Women’s golf wins NCCAA West Regional

Eagles post a great score to claim victory in Indio.

Joel Ashor, Sports Editor • October 1, 2018

Sophia Karnazes grins on the golf green as coach Jane Carr pumps her fist into the air.

Photo courtesy of Courtesy of Jane Carr // Biola Athletics [file]

Women’s golf traveled to the desert on Monday, taking on Ottawa University Arizona in a National Christian College Athletics Association regional in Indio, Calif. Biola defeated the Spirit to book their trip to Florida for the NCCAA championships Oct. 22-24.

Freshman Sami Penor led the Eagles in the first round with a fantastic score of 71, followed by sophomore Sophia Karnazes who posted a score of 74. Junior Alexis Gopfert shot a 75, while juniors Tori Roeske and Jules Loibl shot a 78 and 80 respectively.

In the second round, Karnazes and Loibl both posted a 72 to lead the Eagles in that round. Penor put up a 74, while Roeske and Gopfert shot a 75 and 78.

Penor finished first for Biola with an overall score of 145, closely followed by Karnazes with a 146. Loibl finished third for the Eagles with a score of 152, and Roeske and Gopfert tied for fourth on the team with a total score of 153.

Biola took the team competition by a whopping 44 shots, outshooting the Spirit 591 to 635.

The Eagles hit the links next Monday and Tuesday at the Embry-Riddle Co-Ed Invitational in Prescott, Ariz.

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Joel Ashor is a junior broadcast journalism major with a love for sports, friends, and history. Joel is a Notre Dame football, Angels baseball, and Boston Celtics fan. [email protected] Growing up in the small city of Santa Maria, California as the youngest of four boys, I was always surrounded by things much earlier than normal, due to the fact that I experienced things through my much older brothers. One of the things I experienced was sports, and when I started watching and seeing what it looked like to be on a sports team, I fell in love. In my family, sports is not really an option, it just is something that we all do. Luckily my parents never had to force me or my brothers to play sports because we all had a passion for it. From a young age I immersed myself in the culture of sports, watching any sport that was on, growing a particular liking to college football. My uncle attended the University of Notre Dame, and my whole family are die-hard Irish fans. Naturally I became one as well, and I remember Saturday mornings with the family quite clearly. As I grew older I began to see and understand more about what it took to broadcast a live sports game, and I became quite intrigued by it. I decided I wanted to be involved with sports for the rest of my life and cover it in some form. One of the sports commentators I look up to greatly and have always liked is NBC sports reporter Bob Costas, who is a jack of all trades broadcaster and covers all sports from the Olympics to football and many more. I aspire to be a broadcast journalist someday, and the Chimes is an excellent way to hone my skills and continue to practice writing and talking about sports. I look forward to my growth while working with the Chimes in reporting accurately and quickly, and cannot wait to cover Biola sports.

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