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WESLEY CHAPEL, Flo. — The NMU women’s golf team shaved 10 strokes off its score from rounds one to two at the Saddlebrook Spring Kickoff.
The Wildcats were one of five teams in the field of eight that saw improvement from round one to two, a day that saw the team card five birdies compared to one yesterday. NMU carded a +70 for a two-day total of +150.
Abbie Pietila paced the team, shooting a +15 and shaving three strokes off her opening round for a two-day total of +33, where she now sits 24th. Pietila carded a birdie on the par-five 18th after carding a double-bogey on that hole yesterday.
Payton Donnelly and Aavra Relich both shot rounds of +18, giving them two day totals of +37 and +38 to sit in 25th and T26 after two days, respectively. Relich carded two birdies, the par four 2nd and the par three 12th. Donnelly and Relich shaved one and two strokes off their round one scores, respectively.
Maddy Martens shaved four strokes off her round one score with a second-round +19, including birdies on the par-five 7th and par-four eighth.
Sara Hasse and Gabriella Moreau shot a matching +29, while Abby Luke shot a +39 to round out the Wildcats in the field.
The ‘Cats will finish with round three tomorrow morning. Fans can follow along with live scoring through Scoreboard by Clippd.
Round One
The four Wildcats who contributed to the team score were all within five strokes of eachother, led by Abbie Pietila at +18. Pietila was the only Wildcat to record a birdie, circling her opening hole, the 465-yard par five 4th, and sits T20 after 18 holes.
One stroke behind Pietila was Payton Donnelly (+19), and one stroke behind Donnelly was Aavra Relich (+20), who shared a tie for the team lead in total pars with Maddy Martens (+23), who rounded out the team scoring. Donnelly slotted in at T22, Relich in 26th, and Martens T28.
Abby Luke (+31, 36th) and Gabriella Moreau (+33, 38th) both competed as athletes eligible to contribute to team scoring, whole Sara Hasse (+28 T33) competed as an individual.