SARTELL, Minn. – The Gustavus Adolphus College women's golf team competed in the Saint Benedict Invitational this weekend at Blackberry Ridge Golf Club for their first competition of the fall season. The Gusties shot +37 in the opening round and followed with a round of +34 to place fifth out of the field of 11 teams with a two-day invitational score of +71.
 
"Now that our first tournament is completed, we have a starting base," said Gustavus head coach Scott Moe. "We have some decisions to make moving forward, which can be a good thing."
 
Macalester led the field with a team score of +27. UW-Eau Claire followed as the runner-up at +44.
 
Addison Longie led the Gusties at the invitational, shooting +13 to tie for 11^th overall. The sophomore recovered from a round of +14 on day one to have the best round of the entire field of 66 golfers on day two, shooting -1 on Sunday.
 
Teckla Wahlstrand and Sarah Gutuza followed, tying for 14^th overall with identical scores of +15. Wahlstrand shot rounds of +8 and +7 at the invite while Gutuza went +5, +10 over the two day event.
 
Ava Martin shot +20 to tie for 20^th overall, shooting +12 and +8 for the two rounds.
 
Riley Zebroski and Karina Johnson tied for the fifth-best score of the weekend for Gustavus, shooting +23. Zebroski shot +10 on day one and followed with +13 on day two. Johnson scored +15 on Saturday and improved to +8 on Sunday.
 
"Many players had better rounds and better results today," said Moe. "Addy had a great round at minus one. Looking forward to hosting our event next week in a big field at Emerald Greens. We will be ready for competition."
 
Up next for the Gusties is their D3 Classic. The two-day invitational, hosted by Gustavus, tees off this upcoming weekend starting Friday, September 12 at Emerald Greens Golf Course in Hastings, Minnesota.