Foresters Finish First at WLC Invitational

Photo by Yanna Glaspy
Photo by Yanna Glaspy

The Lake Forest College women's golf team won for the second time in the last three events on Friday, finishing first at the five-team WLC Invitational.

The Foresters had four of the top five finishers in the 26-player field with freshman Alijah Campbell's season-best score of 79 leading the way. She birdied the 332-yard, par-4 third hole and had nine pars, including six in a row on the back nine.

Fellow freshmen Gabrielle Krebs was second overall at 83, one shot ahead of classmate Sydney Foulon, who finished tied-for-third. Sophomore Emma Ackland placed fifth with a career-best 86 and freshman Niki Datangel tied for seventh at 90.

The Foresters' team score of 332 was 25 strokes better than runner-up and host Wisconsin Lutheran College. It was also their best round in nearly three years and the third-best in program history.

The event was played on the 5,618-yard, par-71 course at New Berlin Hills Golf Course in New Berlin, Wisconsin.

The next event on Lake Forest's schedule is the UW-Whitewater Fall Classic at Riverside Golf Course in Janesville, Wisconsin, next Friday and Saturday.