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Cumberland College Women’s Golf 2004-2005 Wrap-Up This season has been an up and down year for the Cumberland College women’s golf team. Leading the way during the year was Patriot Jennifer Keiffer who was named the Mid-South Conference golfer of the week three out of five weeks, along with being named to the Mid-South All- Conference Team. She was also named to the All-Region Team for her play in the regional tournament. Cumberland also had the honor of having three players named to the Mid-South Conference Academic-All Conference Team, which included Keiffer, Katie Bowers, and Trisha Price. The season started out with a sixth place finish at the Bluegrass Fall Classic in Georgetown, KY, with a score of 376. The ladies then headed to the Kentucky Independent College Tournament, where they place third, with a score of 742. Cumberland then hosted the Cumberland College Fall Invitational, where they placed third, with a score of 351. Leading the way for the ladies was Keiffer with a third place finish (79). The ladies then picked up their clubs and headed to Campbellsville, KY for the Don Bishop Invitational, where they place fourth, with a score of 715. Keiffer placed third with a 161 and made the All-Tournament Team. The last tournament the ladies would play for the fall season would be the Lambuth Invitational, where they placed fourth with a score of 768. The season would pick up again in the spring with the Campbellsville Spring Invitational, where the ladies placed third, with a score of 403. Keiffer placed first with an 85, which gave her the career record for tournament wins with three. The ladies then traveled to Daytona Beach, FL during spring break for the 15 th Annual Eagle Invitational, where they placed fifth, with a score of 750. From there they headed back home and played host to the Cumberland College Spring Invitational, where they captured a third place finish, with a score of 364. Keiffer placed first with a score of 78 making this her fourth career win. The Patriot ladies packed their bags and headed to Prestonsburg, KY for the Pikeville College Invitational, where they placed second, with a score of 729. Leading the way for the Patriots was Keiffer with a third place finish (162) and Bowers with a sixth place finish (171). The Patriot ladies then headed to Louisville, KY for the Mid-South Conference Tournament, where they placed third, with a score of 791. The Mid-South Tournament was the most difficult of the year due to the weather conditions and the team had to play without Bowers who sprained her ankle during the first round. After all that happened in the Mid-South tournament, the Patriot ladies still prevailed making it to the NAIA Region XI Tournament. The ladies would finish the regional tournament with a fourth place finish and a score of 738. Keiffer finished third, with a score of 171, and made the All Region team. Bowers came back strong after her ankle injury to shoot a 79 which is her career low round. The highlight of the year was the last round of the region tournament where the Patriots cut 34 shots off of there first round scores. This allowed the ladies to come within four shots of finishing third in the region tournament. The Patriot ladies are looking forward to next season to pick up where they left off and continue to improve and advance to the NAIA National Tournament. |
