Women’s Golf Finishes Cougar Classic at T10th

HANAHAN, S.C. – NC State women’s golf wrapped up its first tournament of the 2022-23 season on Tuesday, posting a T10th finish alongside Wisconsin with a 54-hole score of 861 (+9).
 
The week was highlighted by four of the Wolfpack’s five competitors posting a career low, with NC State as a team posting the lowest cumulative score in program history in the second round with a 278 (-6).
 
Freshman Vania Simont shined in her collegiate debut, firing a bogey-free 68 (-3) in her opening round and a two-under par round of 69 on Tuesday to close the tournament. Simont’s efforts were enough to earn a top-15 finish at T13th, the best finish amongst a Wolfpack golfer in the Cougar Classic since India Clyburn matched her at T13th in 2016.
 
Natalie Armbruester’s week included a career-low round of 68 (-3) in round two, in addition to a season-opening 69 (-2) in round one. Lauren Olivares Leon also posted a career-low round, adding a second-round score of four-under par 67 sandwiched between rounds of 76 (+5) in the opening and closing rounds.
 
Isabel Amezcua finished the week at T56th, with her best score coming in the second round at 72 (+1). Her Monday afternoon effort included five back-nine birdies, including three consecutive birdies to close her round.
 
Rounding out the Wolfpack lineup was newcomer Jaclyn Kenzel, whose low score also came during round two with an even-par 71.
 
With nearly a month-long break from competition now on the docket, NC State will now turn its focus to the Ivy Intercollegiate at the iconic Baltusrol Golf Club on October 10-11.
 
NC State Lineup
T13: Vania Simont 68-73-69=210
T39: Natalie Armbruester 69-68-79=216
T52: Lauren Olivares Leon 76-67-76=219
T56: Isabel Amezcua 74-72-74=220
T78: Jaclyn Kenzel 74-71-80=225
 
Team Leaderboard
1: Ole Miss 277-278-284=839
2: Clemson 288-275-277=840
3: College of Charleston 281-288-280=849
4: Florida State 278-286-286=850
T5: Miami 282-284-286=852
T5: Michigan State 281-283-288=852
7: Tennessee 281-285-287=853
8: UCF 290-281-283=854
9: Georgia 289-277-290=856
T10: NC State 285-278-298=861
T10: Wisconsin 295-279-287=861
T12: Penn State 289-291-282=862
T12: Illinois 285-286-291=862
14: Kentucky 287-292-287=866
15: Furman 293-290-285=868
16: North Carolina 290-296-287=873
17: Louisville 298-290-292=880
18: East Carolina…