Pack Finishes in 11th in Ruth’s Chris Invitational

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – NC State women’s golf wrapped up its third tournament of the fall schedule on Tuesday with an 11^th-place finish at the Ruth’s Chris Tar Heel Invitational at the Governor’s Club.
 
Freshman Vania Simont led the way for the Wolfpack with her second-career top-20 finish, posting two under-par rounds during the tournament. Simont fired a two-day total of 220 (+4) over 54 holes of play and ending the week in a tie for 16^th place.
 
Senior Natalie Armbruester also competed for the Pack, following up her second-round 70 (-2) on Monday with a final-round 79 (+7) on Tuesday en route to finishing in a tie for 26^th place.
 
Lauren Olivares Leon and Isabel Amezcua finished in T43rd and T48th, respectively, with Olivares Leon finishing the week at 227 (+11) and Amezcua following immediately behind her at 228 (+12).
 
The NC State lineup was completed by Inja Fric, whose season debut ended with a 62^nd place finish and a three-round total of 232 (+16).
 
Jaclyn Kenzel competed as an individual for the Wolfpack, finishing the week at 14-over par 230 in a tie for 56^th place.
 
Kentucky won the event as the Wildcats were the only team to finish the week with a score below par at 860 (-4). Kentucky’s Jensen Castle claimed medalist honors winning in a playoff over Duke’s Phoebe Brinker and finishing the week with a three-day score of seven-under par 209.
 
Next up for NC State will be the Landfall Tradition, the final event of the fall slate. Hosted by UNCW at the Country Club of Landfall in Wilmington, N.C., 54 holes of play will occur over three days on October 28-30.
 
NC State Lineup
T16: Vania Simont 69-71-80=220
T26: Natalie Armbruester 74-70-79=223
T43: Lauren Olivares Leon 76-74-77=227
T48: Isabel Amezcua 76-73-79=228
62: Inja Fric 81-74-77=232
T56: Jaclyn Kenzel (I) 75-75-80=230
 
Team Leaderboard
1: Kentucky 290-283-287=860
2: Wake Forest 292-282-291=865
3: North Carolina 293-284-300=877
4: Tennessee 301-288-293=882
T5: Michigan 295-287-301=883
T5: Louisville 297-284-302=883
T5: Duke 287-296-300=883
8: Virginia Tech 295-288-307=890
9: UNCW 293-294-306=893
10: Michigan State 289-296-309=894
11: NC State 295-288-312=895
T12: Princeton 298-300-300=898
T12: Furman 295-296-307=898
14: Rollins College 319-319-315=953