NJCAA DI WOMEN'S GOLF SCOREBOARD POWERED BY CLIPP RANKINGS - WEEK 1
Ottumwa, IA – The Indian Hills Women's Golf team checked in at No. 13 in the first National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) DI Women's Golf Scoreboard Powered by Clippd rankings. The Warriors collected 16.92 points in the first national ranking of the year.
The Warriors, in their inaugural season of collegiate competition, saw five members of the program crack the top-100 individual national rankings. In the team's first four events of the year, the Warriors have captured two team titles and two individual medalist honors.
Indian Hills checked into the national poll as the second-highest ranked team from the state of Iowa behind No. 11 Iowa Western Community College. Daytona State College (FL) earned the top spot in the first rankings of the year with 98.77 team points followed by New Mexico Junior College, Odessa College (TX), Eastern Florida State College, and Seminole State College (FL) to round out the top-five.
The Warriors were led in the first individual rankings by freshman Joska Nelis (Haarlem, Netherlands/Lyceum Sancta Maria) who checked in at No. 44 with 7.63 individual points. Nelis, who won the 2024 Statesmen Invitational in September, is the second-highest ranked individual from NJCAA Region 11.
Fellow freshman Veronica Rodriguez (Santiago, Chile/Liceo A-1310 Buin) who took medalist honors at the Evangel University Invitational in Joplin, MO entered the national rankings at No. 57. Rodriguez has earned three individual top-15 finishes on the year.
Poppy Norcott (Wiltshire, United Kingdom/Hartpury College) checked into the national rankings at No. 69 followed by Taylor Pacheco (Chula Vista, CA/Olympian) at No. 73. Sofia Saavedra (Barquisimeto, Venezuela/Dawere International) rounded out the top-100 for the Warriors, checking in at No. 89 in the national rankings.
The Warriors, who placed fifth overall at this week's TPC Deere Run Invitational in Silvis, IL, closes out their fall campaign October 21-22 with the Braun Intercollegiate at Oak Meadow Country Club in Evansville, IN.
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