WOODBURN, Ore. – The Linfield women's golf team ended its spring season with a fifth-place finish at the Northwest Conference Championships, which concluded Sunday at the OGA Golf Course.
 
The Wildcats posted a final collective score of 736, ending the second round 33 strokes ahead of Puget Sound, which placed sixth of six teams. Lewis & Clark, Whitman and Willamette did not field complete teams and had golfers competing as individuals.
 
Sophomore Tori Schuller paced Linfield in 15^th place with a score of 175. She improved by five strokes between rounds. Freshmen Josie Daywitt and Maddy Neufeld turned in identical scores of 180 to finish in a three-way tie for 19^th place with Whitman's Katya Kurkoski.
 
Junior Caitlin Hillman came in 30^th at 201 to round out the Wildcat scoring players. Sophomore Sasha Carey was 34^th of 36 competitors at 218.
 
Host George Fox took home the team title by a landslide, notching a 593 to win the tournament by 81 strokes. The top three performers were all Bruins. Alison Takamiya earned medalist honors at 142 (-2). She shot even-par 72 on Saturday and two-under-par 70 on Sunday. Teammates Liana Brown and Makensie Toole were three strokes back in a tie for second place at 145 (+1).
 
Linfield ends the season in fifth place in the NWC women's golf race, which includes points earned at the NWC Fall Classic, NWC Spring Classic and NWC Championships. The 'Cats received three points in the fall, two points in the spring and eight points this weekend to total 13 points.