Erie, Colo. ? Charlotte Wendner tied for fourth, Natalie Gleadall added her third straight top 10 finish and true freshman Erin Sharpee just missed a school record with final-round 68 to lead the Nebraska women’s golf team to a second-place team finish at the Heather Farr Memorial/CU Invitational at the Colorado National Golf Club on Tuesday.<?xml:namespace prefix="o" ns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"?>
The Huskers, who entered Tuesday in third place after second-round play was suspended on Monday by cold and rainy weather, climbed one spot in the final team standings with an impressive final round. Nebraska finished with a three-round total of 894, 12 strokes behind the Texas Tech, who won the 20-team tournament with an 882. San Diego State finished third, seven strokes behind the Huskers at 901.
Nebraska’s final-round 288 was the best team score in the final round, and allowed the Huskers to rebound from a second-round 311, after opening the tournament with a solid 295 in the first round.
Sharpee, a true freshman from Green Bay, Wis., led Nebraska’s final-round charge with a four-under-par 68 over the final 18 holes on the 6,350-yard, par-72 layout at Colorado National. Sharpee’s round allowed her to storm up the leaderboard to finish in a career-best tie for 11th with a 54-hole total of 225.
Sharpee finished one stroke back of Gleadall, who notched her third consecutive top-10 individual to open the fall. The sophomore from Brampton, Ontario, Canada closed the tournament with a final-round 74 to finish at 224.
While Nebraska’s two youngsters produced impressive tournament finishes, it was senior Charlotte Wendner who finished the highest on the tournament leaderboard. The native of Bjarred, Sweden put together three consecutive strong rounds to finish in a tie for fourth at 221 (73-72-76). Fellow senior JC Stevenson from Grand Island, Neb., also produced a solid tournament, finishing in a tie for 18th at 227 (74-80-73) for her third consecutive top-20 showing.
Mary Kate Bird rounded out the Husker lineup in a tie for 43rd at 235, which included a final-round 73, matching Stevenson for Nebraska’s second-best score of the final round behind Sharpee’s record-tying 68. Husker individual Maddie Sheils also played a strong final round with a 76, finishing the two-day event in a tie for 64th (239) in a 104-player field.