KEARNEY, Neb. – SWOSU Women's Golf competed in the three-day NCAA Central Region Preview, placing tied for fifth with three individual golfers finishing inside the top 20.
Host Nebraska-Kearney claimed the team title, finishing at +18 over 54 holes and winning the event by 16 strokes over Central Oklahoma and Washburn, who each finished at +34. SWOSU and Arkansas Tech tied for fifth at +39, earning the highest team finish among GAC schools.
Daniela Espinoza led the Lady Bulldogs for the second time this season, finishing solo fifth among the 104 golfers. She fired rounds of 69-75-72, totaling 12 birdies, tied for the most in the field. Entering her final hole, she was just one shot back of playing her way into a playoff, but she was unable to pull off her tournament-high 13th birdie to close it out. This marks her second top-five finish of the season after winning the Newman Invitational earlier in the year.
London Wilson finished just outside the top 10, carding rounds of 71-73-77. Her opening-round 71, even par, featured four birdies. She tied for 11th, matching the second-best finish of her career. Wilson totaled eight birdies and played the par-3s at 1-under par, tied for the third-lowest mark in the field.
Maria Velilla placed third in the Lady Bulldogs' lineup. After an opening-round 77, she shot a 73 in each of the final two rounds to climb to a tie for 18th. Both of her final two rounds featured four birdies, giving her 10 for the tournament, tied for the fifth-most in the field. She played the par-4s at 5-over par, the sixth-best mark of the tournament.
Jaime Meth (+24) and Nerea Anton (+30) rounded out the Lady Bulldogs' lineup. Meth recorded five birdies, with her low round of 75 coming on the final day. Anton also posted her low round on day three, highlighted by three straight birdies on holes 15-17.
The Lady Dawgs will be in action one more time this fall when they compete in the Tulsa Cup, October 26-27 at Forest Ridge G.C.
NCAA Central Region Preview
October 11-13 | Kearney, Neb. | Meadowlark Hills G.C.
