For Immediate Release
Sunday, April 23, 2017
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MORTON, Minn. – Augustana University shot a 294 in the third and final round of the NSIC Women's Golf Championships on Sunday to finish the 72-hole tournament at 903, 39-over-par (304-305-294) securing its eighth straight NSIC Championship. Augustana finished 52 strokes ahead of second-place finisher Minnesota State, which finished at 955, 91-over.
 
Augustana had four players finish in the top-5 and all five in the top-10. Kali Trautman fired a 1-over-par 73 on Sunday to finish at 7-over-par 223 (75-75-73) to win individual medalist honors at the conference championship for the second straight season. Trautman becomes the second Viking to win individual medalist honors twice in a career, joining Maggie Leland who won the title in 2011-12 and 2013-14. Augustana has had the individual medalist at the NSIC Championship now six straight seasons and seven times since joining the NSIC in 2008-09.
 
Trautman was 3-over-par when she made the turn before firing a pair of birdies on the back nine to finish 1-over-par to secure her second straight individual conference title.
 
Trautman was named to the NSIC Championship All-Tournament Team and was joined by teammates Haley Hankinson, Sierra Langlie, Emily Israelson and Concordia-St. Paul's Savannah Stone.  The top five finishers at the NSIC Championships earn all-tournament team honors.

The entire field for the NCAA Women's Golf Championships will be announced Monday, May 1 at 3 pm. on NCAA.com. Four, 54-hole Super Regional tournaments will be conducted to determine the participants in the championships finals. Twelve teams and six individuals, not on those teams, will compete at each Super Regional. The maximum number of participants is 264. The low three teams and the low three individuals, not on those teams, will advance to the finals. Tiebreakers and playoffs will be used to determine team and individual champions and advancement to the finals. Super Regional tournaments are considered preliminary rounds of NCAA championships competition and all national championships policies will apply.

The NCAA Championships will be held May 17-20 at Findlay Country Club in Findlay, Ohio, hosted by the University of Findlay.