Knights finish 8th in loaded NAIA tournament

Your Lady Knights ventured to Oklahoma City to play in the Susie Maxwell Berning Classic hosted by Oklahoma City University at Lincoln Park Golf Course.

The Lady Knights are coming off a strong performance at their first tournament the Hawks Creek Classic hosted last week in Ft Worth. They come to a tournament hosted by the defending National Champions Oklahoma City, No.1 JUCO team in the nation Redlands CC and No.3 DII Oklahoma Christian as well as a number of top NAIA teams including conference foes Texas Wesleyan, Oklahoma Baptist and Wayland Baptist. 

The Knights started this 54 hole tournament off in perfect conditions (unusual in OKC!) and with beautful bent grass greens were primed to shoot a solid score.
In the first round they shot a 321 and were led by Senior Fariza Zain with a solid 73, the second round brought more frustration on the greens however as the Lady Knights unable to get anything going and posted a 319.
In the second round, the Lady Knights were paced by another under par round by Daniela Martinez (1 under) and backed up by Fariza with a decent 77.

Coach Belfield "Well we had perfect conditions today, Daniela and Fariza have both played pretty good but we haven't got the lowest scores from Carol, Nicola & Caitlin. We expect all three of them to perform to a much higher level which will help push us up the field. The problem today was putting......when we won conference here in April we 3-putted a lot but today was even worse. If we can clean up the sloppiness on the greens we could start firing much better scores".

Round 3 was again played in near perfect conditions, a touch more wind than the first day but conditions that suggested scores were going to be as low as yesterday.  
The Lady Knights again struggled to get anything going on the greens but improved slightly to shoot 314 and finish in 8th ahead of Wayland Baptist, Oklahoma Baptist and Lubbock Christian.

Led by Fariza Zain's 72, Daniela was 77 and Caitlin had a much improved 80 in the final round.

The Lady Knights have a couple of weeks off before starting a stretch of 3 weeks in a row at DII tournaments.

Led by  Fariza Zain T5th (73-77-72), Daniela Martinez placed T8th with 78-71-77,

 Carol Galindo (53rd 83-83-87), Nicola Jeffries (63rd 87-88-85) 

Caitlin Cole (T65th 88-94-80).

RESULTS!

Knights 9th in latest Golf World poll!!

GOLF WORLD ANNOUNCES RESULTS OF SEPTEMBER 30 MEN’S NAIA COLLEGE COACHES’ POLL

Oklahoma City Claims Top Spot

NEW YORK, NY (September 25, 2013) — The latest Golf World/Nike Golf NAIA College Coaches’ Poll has been released, combining the resources of Golf World magazine, Nike Golf and the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA). The complete results, including results from Divisions I, II, III and NJCAA will appear in the September 30, 2013 issue of Golf World and are live now: http://golfdig.st/PYpysJ

Oklahoma City claimed all nine available first-place votes as the Stars earned the No. 1 ranking in the latest Golf World/Nike Golf men's NAIA coaches' poll. In its first two starts of the fall, Oklahoma City has two victories, including the NAIA Fall Preview at LPGA International in Daytona Beach, Fla.

CSU-San Marcos moved up two spots from the preseason poll to settle into the No. 2 spot, with Texas Wesleyan, Grand View and Johnson & Wales rounding out the top five.

Two new programs moved into the top 10: No. 8 Oklahoma Baptist (runner-up at the NAIA Fall Preview) and No. 10 Coastal Georgia.

Four new schools joined the top 25: No. 20 Southeastern, No. 21 Northwood (Fla.), University of Victoria (tied at No. 23) and No. 25 Holy Cross.

Visit Golf World Senior Writer Ryan Herrington’s “Campus Insider” blog to find out the latest on collegiate golf: http://www.golfdigest.com/magazine/blogs/campusinsider.

Golf World/Nike Golf Coaches’ Poll

Sept. 30, 2013 Issue

NAIA

Rank    Team                                                               Points         Last
1.            Oklahoma City (9)                                         225                1

2.            CSU-San Marcos                                          200                4

3.            Texas Wesleyan                                           199                3

4.            Grand View                                                    174                2

5.            Johnson & Wales                                         172                5

6.            U. of the Cumberlands                                  167                9

7.            British Columbia                                            153                8

8.            Oklahoma Baptist                                         148                18

9.            Northwood (Texas)                                       141                10

10.          Coastal Georgia                                            133                13

11.          Bellevue                                                         129                6

12.          Wayland Baptist                                            124                12

13.          William Woods                                              106                15

14.          Our Lady of the Lake                                     100                11

15.          The Master’s College                                     89                 14

16.          USC-Beaufort                                                86                  17

17.          Webber International                                     79                  23

18.          Faulkner                                                         75                  7

19.          Northwestern College (Iowa)                         62                  16

20.          Southeastern                                                 48                  NR

21.          Northwood (Fla.)                                            46                  NR

22.          Saint Thomas (Fla.)                                       36                  19

23.          Ashford                                                           31                  20

                U. of Victoria                                                  31                  NR

25.          Holy Cross                                                     27                  NR

Also receiving votes: Lindsey Wilson, 24; Marian U.-Indianapolis, 24; Embry-Riddle, 15; Concordia (Ore.), 10; SCAD Savannah, 9; Southwestern Christian, 9; Tennessee Wesleyan, 9; AIB College of Business, 6; St. Thomas Houston, 6; Cumberland, 5; Missouri Baptist, 5; Mount Mercy, 5; Bethel (Ind.), 4; Lewis-Clark State, 4; Rocky Mountain, 3; Central Baptist, 2; Bethany (Kan.), 1; Morningside, 1; Thomas, 1; Union, 1.

First-place votes in parenthesis.

Polls conducted by the Golf Coaches Association of America. Voting closed Sept. 19, 2013.

Lady Knights finish 5th, Martinez equals record!

Your Lady Knights played in their first tournament of the 2013/14 season at Hawks Creek GC in Ft.Worth, Texas. 
A field consisting of DI, DII, DIII, Top JUCO and NAIA teams tussled in heat and a superb golf course to start the season.

The first day was played in perfect conditions and it showed as scoring was good across the board. For the Lady Knights scoring was led by Sophomore Daniela Martinez who tied the single round school record of 2 under par to lead the tournament overnight by 2.
The Lady Knights shot a first round 306 to lay in 4th place going into the final round.
Daniela's sterling score was backed up by solid shooting from Fariza Zain (76), Caitlin Cole (79), Carol Galindo (81) and Nicola Jeffries (84).

The second round again brought stellar conditions as the Lady Knights sought to pick up shots from the leaders. It was a different story on the greens however as not as many putts dropped and pins were a little tougher.
The Lady Knights fired a second round 321 to fall to 5th place.
Daniela Martinez led the team, finishing on 148 after a second round 78. Fariza Zain finished in 8th after following here opening 76 with a much improved 74.

Coach Belfield "I was really impressed in the first round, we actually didn't play great (apart from Daniela!) but we really held it together down the stretch. I was really pleased to see Daniela fire a great score! She finished with a stunning second shot into the Par 5 18th to leave her 2ft for eagle, a nice way to finish the round!! The second round we were a lot more sloppy around and on the greens, we have much to improve on before next weeks tournament."

Led by Daniela Martinez T3rd (70-78), Fariza Zain placed T8th with 76-74,

Caitlin Cole (25th 79-81), Carol Galindo

& Nicola Jeffries (T44th 81-91 & 84-88).

RESULTS!!