Lady Cougar golf team wins consecutive conference title, Teeratrakul takes home individual honors

Leading by four strokes heading into Tuesday's final round, the Barton Community College women's golf team took care of business in winning the Colby Women's Invitational at the Salina Municipal Golf Course in Salina.  Barton shot a team score of 343 on the final eighteen to easily distance second place Colby Community College's 394 as the Cougars were aided in the by the withdrawal of a Dodge City Community College player due to illness.  The Lady Cougar's victory tied Dodge City in the season's conference race at three team titles each thus creating a sharing of the conference title and securing Barton's second consecutive crown.  The Lady Cougars will begin preparation for a possible third straight trip to the national championships as they will compete April 28-29 at the Region VI Championships at Hutchinson's Carey Park Golf Course.

Natthakan Teeratrakul won her second conference meet of the season to become the third straight Lady Cougar to win a conference meet firing a low round of 79 to outdistance second place Jodi Saito of Dodge City by five strokes.  The Lady Cougars also placed six golfers in the top ten individual standings including all five team members and medalist Blakelee Cooper making the list. 

Team Standings (Final - 27 Holes):
Barton CC - 509
Colby CC – 591
Dodge City CC – WD

Individual Standings (Final - 27 Holes):
   1. Natthakan Teeratrakul (Barton) – 117
   2. Jodi Saito (Dodge) – 122
   3.  Sydney Guinn (Coffeyville) – 125
   4.  Kaylee Keck (Colby) - 128
T-5. Maddie Sherman (Barton) and Abbie Thelen (Barton) – 131
T-7. Kara Koepplin (Barton) and Blakelee Cooper (Barton) – 132
T-9. Kaylee Crawford (Barton) and Lina Baquero (Dodge) - 133