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IOLA – The Marshfield girls golf team wrapped up its regular-season and the Wisconsin Valley Conference Tournament on Wednesday, competing at the seventh and final leg of the tournament at Glacier Wood Golf Course.
The Tigers had only three girls compete, resulting in a fifth-place finish.
Leia Linzmeier shot a 53 to finish in a tie for 12th place, while Bryssa Lens shot a 62 and Paige Buglrin had a 63 for Marshfield.
Anna Weis ended up ninth in the overall individual standings to earn second-team all-conference honors for the Tigers. Morgan Meyer finished tied for 12th overall and is an honorable mention all-WVC golfer. Weis and Morgan did not compete at the meet on Wednesday.
Stevens Point won the meet, as it did in all seven events, with a score of 170, 31 shots ahead of second-place D.C. Everest.
Point’s Kirsten Hill was meet medalist with a 41, one shot ahead of teammates Abby Nickel and Leah Earnest, and Wausau West/East’s Jasmine Yang.
Yang and Nickel tied for the overall individual WVC champion as neither finished in worse than a tie for fifth at any of the seven meets.
Marshfield will compete at the WIAA Division 1 regional at the Ridges Golf Course in Wisconsin Rapids on Sept. 26. The top four teams and top four individuals not on those qualifying teams will advance to the Division 1 sectional at New Richmond on Oct. 1.
The top two teams and top three individuals not on those teams at the sectional will qualify for the 2018 WIAA State Girls Golf Tournament at University Ridge Golf Club in Madison on Oct. 8-9.
Chippewa Falls, Holmen, La Crosse Central/Logan, Onalaska, Sparta, Stevens Point, Tomah and Wisconsin Rapids will also compete at the regional.
Wisconsin Valley Conference Girls Golf Tournament
Meet No. 7, Sept. 19, at Glacier Wood Golf Course, Iola
Team scores: 1. Stevens Point 170; 2. D.C. Everest 201; 3. Wausau West/East 205; 4. Wisconsin Rapids 208; 5. Marshfield incomplete team.
Top 10 and Marshfield individuals: 1. Kirsten Hill (SP) 41; 2. Abby Nickel (SP), Jasmine Yang (WWE), and Leah Earnest (SP) 42; 5. Ally Nickel (SP) 45; 6. Brielle Murphy (DC) 46; 7. Abby Wangen (WR) 57; 8. Kaylee Hintz (SP) and Olivia Fernstaedt (DC) 48; 10. Tess Bruner (WWE) and Lauren Witucki (DC) 52; 12. (tie) Leia Linzmeier (MAR) 53; 20. Bryssa Lens (MAR) 62; 21. (tie) Paige Bulgrin (MAR) 63.
Overall final standings through seven meets
Team standings: 1. Stevens Point 70; 2. Wausau West/East 48; 3. D.C. Everest 37; 4. Wisconsin Rapids 35; 5. Marshfield 20.
Individual standings (top five are first-team all-conference; sixth through 10th are second-team all-conference; 11th through 15th are honorable mention all-conference): 1. Jasmine Yang (WWE) and Abby Nickel (SP) 62.5; 3. Leah Earnest (SP) 46; 4. Ally Nickel (SP) 45.5; 5. Kaylee Hintz (SP) 45; 6. Kirsten Hill (SP) 42; 7. Olivia Fernstaedt (DC) 20; 8. Madison Strangfeld (WR) 18; 9. Anna Weis (MAR) 13.5; 10. Abby Wangen (WR) and Brielle Murphy (DC) 9; 12. Morgan Meyer (MAR) and Tess Bruner (WWE) 6; 14. Lauren Witucki (DC) 3; 15. Annika Tordsen (WWE) 2.