HOT SPRINGS, Ark.—Southern Nazarene traveled to Hot Springs, Arkansas for the GAC Championship tournament, where they finished tied for sixth in the field. The Crimson Storm were as high as third after the opening round, but fell a bit off pace in rounds two and three.
Henderson State won the tournament going away. They finished with four players inside the top-five, and all five players inside the top-six. Henderson's Lily Nelson ran away with the tournament at six-under par, 17 strokes ahead of second play.
Southern Nazarene shot 968 across the three rounds. They put together their best round on Sunday with a 319, but followed that with a 327 on Monday and a 322 on Tuesday. Southern Arkansas edged SNU by two strokes on the final day in order to move into a tie with the Crimson Storm.
Kendall Kerr led the scoring for SNU after shooting 80 or better in all three rounds. She began with a 76 on Sunday and followed with a 78 and 80 in the next two rounds. She finished second in the entire field with 35 pars across the 54 holes. This led to a T-10 finish for the freshman out of Houston.
Kerr was followed by Hannah Torres. She finished solo 17th after posting rounds of 77, 87, and 76. She finished with 7 birdies in the tournament, good for fourth in the entire field.
Sara Armstrong was five strokes behind Torres with a three round total of 245. She finished with rounds of 84, 83, and 78 to give her a solo 29th finish in the field.
The SNU lineup was rounded out by Hallie Schultz and Rebecca Davis. Schultz finished 34th with a three round score of 256 (82-86-88). She led SNU in par-five scoring at one-over, which was sixth in the whole field. Davis took 40th in the tournament with a three-round score of 266 (90-80-96).
The tournament concludes SNU's 2022-23 season. The Crimson Storm showed vast improvement throughout the year and now turn their attention to preparing for the fall season in a few months.
