BLINN WOMEN’S GOLF FINISHES SIXTH AT LINDA LOWERY INVITATIONAL

Freshman Holly Patterson placed third overall to lead the 14th-ranked Blinn College women's golf team to a sixth-place finish at the Linda Lowery Invitational Monday at the Grey Rock Golf and Tennis Club in Austin, Texas.

The Buccaneers finished at 137-over par in the two-day tournament, which began Sunday. Concordia University captured the tournament title with an 83-0ver par performance.

Patterson placed third out of 50 golfers after carding an 18-over par.

The Buccaneers were just 10 strokes out of second place heading into Monday's play.

"As a team, we did a good job of keeping things together for two days," Patterson said. "There's always room for improvement, but as a team, I still think we had a pretty strong showing.

"I think I played pretty consistently, and I was pretty happy with how I played. Like the rest of my team, there were a lot of shots I left on the course and I could have played better, but I'm still happy with how I finished overall. I'm happy that I got Blinn's name some recognition."

The Blinn men's and women's golf teams will host the Blinn Spring Classic April 3-4 at the Brenham Country Club in Brenham. The men will play two rounds of 18 holes, while the women will play one round.

(Story by Joe Alberico, Blinn College Sports Information)