DALLAS - Midwestern State continued its roll in Tuesday afternoon's final round of the Audible Closed Championship played at the Par-72, 5,985-yard course at the Golf Club of Dallas.
 
Paced by the one-two punch of sophomore Kendra Whittley and Taylor Klutts, the Mustangs dusted the six NCAA Division II squads to finish as runner-up to host Redlands Community College.
 
"This is the best overall performance we've had since we started the program," MSU coach Jeff Ray said. "We got off to a good start and we played well enough to put ourselves in position to win. This was a good test for the girls."
 
Whittley finished off three consistent rounds with scores of 79, 71 and 76 for a 10-over total of 226.
 
"Kendra managed the course well," Ray said. "She always chips and putts well and she did a really good job of moving the ball on the fairway."
 
Whittley was one of just two golfers to card a sub-Par round at the three-round event and finished behind top individual medalist Elcin Ulu of Redlands CC. Ulu posted two sub-Par rounds for scores of 71, 72 and 69 for a 4-under 212.
 
Klutts also managed three sub-80 rounds as the Lake Kiowa native tallied scores of 79, 75 and 75 to close with a 13-over total of 229 - good for a fifth place showing.
 
"Taylor really kept the ball in play," Ray said. "Really, either she or Kendra ever got in trouble off of the tee."
 
The Mustangs also leaned on a pair of countable scores each from Megan Richardson, Lauren Romines and Lindsay Burkhart in the complete team effort.
 
Richardson notched scores of 81, 80 and 77 to close with a 22-over total of 238 to finish tied for 15th, while Romines registered a 20th place showing with scores of 81, 76 and 82 for a 23-over total of 239.
 
Burkhart improved in each round from 84 to 79 to a final round 77 for a total of 240 (+24) to finish tied for 21st.
 
"Lindsey got off to a tough start, and then recovered to finish 5-over for the day," Ray said. "She really played great golf."
 
Senior Kyla Whittley posted a 28th place showing while competing as an individual medalist. The Wall native carded rounds of 81, 86 and 79 for a total of 246 (+30).
 
The Mustangs host the Midwestern State Invitational on March 21 and 22 at The Champions Course at Weeks Park.
  

Audible Closed Championship
The Golf Club of Dallas
Dallas, Texas
Par-72, 5,985 yards
Team Leaderboard
Place									Team	Round Scores	Total	To Par
1									Redlands CC	312-302-302	916	+52
2									Midwestern State	320-301-305	926	+62
3									West Texas A&M	314-318-308	940	+76
4									Central Oklahoma	319-316-306	941	+77
5									Drury	314-323-311	948	+84
6									Dallas Baptist	319-314-321	954	+90
7									Texas A&M-Commerce	332-333-327	992	+128
8									Rogers State	364-361-344	1069	+205
Individual Leaderboard
Place									Player, Team	Round Scores	Total	To Par
1									Elcin Ulu, Redlands CC	71-72-69	212	-4
2									Kendra Whittley, Midwestern State	79-71-76	226	+10
									Alisa White, West Texas A&M	79-75-72	226	+10
4									Katrina Choate, Drury	75-75-78	228	+12
5									Jessica Schiele, Redlands CC	81-72-76	229	+13
									Taylor Klutts, Midwestern State	79-75-75	229	+13
7									Chantry McMahan, Texas A&M-Commerce	74-78-78	230	+14
8									Erica Bensch, Central Oklahoma	76-82-75	233	+17
9									Mercedes Rios, Dallas Baptist	77-78-79	234	+18
									Courtney Radford, Dallas Baptist	78-80-76	234	+18
Midwestern State Scorecard
2									Midwestern State	320-301-305	926	+62
2t									Kendra Whittley	79-71-76	226	+10
5t									Taylor Klutts	79-75-75	229	+13
15t									Megan Richardson	81-80-77	238	+22
20									Lauren Romines	81-76-82	239	+23
24t									Lindsay Burkhart	84-79-77	240	+24
28t									Kyla Whittley*	81-86-79	246	+30