ARKANSAS TECH UNIVERSITY

ATHLETICS 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 8, 2009
Contact: Ben Greenberg, SID (479) 968-0645

GOLDEN SUNS TAKE HOME TEAM TITLE AT SAU MULERIDER INVITE

        MAGNOLIA, Arkansas The Arkansas Tech Golden Suns Golf team continued its hot play this spring by taking home the team title at the SAU Mulerider Invitational held here at Magnolia Country Club.

The team title was Tech’s third straight of the spring season and its fifth in its last 13 tournaments dating to last season.

Tech finished the two-day, 36-hole event by shooting a 687 to finish five shots in front of second-place Harding University (692). The tournament featured four teams and four individuals. Henderson State (701) and Southern Arkansas (726) finished in third and fourth place.

Leading the way for Tech was sophomore Kyla McIsaac (Kentville, Nova Scotia), who fired a two-day, 36-hole total of 165 to take home individual medalist honors. McIsaac carded a season-best 83 in the first round and then followed with a season-best 82 in Tuesday’s final round.

In addition to McIsaac, two other Golden Suns finished in the top five to help secure the team title.

Southern Arkansas’ Magge Becker shot a 167 (89, 78) to finish in second place.

Other finishers for Tech were freshman Alyssia Duvall (Greenwood, Ark.), who shot a 36-hole total of 171 (86, 85) to finish in third place, while senior Danielle Lewis (Toronto, Ont.) fired a 173 (88, 85) to finish tied for fourth place and freshman Kristina Villines (Compton, Ark.) carded back-to-back 89s to shoot 178 and finish tied for 15th place.

Tech will close out the regular season portion of its spring schedule on April 13-14 when they travel to Heber Springs, Ark., to compete at the 2009 Natural State Golf Classic at the Red Apple Inn and Country Club.

 ARKANSAS TECH         346   341 – 687 

           1        Kyla McIsaac        83      82 – 165    

           3        Alyssia Duvall        86     85 – 171    

           T4      Danielle Lewis        88     85 – 173    

           T15      Kristina Villines     89     89 – 178       

              Complete SAU Mulerider Invitational results               

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