No. 3 Flagler in third place after 18 holes at NCAA Championship

BOULDER CITY, Nev. – The No. 3 (SCOREBOARD Division II ranking by clippd) Flagler College women’s golf team shot an impressive 7-under par 281 in the first round of the NCAA Division II National Championship Tuesday afternoon at the Boulder Creek Golf Club’s Desert Hawk Coyote Run course (par 72; 6,284 yards). Teams will tee off tomorrow beginning at 7:30 a.m. (PDT) and Flagler’s group begins at 10 a.m.

Henriette Stranda is tied for seventh place to lead Flagler’s team. She carded a 3-under 69. Stranda had four birdies, all coming on the back nine. She finished with 13 pars. Stella Jelinek is in a tie for 11^th place with a 2-under 70. She had five birdies, three of which came on the front nine. Jelinek finished with 10 pars. Jordyn Hodgson and Victoria Veator are in a seven-way tie for 22^nd place with a 1-under 71. Veator’s score is a career-best, beating her previous best by one stroke.

There is a tie atop the 18-team field as top-ranked Anderson University and No. 8 Cal State University San Marcos both shot an 8-under 280. No. 4 Dallas Baptist University and No. 29 Cal State University East Bay are tied for fourth place with a 3-under 285.

Torrie Bowman of Cal State East Bay and Zoey Iglesias of Anderson are tied atop the 98-woman field with a 5-under 67. Four more golfers are tied for third place, just one shot back with a 6-under 68.  

Tabitha Hanely of Flagler shot a 6-over 78.

Lander’s Kajsa Lindqvist, playing as an individual, fired a two-under 70 and is tied for 11th place.  She bogeyed the third hole, but that was her only one of the day.  She played the front nine in 37 but had three birdies, including back-to-back efforts on 16 and 17, to come in at 33.

 

NCAA Division II National Championship (First Round)

May 13-17, 2025

Boulder Creek GC – Boulder City, Nev.

Par: 72 | Yards: 6,184

 

Team scores

t1) Anderson, S.C. 280 (-8)

t1) Cal State San Marcos 280 (-8)

3) Flagler 281 (-7)

t4) Cal State East Bay 285 (-3)

t4) Dallas Baptist 285 (-3)

t6) Findlay 288 (E)

t6) Wingate 288 (E)

8) Central Missouri 289 (+1)

t9) Midwestern State 290 (+2)

t9) West Texas A&M 290 (+2)

11) Grand Valley State 291 (+3)

12) Henderson State 294 (+6)

t13) Missouri-St. Louis 295 (+7)

t13) Nova Southeastern 295 (+7)

15) Arkansas-Fort Smith 302 (+14)

16) Arkansas Tech 303 (+15)

17) Indianapolis 305 (+17)

18) Ferris State 314 (+26)

Top 10 individuals

t1) Torrie Bowman (CSUEB) 67 (-5)

t1) Zoey Iglesias (AU) 67 (-5)

t3) Regan Barton (CSUSM) 68 (-4)

t3) Ella Cheek (DBU) 68 (-4)

t3) Anna Nomrowski (WTAMU) 68 (-4)

t3) Olivia Stoll (GVSU) 68 (-4)

t7) Ashleigh Duflo (FIN) 69 (-3)

t7) Aly Francis (AU) 69 (-3)

t7) Madison Murr (CSUSM) 69 (-3)

t7) Henriette Stranda (FLG) 69 (-3)