Conzemius Helps Give St. Catherine First MIAC Women's Golf Title in Program History

• Men's MIAC Championship
• Women's MIAC Championship

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  COON RAPIDS, Minn. – Carding a final-round team score of 319 Monday at Bunker Hills Golf Club, St. Catherine University finished two strokes better than Carleton College to claim its first Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Women’s Golf Championship victory in school history.

St. Kate’s took a 10-shot lead over Carleton into Monday’s final round and held off a furious charge by the Knights to win its first conference title in just its sixth year of existence.

The Wildcats were led by senior Abby Conzemius who carded an opening-round 80 on Saturday before surging up the leaderboard during the second round Sunday following her round of 72.

During the final round Monday, Conzemius carded a 9-over par 81 to finish the championship tied for third with the University of St. Thomas’ Rachel Morris at 17-over par 233.

Sophomore Sydney Busker carded back-to-back rounds of 5-over par 77 during the final two rounds to finish in seventh place at 237, while teammate Kaitlyn Alvarez finished tied for 10th at 240.

Carleton’s Alyssa Akiyama fired the tournaments only round below par at the most opportune time Monday to finish seven shots ahead of the field to earn medalist honors at 8-over par 224.

The Knights earn an automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division III Golf Championship May 9-12 at Bay Oaks Country Club in Houston, Texas.



2016 MIAC WOMEN’S GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP
BUNKER HILLS GOLF CLUB
COON RAPIDS, MINN.
5,857 YARDS, PAR 72


FINAL TEAM RESULTS
1. St. Catherine Univ., 319-311-319—949
2. Carleton College, 330-310-311—951
3. Gustavus Adolphus, 328-319-318—965
4. St. Thomas, 321-321-329—971
5. Bethel Univ., 322-325-332—979
6. St. Benedict, 338-327-334—999
7. St. Olaf College, 355-347-337—1039
8. Concordia College (Moorhead), 353-352-356—1061
9. St. Mary’s, 372-373-382—1127
10. Augsburg College, 402-381-377—1160


FINAL INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
1. Alyssa Akiyama, Carleton, 77-77-70—224
2. Christine Piwnica, Bethel, 77-76-78—231
T3. Abby Conzemius, St. Catherine, 80-72-81—233
T3. Rachel Morris, St. Thomas, 80-75-78—233
T5. Mae Meierhenry, Gustavus Adolphus, 83-80-73—236
T5. Ayumi Sakamoto, Carleton College, 82-78-76—236
7. Sydney Busker, St. Catherine, 83-77-77—237
8. Natalie Amundson, St. Benedict, 82-75-81—238
9. Melissa Biesmann, St. Olaf, 78-85-76—239
T10. Jessica Nelson, Gustavus Adolphus, 77-82-81—240
T10. Katilyn Alvarez, St. Catherine, 79-81-80—240


For complete tournament results go to: http://scoring.golfstatresults.com/public/leaderboards/gsnav.cfm?pg=team&tid=12171