MCMINNVILLE, ORE. – Both the Linfield men's and women's golf team opened their spring schedules with wins on their home course of Michelbook Country Club this past weekend in match-play dual tournaments against the Pacific University Boxers.

The Linfield women beat Pacific 7-5 over Saturday and Sunday, while the Wildcat men cruised to a 14-4 victory. It was the only tournament for both squads at Michelbook this season on the spring calendar.

Dual match scoring features two teams pitting individual players against each other in one-on-one contests over each round of the tournament. One point is awarded for a one-on-one victory while half a point is awarded to both teams in the event of a tie.
 
WOMEN
It would take a comeback effort for Linfield on Sunday after falling behind to Pacific 3.5-2.5 at the end of Saturday's competition. The Wildcats saw encouraging wins from freshmen Hannah Hughes and Sasha Carey over Pacific's Noelani Root and Brynn Barber, respectively.

But freshman Tori Schuller fell to the Boxers' Avery Arnold, sophomore Frances Remmick lost to Madison Cabardo and junior Ashley Hart lost to Ensley McClellan-Tedrow to put Pacific in front 3-2. A tie between sophomore Caitlin Hillman and Sydnie Matsuda made the score 3.5-2.5 Pacific at the end of Saturday.

But the Wildcats rallied on Sunday to win the second round of the tournament 4.5-1.5. Carey would not play in the second round and Hughes tied with Cabardo on Sunday, but Linfield found points with bounce-back wins from Hart over Barber and Shuller over Root as well as Hillman picking up a win over McClellan-Tedrow. Junior Raegan Barr also added a point with her win over Arnold after sitting out on Saturday to clinch Linfield's victory for the weekend.

Pacific's lone win on Sunday came from Matsuda beating Remmick, making the score 7-5 for the tournament.
 
MEN'S
Linfield jumped out to an early lead on Saturday, winning round one 7-2 before repeating their performance on Sunday with another 7-2 win.

Linfield earned points Saturday with wins from juniors Dylan Wilcox and Ahron Abraham over Pacific's Isaak Turner and Jackson Bensel, sophomores Riley Lynch and Trevor Price over the Boxers' Nate Johnson and Tyler Bryant, and freshmen Grant Moen Alexandre Collard over Kaleb Makimoto and Stokes.

Pacific's two points from Saturday came from Matt Zaback defeating sophomore Chris Cayford and Mason Rodewald beating sophomore Bryce Hatcher.

Linfield kept it rolling on Sunday, highlighted by bounce-back wins from Cayford over Bryant and Hatcher over Johnson. Wildcat wins also came from Moen over Parker, Wilcox beating Turner for a second time, and Collard and Bensel both beating Stokes for a second time.

Pacific's lone full point on Sunday was awarded when Rodewald won his second round of the tournament with a victory over Lynch.

Both teams received a half-point apiece when Price and Zaback as well as Abraham and Makimoto tied to conclude Sunday's action, making the final score for both rounds of the tournament Linfield 14, Pacific 4.
 
NEXT
Both men's and women's teams will participate in the Northwest Conference's Spring Challenge #1 on Saturday, March 5 at the Oregon Golf Association Golf Course in Woodburn, Ore. before heading down to Moorpark, California for the CLU Kingsmen Invitational (men's) and CLU Regals Invitational (women's) hosted by Cal Lutheran University at Moorpark Golf Course on March 12 through March 15.