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By Chad Hensley, NKU Sports Information MARION, Ill. – With the aide of Sofie Rasmussen’s individual victory, the Northern Kentucky University women’s golf team won the Great Lakes Valley Conference championship for the third time in program history. The Norse (332-328=660) blasted through the Kokopelli Golf Course on their way to a 10-stroke victory over the second-place Indianapolis (343-327=670). Rasmussen (78-82=160), a junior from Randers, Denmark, pulled out a narrow victory over Indianapolis’ Sarah Prascsak (81-90=161) en route to winning the medal. Rasmussen wasn’t the only member of the Norse squad to bring home an award as Alicia Stauffacher was awarded a spot on the All-GLVC squad due to her season scoring average of 77.76 being one of the five best averages in the GLVC. Stauffacher’s average was just 0.33 away from being good enough for GLVC Player of the Year honors, which went to Indy’s Kristi Piepenbrick for a 77.44 average. Daryl Landrum will also be bringing home hardware of his own as the NKU head coach was voted GLVC Coach of the Year. Susan Allen will be taking Freshman of the Year honors back to Drury University with her 82.72 average score. Rasmussen’s 16-over-par performance highlighted an extremely strong team performance that saw all five Norse golfers finish in the top 21. Alicia Lawrence took home second place on the team as her 167 score was good enough for a tie for 10 place. Charity Evans (14th place), Stauffacher (16th place) and Lyndsey Bevill (t-21st place) rounded out the championship winning squad. Evans shot a 169 (86-83) over the course of the two-day event, as Stauffacher shot a 27-over par 171 (83-88) and Bevill finished with a 31-over par 175 (94-81). The victory was the third of the season for the Norse and second at Kokopelli GC. NKU won the Midwest Shootout on Sept. 30-Oct. 1 by 13 strokes over Indianapolis. The third victory happened just last weekend as the Norse took home the title at the Lewis Aviator Classic in Lockport, Illinois’s Prairie Bluff GC. The Norse will now turn their sights at bring home a regional championship as NKU look towards competing in the NCAA DII East Regional at The Meadows Golf Course in Allendale, Mich., on May 5-7. |
