RAPID CITY, S.D. – The Black Hills State University golf team hit the course at the 2024 Hardrocker Spring Classic at Arrowhead Country Club, hosted by the South Dakota School of Mines, in a Triangular with Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC) squads of South Dakota Mines and Chadron State.  
 
ROUND 1
The Yellow Jackets were led in Round 1 of the tournament by Lola Homiston (So., Dickinson, N.D.) who signed a scorecard of 86 with a birdie on hole five (par 3). She would lead the team, sitting inside the top-10 (T9th) heading into the second round on Thursday.
 
Katie Jorgenson (So., Sheridan, Wyo.) sat just three strokes behind Homiston in a tie for 12^th after the first round with a round of 89 (+18), while Ava Kalanek (Fr., Bismarck, N.D.) carded a 90 (+19).
 
After the first day of action, Chadron State's Jordan Grasis led the field by a stroke with a signed card of 80 (+9).
 
ROUND 2
The second round was highlighted by Cami Langley (Jr., Casper, Wyo.) who improved her first-round score by seven strokes and moved up three spots on the leaderboard to take a T16th finish at the tournament.
 
Kalanek also improved by three strokes on the second day, while Olivia McCandless (So., Arvada, Colo.) improved her first-round score by an impressive 10 strokes to finish the tournament on a high note.
 
There was a tie for the individual title after the two rounds between South Dakota School of Mines' Rianna Garland (+18, 84-76-160) and Chadron State's Jordan Grasis (+18, 80-80-160). Grasis took the title after a two-hole playoff, as the Eagles also took the team title (+85, 653) by two strokes.
 
Black Hills State finished third with a team score of 727 (+159), led by Homiston who shot rounds of 86 and 90 for a two-round score of 176 (+34) for a tie for 13^th.
 
BHSU INDIVIDUAL LEADERBOARD
T13      Lola Homiston               (+34, 176)
T16      Cami Langley*               (+35, 177)
T16      Ava Kalanek                  (+35, 177)
18        Katie Jorgenson             (+36, 178)
20        Jessica Folchert*           (+43, 185)
21        Olivia McCandless          (+54, 196)
23        Anna Talarico                (+67, 209)
*golfed as an individual, not counted in team score
 
Up Next: The Yellow Jackets turn around and will head to the state of Nebraska for the Wildcat Classic, hosted by Wayne State College, on Monday-Tuesday, April 15-16 at the Wayne Country Club in Wayne, Nebraska.