WAVERLY, IA — The Carthage College women's golf team finished fifth at the Wartburg Fall Invitational on Saturday and Sunday at Prairie Links Golf & Events Center. The Firebirds carded a two-round team score of 614, shooting a 313 in the opening round before improving to a 301 in the second round.


Lexi Manteufel led the Firebirds individually, finishing tied for third with a two-round score of 145 after rounds of 73 and 72. Ro Longden followed scoring 150 with a 77 in round one and 73 in round two, tying for eighth overall. Nina Mayfield led the B team with a score of 155 putting up rounds of 77 and 78, tying for 19th place. Autumn Burnett tying for 30th place also on the B team,  put up rounds of 81 and 77 for a total of 158. 

Mae Norman tying for 34th place scoring 159 with rounds of 80 and 79. Following behind in 39th place was Alyssa Nenoff finishing with a total of 160, recording a round of 83 and 77. Emily Tralewski pulled in rounds of 86 and 80, tying 58th with teammate Lauren Howe. Howe added a score of 83 in round one and two. Carthage B team finished tied for 12th with a team score of 646.


"We continue to take big strides as a team.  Prairie Links is a course that we have a lot of confidence on and we continue to improve each time we come here.  On Sunday, we got out to a hot start over the first nine holes and held it together on the back nine to post a great result of 301.  Our team chemistry is one of the strengths of our team and having both the A and B teams together was great to see them pushing each other to play their best.  Huge shout out goes to Coach Andy Stippich who did a great job on the greens helping the team achieve 25 total birdies for the 2 days."


Carthage will compete in the Wesleyan Fall Tourney at Ironwood Golf Course September 19th and 20th. For more information, visit our athletics website.