For Immediate Release
Saturday, April 22, 2017
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MORTON, Minn. (Dacotah Ridge – Par 72 – 5906 yards) -  Augustana extended its lead from 18 to 31 strokes after the second round of the NSIC Women’s Golf Championships, played at Dacotah Ridge Golf Course in Morton, Minnesota.  The Vikings shot a 304 in round one and follow that up with a 305 in round two to sit at 609, 33-over-par. The Vikings have four of the top five golfers on the leader board. 

Minnesota State moved into second place after shooting rounds of 323 and 317 to sit at 640, 64-over-par. Concordia-St. Paul slipped a spot to third, even after improving a stroke from round one (322-321=643 + 67). 

Concordia-St. Paul's Savannah Stone shot a tournament low round of 73 (+1) in round two, and with her 76 in round one sits atop the leader board at 149 (+5).  She holds a one stroke lead over Augustana's Kali Trautman (75-75=150). Augustana's Sierra Langie (78-74=152 +8), Emily Israelson (75-78=153 +9) and Hannah Hankinson (76-78=154 +10) sit 3-4-5 on the leaderboard.

The NSIC Women’s Golf Championship will conclude with its final round on Sunday at 9 a.m. with a shotgun start. 

The NSIC had five teams ranked in the second NCAA Women's Golf Regional Ranking of the season. Augustana was ranked fourth while Minnesota State, Winona State, Southwest Minnesota State and Concordia-St. Paul were ranked 11 to 14.

The entire field for the NCAA Women's Golf Championships will be announced Monday, May 1 on NCAA.com. The NCAA Central Super Regional will be played at Minnehaha Country Club in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, hosted by Augustana University on May 8-10.  The NCAA Championships will be held May 17-20 at Findlay Country Club; Findlay, Ohio (hosted by the University of Findlay).