Women's golf places first in conference, men sixth

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The women's golf team, ranked fourth in the division, finished first in the second conference tournament and finished first in the overall conference tournament by 58 shots over Wittenberg. Junior Kelsey Smith won the tournament individually. The team took the gold with a 22 shot lead over Allegheny.
Competing last weekend and again this past weekend the DePauw Tigers totaled 1271 points to conclude the championships.
"Kelsey Smith played very well," head coach Vince Lazar said. "Paige Gooch finished second and was two shots behind her. Camilla also played very well over the two days. She finished the tournament in the top five."
All five players on the team finished in the top 10.
Junior Paige Gooch, Kelsey Smith, junior Abby Dickey, freshman Jacqueline Carroll and senior Camila Romero made All-Conference of the tournament, while Gooch was also named player of the year by the NCAC coaches. Lazar received the Coach of the Year award for the second year in a row.
The Tigers will wait to hear their bid for the NCAA Division III Championships. They will leave Saturday and play four rounds over the week at the National Championship in Destin, Florida if they receive the spot.
The men's golf team finished sixth overall in this past weekend's tournament and sixth overall in the conference tournament with Wittenberg winning the tournament.
The team shot a two-round total of 622 combined over the past two weekends of play. The DePauw Tigers were one stroke away from beating Kenyon College who finished fifth.
"Nobody came out and shot very low scores over the two days," head coach Vince Lazar said. "The men did not play very well."
Sophomore Eric Tandy and freshman Logan Bertalan were both named All-Conference of the tournament. The men are now finished for the season.
"Hopefully they continue to work during the summer to get better," Lazar said. "It is mostly putting they need to work on. They just aren't making enough putts to be competitive and hopefully it improves when they get back in the fall.