Reddies extend lead in GAC Golf Championships
Henderson State turned in a team performance of 3-under-par Monday to extend its lead to 10 strokes following the second round of the Great American Conference Men’s Golf Championships in Hot Springs.
The Reddies, in search of a fifth straight GAC championship, posted a Monday team score of 285 for a two-day total of 574. Arkansas Tech, ranked No. 14 in Division II by Golfstat, took over second-place following a 291 to run its total to 584, while No. 38 Southeastern Oklahoma State sits in third with a score of 593. Henderson is ranked No. 56
Henderson remained in third place Monday following the second round of the Great American Conference Women’s Golf Championships. The Reddies posted a team score of 312 for a
36-hole total of 622.
Freshman Trey DePriest, out of Buffalo Island Central, also increased his lead atop the men’s leaderboard to six strokes after carding a
1-under-par 71 to give him a 36-hole total of 138. He shot a 5-under-par 67 on Sunday to lead the field. Northwestern Oklahoma State senior Cole Ward and Southwestern Oklahoma State sophomore Kason Cook are tied for second at 143.
DePriest had three birdies on his card and has a team-best 11 for the tournament. He is attempting to become the fifth player from Henderson to win GAC medalist honors.
A total of three Reddies are currently in the top 10 with sophomore Nick Shapiro, out of Plano West High School in Texas, tied for fourth with a 144 total and junior Cameron McRae, a graduate of Lakeside, one stroke back and tied for seventh at 145.
Shapiro had the best second day round for the Reddies with a 2-under par 70 on the par-72, 6,713-yard Hot Springs Country Club Arlington Course. He had six birdies on his card, including four on the back nine.
McRae carded a 71 with the junior from Hot Springs having three birdies for his round. He is tied in seventh with GAC Men’s Player of the Year, Southeastern redshirt junior Zach James, and Harding senior Mason Banger, Southampton, England.
Sophomore Mitchell Ford, out of Little Rock Catholic, is tied for 13th-place following a second round score of 74 to give him a 36-hole total of 148. Junior Kevin Boutier, from Montrouge, France, is tied for 28th-place with a 151 total. Boutier improved on his first round score by five strokes, carding a 73 for round two.
The first Henderson player is set to tee off at about 10 a.m. today in the final round of the GAC Championships.
Team totals for the rest of the field include Southwestern, 594; Oklahoma Baptist, 594; Northwest, 596; Harding, 598; Southern Arkansas, 601; Southern Nazarene,608; and Arkansas-Monticello, 612.
Arkansas Tech also added to its lead in the women’s tournament. The Golden Suns shot a tournament-best 297 on Monday after leading the field at 301 on Sunday. Southwestern is second at 616, 18 strokes back of Tech’s 598.
GAC Women’s Player of the Year, Arkansas Tech junior Peerada Piddon, a graduate of Bhadungsit Pieeaga in Bangkluay, Thailand, continues to lead the field with a two-day total of 143. Southwestern junior Gloria Choi finished
the second round in second place at 147.
Junior Luisa Gartmann, from Hannover, Germany, is Henderson’s top performer with a 151 total following a round of 75. Gartmann is tied for fourth place and has totaled 24 pars and three birdies for the championships.
Senior Allison Davis, of Silsbee, Texas, is in 11th place following a 79 on Monday, bringing her 36-hole total to 155.
Sophomore Taylor Loeb, out of Mount St. Mary Academy in Little Rock, also shot a 79 and is tied for 12th with a 156 total. Junior Hannah Brauburger, from Bentonville, is tied for 23rd following her round of 79 on the par 72,
5,932-yard Hot Springs Country Club Park Course.
Senior Sarah Wright, of Fayetteville, carded an 81 and is tied for 29th with a
163 total.
Henderson’s first women’s player is scheduled to tee off about 9:10 a.m. today in the final round of the three-day tournament.
Additional team scores include Southern Arkansas, 634; Oklahoma Baptist, 638; Southern Nazarene, 643; Arkansas-Monticello, 648; Harding, 656; and Northwestern, 658.