SPEARFISH, S.D.- The Black Hills State Yellow Jackets will try to continue the momentum from breaking the program for 36-hole score in Arizona as they will now head east river to Sioux Falls, where they will compete in the Augustana Spring Invitational in a one-day, 36-hole tournament at Elmwood Golf Course. BHSU will look to continue their success versus Northern Sun teams and will also look to compete with the 12 team field.


TOURAMENT DETAILS
Dates: April 6
Location: Sioux Falls, South Dakota – Elmwood Golf Course
Time: Monday will be a shotgun start that begins at 9:30
Live Scoring: Live Scoring will be on Golf Genius at the link above.
GGID: 26AUGIEINVITE
Par: Par 72
 
BLACK HILLS STATE STORYLINES

• The Yellow Jackets will play in their second spring tournament after breaking the program 36-hole record at the SMSU Classic in Arizona and also put both of their 18-hole scores in the top six all time in program history. The Yellow Jackets were able to put up a 36-hole score of 650 (+90) over the two rounds. This included rounds of 323 (+43) and 327 (+47) in each of the two rounds. BHSU's previous school record for 36-holes was set at the 2024 Swan Memorial, where BHSU shot 353. The 323 on day two is tied for second in D2 era history only behind 320 from the 2024 Yellowjacket Fall Invitational
• This last time BHSU played in an Augustana hosted tournament was in September of 2019, which also happened to be the final tournament of the season. The Yellow Jackets played at the Augustana Fall Invite at Minehaha Country Club, where they finished in eight place out of ten teams and shot a 717 (+141). This included a solid 354 on the second day.
• BHSU was picked to finish 10^th in the RMAC in the RMAC Women's Golf Preseason Coaches' Poll finishing ahead of Adams State and just behind rivals Chadron State and South Dakota Mines.
• The Yellow Jackets finished eighth place at the YFI to end their fall with the team shooting a 680 (+104) over the two days in Billings in which they dropped a spot on day two. BHSU was very close to cracking the top ten 18 hole scores after the first round when they shot a fantastic 335 (+47) and sat in seventh place after the first day before shooting a 345 (+57) on day two.
• Shelbi Gardner is looking to continue one of the best freshman year's in BHSU history after averaging an 83.5 through 12. She led the team with a 165 (+21) over the two days at the Travis Roy Memorial Invite and shot her second round in the 70s this season with a 79 on day one in Sheridan. This came a week after she shot 77 (+5) on day one of the Swan Memorial, which was tied for the seventh best round in BHSU history and the second best by a freshman. She then finished by shooting 82 (+10) on day two to score a 159 (+15) for a 36-hole score that would put her tied for sixth all time in BHSU history and the best 36-hole score by a freshman in program history. She finished 20^th in the Briarwood with a 174 (+30). Starting her spring, Gardner played incredibly well at the SMSU Classic finishing in the top 25 at 24^th with a score of 160 (+20). She was one of two girls to break 80 in Arizona shooting a 79 (+9) on day one and an 81 (+11) on day two.
• Abbi Beld is coming off an impressive fall season, where she averaged 83.3 over seven rounds. She had a 170 (+26) at Spearfish that put her top 25 in the tournament. She will be trying to continue her solid year so far in Billings, including an 83 (+11) in the first round of the Swan Memorial before she withdrew on the second day. She was off to a brilliant start shooting a 40 (+4) on the front nine in her only round and still shot a great 18-hole score with only one hole worse than bogey. She shot a 174 (+30) in her final fall tournament at the Yellowjacket Fall Shootout, which put her in 31^st place. Beld was easily the team leader in Arizona where she shot a 156 (+16) 36-hole score where she finished fifth in BHSU's D2 era for 36-hole score. This included an impressive 76 (+6) on day two of the tournament where she was even through 13 holes.
• Katie Jorgenson played in all six tournaments this fall and is sitting at an 86.3 scoring average through 12 rounds. She had her best tournament of the season in Spearfish shooting a 167 (+23) over the two days and finishing 18^th in the Homestake Invite. She shot a 83 and an 84 over the two days which were the two best rounds of the tournament by any Yellow Jacket. She was able to put together a strong 84 (+12) at the Yellowjacket Fall Invitational on day two of the tournament to put her with a 171 (+27) and in a 34^th place finish. She had a top 15 finish in the Briarwood Shootout, when she posted a 170 (+26) over two days to finish in 15^th.
• Leyni Stavola is looking to bounce back in the spring after a up-and-down 10 rounds, where she has averaged a 89.9 over eight rounds. She shot a 196 (+52) in the Homestake Invite. Stavola broke that with a 193 (+49) in Billings at the Yellowjacket Fall Invite to end her fall season. She tied her career-low 18-hole score at the Swan Memorial when she shot a 79 on day two. Stavola did bounce back and got her scoring average under 90 on day one of the SMSU Classic when she shot an 82 (+12) on the first day while being +1 through the first 12 holes. She followed that up with an 87 (+17) on day two.
• Olivia McCandless just got done making her 2025-26 debut as an individual at the SMSU Classic in Arizona. The senior did not play in the fall, but ended her 2024-25 season on a hot streak finishing with two top ten finishes in her final three tournaments. She posted a 164 (+22) at the 2025 Hardrocker Spring Invite for a third place finish and then posted a 164 (+20) for a ninth place finish at the DWU Spring Invite. This included an 80 (+9) on day two of the HSI. She began her spring with a solid 170 (+30) over two days where she shot an 85 (+15) each day of the tournament with 14 pars.
• Randy Doran is currently in his second season as head coach at BHSU and is looking to continue breaking records and setting new lows.

 
BLACK HILLS STATE TEAM LINEUP
 

Position	Name	Tee Time
1.	Abbi Beld	9:30 a.m. (1A)
2.	Shelbi Gardner	9:30 a.m. (1B)
3.	Katie Jorgenson	9:30 a.m. (2B)
4.	Leyni Stavola	9:30 a.m. (2A)
5.	Olivia McCandless	9:30 a.m. (3B)