HARTFORD, Wis. (WLCSports.com) - Wisconsin Lutheran College tied its highest conference championship finish in program history by placing third at the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference Championship on Sunday at Washington County Golf Course.
The Warriors, who entered round three six strokes back of third-place Concordia Wisconsin, carded a 368-341 over the final two rounds. WLC finished 18 strokes ahead of CUW in third place with a 1,412 total. Aurora claimed its 11th NACC title with a 1,305 total, while Marian's Yinan Lu earned medalist by 12 shots with a 310 total.
Senior
Maddie O'Keefe (Erin, Wis.) tied for 13th in the 51-player finishing field to lead Wisconsin Lutheran. She compiled a four-round score of 349, which included a team tournament low round 82 on Sunday.
Senior
Sarah Bridenhagen (Sturgeon Bay, Wis.) was 14th and three shots back of O'Keefe with a 352. She was the only player in the lineup to fire consecutive scores in the 80s (86-87) across rounds three and four.
Junior
Taylor Houston (Beloit, Wis.) finished 16th with a four-round total of 356, including a final round 84. Graduate student
Charley Fleek (Albert Lea, Minn.) placed 19th with a 361, including a fourth-round 88. Sophomore
Kaylea Affeld (Watertown, Wis.) rounded out the Warriors' four-round finishers in 23rd with a 368.
WLC also recorded a third-place team finish at the 2021 NACC Championship, which was comprised of three rounds.
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