The Carthage College women's golf team (19-6) finished third at the Tuesday, Sept. 8 North Central College “Cardinal Classic” at the Cress Creek Country Club in Naperville, Ill. Wheaton College (Ill.) won the 10-team event with a 350 team score, five strokes ahead of second-place the University of St. Francis (Ill.) at 355. Carthage was third at 362, followed by Elmhurst College fourth at 368, the Carthage junior varsity team fifth at 383, Augustana College (Ill.) sixth at 390, North Central seventh at 392, Elmhurst College eighth at 395, Aurora University ninth at 415 and Benedictine University (Ill.) 10th with a 442 mark.

Britanny Bronson from Wheaton College (Ill.) took medalist with an 83. Carthage's Amy Binstein (Jr., Glenview, Ill./Glenbrook South) tied for fourth place with an 87, Sarah Joers (So., Waukesha, Wis./West) tied for sixth with an 88, Heidi Hoffman (Jr., Appleton, Wis./North) tied for 12th with a 90, Aubrie Morano (So., North Prairie, Wis./Wales-Kettle Moraine) tied for 17th with a 92, and Katie Ramirez (Jr., Darien, Ill./Hinsdale-South) tied for 20th with a 93. For the Carthage junior varsity team, Tabby Bell (Fr., Bloomington, Ill./Central Catholic) tied for 22nd with a 94, Taylor McAdams (Fr., Sycamore, Ill.) tied for 27th with a 98, Julie Klawitter (Fr., Mount Prospect, Ill./Arlington Heights-Hersey) tied or 32nd with a 99, Heidi Chronowski (Fr., Monticello, Iowa) tied for 38th with a 102, Jenna Apple (Fr., Bloomington, Ill.) and Joanna Young (Fr., Kenosha, Wis./Tremper) tied for 42nd with 104s, and Brooke Mix (So., Westfield, Ind.) tied for 51st place with a 108.