Wind dampers start of 'Dogs season
Krista Crider
Issue date: 4/2/09 Section: Sports
The women's golf team played a challenging course Sunday and Monday at a tournament in Lincoln, Neb., and head coach Sam Lesseig said the course won.
The Bulldogs placed fourth out of seven teams at the tournament, which marked the women's first event of the spring season. They had a team score of 346 on Day 1 and 362 on Day 2.
The Bulldogs originally had planned on playing at a tournament in St. Joseph, Mo., but because of a weather-related cancellation, decided to play in the Lincoln tournament instead.
The top three golfers for the Bulldogs at the two-day tournament were sophomore Jen Lawson (88, 85), junior Krystal Limsiaco (84, 91) and senior Julie Williams (86, 93). Lawson said the Bulldogs were not entirely pleased with their performance last weekend but were thankful to have the first meet under their belts.
The weather also had a negative effect on the team's performance, especially with the 30 mph winds Monday. Add a tricky, unfamiliar course on top of that, and the team struggled.
"This time of the year you catch bad weather," Lesseig said. "It was a very tough course, we had never seen it before, and we just really didn't score well. We hit the ball very well. We just really didn't play well."
The Bulldogs faced familiar teams at the tournament, including Upper Iowa University, Concordia University-St. Paul, and Winona University (Minn.). Despite all of the challenges, Limsiaco said the team's effort was there.
"We tried our best for sure," Limsiaco said. "We played in really tough conditions for our first tournament, and getting back into the tournament mode was definitely tough for everybody - how you just go from playing for fun to playing in a tournament, with all different kinds of pressures on you, and playing that in really tough weather. I am happy that we all tried our best."
With the first tournament of the spring out of the way, the team now is looking forward to its home tournament, the Truman Bulldog Classic that takes place this Friday and Saturday. The Bulldogs worked this week on problems that became apparent during the previous tournament. Lesseig said the players were definitely struggling with their short games at this past meet, so the women will especially focus on that aspect of the game. Limsiaco said short game is harder to maintain outside of real competition, especially throughout such a long break.
The Bulldogs placed fourth out of seven teams at the tournament, which marked the women's first event of the spring season. They had a team score of 346 on Day 1 and 362 on Day 2.
The Bulldogs originally had planned on playing at a tournament in St. Joseph, Mo., but because of a weather-related cancellation, decided to play in the Lincoln tournament instead.
The top three golfers for the Bulldogs at the two-day tournament were sophomore Jen Lawson (88, 85), junior Krystal Limsiaco (84, 91) and senior Julie Williams (86, 93). Lawson said the Bulldogs were not entirely pleased with their performance last weekend but were thankful to have the first meet under their belts.
The weather also had a negative effect on the team's performance, especially with the 30 mph winds Monday. Add a tricky, unfamiliar course on top of that, and the team struggled.
"This time of the year you catch bad weather," Lesseig said. "It was a very tough course, we had never seen it before, and we just really didn't score well. We hit the ball very well. We just really didn't play well."
The Bulldogs faced familiar teams at the tournament, including Upper Iowa University, Concordia University-St. Paul, and Winona University (Minn.). Despite all of the challenges, Limsiaco said the team's effort was there.
"We tried our best for sure," Limsiaco said. "We played in really tough conditions for our first tournament, and getting back into the tournament mode was definitely tough for everybody - how you just go from playing for fun to playing in a tournament, with all different kinds of pressures on you, and playing that in really tough weather. I am happy that we all tried our best."
With the first tournament of the spring out of the way, the team now is looking forward to its home tournament, the Truman Bulldog Classic that takes place this Friday and Saturday. The Bulldogs worked this week on problems that became apparent during the previous tournament. Lesseig said the players were definitely struggling with their short games at this past meet, so the women will especially focus on that aspect of the game. Limsiaco said short game is harder to maintain outside of real competition, especially throughout such a long break.
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