In less than ideal weather conditions Monday at StoneRidge Golf Club in Great Bend, the Barton Community College women's golf team distanced themselves from the field to win the Barton StoneRidge #6 Invitational by thirty-one strokes.  The Lady Cougars led by twenty-one after day one's eighteen holes of competition then shot a 183 nine-hole score to increase the lead by ten for a final 559 score.  Barton also placed six players in the top ten, led by Hutchinson freshman Kara Koepplin's 130 which captured individualist honors by a stroke over Dodge City Community College's Annie Sheridan.    Dodge City finished with a second place 590 while Colby Community College came in third with a score of 627.  The Lady Cougars will begin preparation for a possible repeat to the national championships as they will compete April 28-29 at the Region VI Championships at Hutchinson's Carey Park Golf Course. 

Trailing by two strokes after the first eighteen holes, Kara Koepplin fired a nine-hole score of 44 to better Dodge City's Annie Sheridan by one for medalist honors.  Kaylee Crawford's 140 placed third while Blakelee Cooper bounced back from a rough first day to shoot a 44 to move her into a fourth place tie at 144.  Maddie Sherman, Staisha Miller, and Kaylee Rudolph rounded out the Barton individual honors by finishing in a sixth place tie with a 145. 

Team Standings:
Barton CC - 559
Dodge City CC – 590
Coffeyville CC – 627

Individual Standings (Final)
   1.  Kara Koepplin (Barton) – 130   
   2.  Annie Sheridan (Dodge) – 131   
   3.  Kaylee Crawford (Barton) – 140
T-4.  Blakelee Cooper (Barton) and Kaylee Keck (Colby) – 144
T-6.  Maddie Sherman (Barton), Staisha Miller (Barton), and Kaylee Rudolph (Barton) – 145
   9.  Shanell Hensley (Dodge) – 147
 10. Jackie Cloyd (Coffeyville) – 149