CANBY, Ore. – The top three Linfield players all finished in a row as the Wildcats placed fifth of six teams at George Fox's Culturame Classic on Oct. 2-3 at the Willamette Valley Country Club.
 
The Wildcats finished with a final team score of 746. They were 174 strokes ahead of sixth place Lewis & Clark. The host Bruins took home the team title, crushing the field by 34 strokes at 584 (+8).
 
Sophomore Tori Schuller paced the team in 24^th place, finishing with a two-round score of 180 (+36). She carded 89 on Sunday and 91 on Monday. Freshman Maddy Neufeld was right behind Schuller in 25^th place at 185 while fellow freshman Josie Daywitt was 26^th at 187.
 
Sophomore Hannah Hughes rounded out the Linfield scoring players in 29^th place at 194. Junior Caitlin Hillman tied for 32^nd place with Madisyn Thelen of Lewis & Clark at 208.
 
All seven George Fox players in the tournament finished in the top 20. All four scoring players for the Bruins landed in the top five. Alison Takamiya earned medalist honors, finishing the two-round event with a score of 141 (-3), shooting even-par in the first round and 3-under-par 69 in the second round. She was four strokes ahead of the runner-up, Jett Legacion of Cal Lutheran.
 
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The 'Cats will finish their fall schedule at the Northwest Conference Fall Classic, hosted by Willamette this weekend at the Creekside Golf Club in Salem.