NSIC Women's Golf Championship Results Day 2

            Wayne State fired a second round 340 Saturday in 30-40 mph winds and moved up one spot to second place after the second day of the 2022 Northern Sun Conference Women's Golf Championship played at Paradise Pointe in Smithville, Missouri.  Wildcat sophomore Abbey Kurmel fired a second straight round of 76 and is the individual leader entering Sunday's final round.
            Augustana maintains the team lead at 634 (306-328) while Wayne State moved up one spot to second at 673 with rounds of 333 and 340.  Upper Iowa is eight strokes behind the Wildcats in third at 681 with Winona State (685) and Minnesota State (686) rounding out the top five team scores.
            Southwest Minnesota State and Concordia-St. Paul are tied for sixth at 690 followed by Sioux Falls in eighth at 701, Minot State ninth (710) and Minnesota Crookston 10th with 751.
            Rounding out the team scoring is University of Mary (755), Bemidji State (762) and MSU Moorhead (765).
            Kurmel, sophomore from Okemos, Michigan, fired a one-under 35 on the front nine Saturday followed by a 41 on the back for a second straight round of 76.  Her two-day total of eight-over-par 152 is two strokes ahead of Augustana's Shannon McCormick (73-81) at 154 entering the final round.
            Millard North sophomore Jazmine Taylor is tied for 13th overall after shooting an 85 in Saturday's windy conditions.  She has a 36-hole score of 168 with rounds of 83 and 85.
            Sophomore Mekky Winyarat is one of two players tied for 18th overall with 160, shooting an 87 Saturday to go with her 83 Friday.
            Junior Paige Peters posted a 92 Saturday and is tied for 41st overall at 183 (91-92) while freshman Abbigail Brodersen is tied for 49th overall at 188 with rounds of 93 and 95.
            The third and final round of the 2022 NSIC Women's Golf Championship will take place Sunday with a 9 a.m. shotgun start.