Nebraska freshmen Kaleigh Babineaux and Ailis Tribolet continued their strong starts to the spring season by tying for sixth individually while helping the Husker women’s golf team to a school-record 272 (-16) in the final round on its way to a fourth-place finish at the Westbrook Spring Invitational in Peoria, Ariz., on Monday.
Tribolet, a true freshman from Chandler, Ariz., closed with a three-round total of 207 (-9) on the par-72, 6,293-yard layout of the Vistas Course at the Westbrook Village Golf Club. Her collegiate career-best score included an opening-round 67 (-5) that featured an eagle on the 482-yard, par-5 eighth hole. She followed with a second-round 71 (-1) on Sunday, before closing with a 69 (-3) in Monday’s final round.
Tribolet’s 207 represented a 10-stroke improvement from her previous collegiate career-best 217 (+1), which came at the UCF Challenge in Orlando (Jan. 25-27). Her sixth-place showing marked her third consecutive top-25 finish and her second-straight top-10 effort of the spring.
Babineaux, a true freshman from Austin, Texas, matched Tribolet stroke for stroke over the 54-hole event, including a final-round 67 (-5) on Monday. Babineaux’s final round was highlighted by an eagle on the 469-yard, par-5 14th hole. She opened the tournament with back-to-back rounds of 70 (-2) on Sunday.
Babineaux’s 207 eclipsed her previous collegiate best by nine strokes, which came at the UCF Challenge. Her tie for sixth was also a career best, and the first top-10 showing of her young career. It also marked her fifth consecutive top-25 finish of the season.
Hannah Kono put three Huskers in the top 20 by finishing in a tie for 16th at 210 (-6). The junior from Enkoping, Sweden closed the tournament with a final-round 68 (-4) after putting together back-to-back rounds of 71 (-1) on Sunday.
Kono’s 210 tournament total was a career best, giving her a three-stroke improvement over her previous career-best 213, which came last season at both the Westbrook and Sam Golden invitationals. Her 16th-place showing was her third top-25 finish of the season, joining a pair of eighth-place performances earlier in the year.
The strong individual performances helped the Huskers finish fourth in a 15-team field that featured four top-40 teams among the 15 teams ranked in the top 115 in the country. The Big Red put together a season-best three-round team score of 838 (-26), finishing just one stroke behind third-place Kansas State, which entered the tournament…
..
Click Here to Read the Full Original Article at University of Nebraska – Official Athletics Website…