• Sophomore Erin Winker leads DMACC with a tie for 21^st place
• Freshman Anne van Hemert ties for 27^th place
• Sophomore Meg Thompson ties for 38^th place

The DMACC women's golf team came away with an eighth-place finish in the Bulldog Spring Invite April 2 and 3 at Highlands Golf Course in Lincoln, Neb.

Iowa Western Community College (IWCC) captured the team championship with a 54-hole score of 998 and DMACC was eighth at 1,088. DMACC and IWCC were the only two community colleges playing in the 13-team tournament.

Sofia Castelan of Morningside University (MU) and Baylie Pyke of IWCC tied for medalist honors with 54-hole totals of 234. Castelan shot rounds of 76, 80 and 78 over the par-72 layout and Pyke posted scores of 77, 80, 77.

Sophomore Erin Winker of Carroll led DMACC with a 267 on rounds of 85, 94 and 88. She tied for 21^st place in the individual competition. Anna van Hemert of Eindhoven, Netherlands and Meg Thompson of Greene tied for 27^th and 38^th respectively. Freshman van Hemert posted rounds of 91, 94 and 85 and sophomore Thompson turned in scores of 86, 95 and 93.

Other DMACC results included a 44^th-place finish for freshman Viola Welsh of Fairfield, a tie for 69^th for freshman Lilly Houtakker of Solon and an 80^th-place finish for freshman Halle Hagberg of Polk City.

Welsh shot rounds of 93, 89 and 95 for a 54-hole score of 227. Houtakker finished at 297 on rounds of 104, 95 and 98 and Hagberg posted scores of 112, 109 and 103 for a 54-hole total of 324.

The DMACC women's golf team will play in the ICCC Spring Invite April 12 and 13 at the Fort Dodge Country Club in Fort Dodge.