Jung Taylor University 75-74-71 - 220 +4
T1 Kayla Davis Bowling Green State 73-74-73 - 220 +4
3 Amalia Shahzan Oakland 75-69-78 - 222 +6
T4 Claire Edwards Butler 73-76-74 - 223 +7
T4 Ally Ross Butler 69-81-73 - 223 +7
T4 Liz Kim Ball State 71-72-80 - 223 +7
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