NEBRASKA CITY, Ne. – The UMKC women’s golf team finished fifth place in their 2018 season opening tournament at the UNO Invitational this past weekend.

Paced by a final-round 75 (+3) from senior Cynthia Diaz, the Roos closed the UNO Invitational with a 309 team total score and a 946 54-hole total score at Arbor Links Golf Club.

In UMKC’s first event of the season featuring a fellow WAC opponent as well as the Summit League and Missouri Valley Conference, the Roos opened the two-day event with a 322 score in the morning of Friday, Aug. 31st.  Due to a rain delay, the Roos did not finish their second round that day, and were forced to finish the following morning before round three began. That second round was paced by freshman player Theresa de Bochdanovits, who finished her round with a 77 (+5) score.

The team showed improvement during the second round by firing a score of 315 and after wrapping up the 36-hole day, the team began the third and final round of play on Saturday, Sept. 1st. 

The highlight from the Roos third round came from the team’s individual competitor and sophomore Caroline Klemp. Klemp, a Lansing, Kansas native, shot a final round of 74 (+2), making this her career best round to date.

After finishing up the weekend in Nebraska, the Roos head south to play in the MSU-Payne Stewart Memorial on Monday, Sept. 10th through Tuesday, Sept. 11th in Springfield, Mo.

Final Team Standings

1. South Dakota State   298-297-297 = 892 (+28)
2. South Dakota             317-308-298 = 920
3. North Dakota State    323-303-299 = 925
4. Northern Iowa            311-315-307 = 933
5. UMKC                        322-315-309 = 946
6. North Dakota              312-326-309 =947
7. Creighton                    323-324-317 = 964
8. Omaha                        325-333-319 = 977
9. CSU-Bakersfield         336-327-322 = 985

Top Individuals

1. Teresa Toscano, South Dakota State         73-72-71 = 216 (Even Par)
2. Sydney Borman, South Dakota State         74-73-75 = 222
3. Emma Groom, North Dakota State             70-76-78 = 224
4. Mia Seeman, South Dakota State               76-75-75 = 226
5. Macey Mills, South Dakota State                 77-75-75 = 227
6. Lexi Petersen, South Dakota                       81-75-73 = 229

      Jennifer Vincent, CSU-Bakersfield               77-75-75 = 229

8. KENNI HENSON, UMKC                             76-79-77 = 232

     Laerke Jensen, South Dakota State              75-83-74 = 232

     Jenna Janu, North Dakota                             82-78-72 = 232

     Lexi Geolat, North Dakota State                    85-73-74 = 232

UMKC Players

T12. Cynthia Diaz                 79-79-75 = 233

19. Theresa de Bochdanovits 80-77-78 = 235

T20. Megan Lucas                80-79-77 = 236

T30. *Caroline Klemp           79-88-74 = 241

T33. Victoria Pavlik              83-80-80 = 243

T49. Jaime Bellingham         88-85-79 = 252                                                                                  51. *Hayley Jones                     92-79-82 = 253

*Denotes a player playing as an individual

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