WEST POINT, Miss. – On Tuesday, the Missouri Baptist Women's golf team finished two days of competition at the Blue Mountain Classic in West Point, Miss. hosted by Blue Mountain Christian University. The lady linksters finished in ninth place, at a combined +204 for the tournament.

Individually the Spartans were paced by sophomore Lauren Ice who finished tied for 35^th place among 54 golfers with a +46 (190) on the Par 72 course. Freshman Ryen Tindall had a strong second day to move up to a tie for 38^th place by carding a 196 (+52). Tindall's 89 on the second day of competition was the lowest score among any of the MBU women in either round of the tournament. It allowed her to move up 10 positions in the standings from the first day to the second.

Grad student Carlie Van Patten was 44^th overall at +57, followed by sophomore Sophia Welch in 45^th at +58, with freshman Chelsea Young coming in at +60 (204). MBU had a sixth team member compete, but her scores did not count towards the team score recorded for the team of five in the tournament. Freshman Brooklyn Howard finished in 54^th place with a score of +135 (279).

The women's team will take a break from competition until April 17 and 18 when they host the MBU Invitational at Spencer T Olin Golf Club in Alton, Ill.