Women's Golf
Women's golfers finish fifth at HCAC finals
Hanover College's women's golf team capped its 2007 season with a fifth-place finish in the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference championships. The 36-hole tournament, hosted by the College of Mount St. Joseph (Ohio), was held Oct. 13-14 at the Walden Pond Golf Club in Indian Springs, Ohio.
Junior Kristen Brookes (Columbia City, Ind.) and senior Meredith Johns (Winchester, Ky.) each posted top-20 finishes to lead Hanover in the tournament. The Panthers totaled 822 (422-400) strokes as a team on the 7,001-yard, par-72 course.
Brookes finished ninth overall to lead the Panthers' effort. She fired a two-day total of 186 (91-95) and was just one spot away from earning all-conference honors.
Johns placed 15th out of 39 golfers in the tournament with a 195 (99-96).
Franklin College snapped Manchester College's four-year hold on the Heartland Conference team title. The Grizzlies totaled 699 strokes and defeated the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology by 41 strokes.
Franklin senior Katie Tewell was the league's tournament medalist. Tewell, who has won each of her six events this season, turned in a 152 (74-78) to win the HCAC individual crown for the third straight year.
Heartland Conference Championship results