The Kent State women’s golf team finished ninth out of 18 teams at the

Tar Heel Invitational this weekend at Chapel Hill, NC.

Senior Kirby Dreher, who took first-place honors at the Mary Fossum

Invitational on Sept. 20-21, was the top finisher for the women’s

team with a tie for tenth place shooting a 6-over-par 222 (75-75-72).

Freshman Mercedes Germino finished one stroke behind Dreher in a tie

for 13th. Sophomore Mackenzie Jackson tied for 53rd with 17-over-par

233. Behind Jackson, freshman Shamira Marshall shot 19-over-par 235,

finishing in 59th for the tournament. Senior Maddie Swaney finished

88th scoring 37-over-par 253.

Wake Forest, led by Jean Chua and Natalie Sheary, who shot par for the

weekend and tied for individual firt-place honors, won the tournament.

The Kent State women’s team resumes play Oct. 10 at the Mercedes Benz

Women’s Collegiate in Knoxville, Tenn.

Contact sports reporter Brittany Tatgenhorst at [email protected].