Oct. 20, 2013
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.- As the final round of the fall season came to an end today, the Penn State women's golf team notched their third top ten finish of the season at the Hoosier Fall Invitational. The Nittany Lions finished the tournament with the second lowest round of the season with a third round 293. Penn State finished in sixth place with 894 (301,300,293) strokes. Out of the six Big Ten teams participating, the Nittany Lions finished ahead of three of them.
Junior Ellen Ceresko (Jefferson Township, Pa.) shot a third round 70, which is one shot under par to put her at three over par for the tournament. The junior recorded her third top ten finish of the year already by finishing in a tie for fourth place. Junior Catherine Herrera (Houston, Texas) continued her impressive fall season by shooting a third round 73, putting her in a tie for 14th place at eight strokes over par. Senior Christina Vosters (Bethany Beach, Del.) finished in a tie for 34th place after recording a third round 77.
"I thought they did a great job today by having the second lowest round in the field today," said head coach Denise St. Pierre. "To have one of the best rounds of the fall was nice to end on that note." When discussing the upcoming months off, St. Pierre said, "We will send the off season staying in shape looking at our stats and determining where we will spend most of our focus."
UC Davis won the tournament by shooting a third round 284 to give them 868 strokes, 16 strokes better than second place Illinois. Betty Chen of UC Davis won the individual tournament as she finished at three strokes under par, two shots better than Carmen Laguna of Minnesota.
As the fall season comes to a close, the Nittany Lions will be practicing during the winter months and will be back in action on February 17 for the Central District Invitational. Looking back on the season, the Nittany Lions recorded three top ten finishes highlighted by their third place finish in the Nittany Lion Invitational. Individually, Penn State had five top ten finishes by three different golfers, highlighted by Ceresko's third place finish in the Nittany Lion Invitational.
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