Valpo Girls move on to State! Dubsky wins medalist in dominant fashion at Regional

The 9th ranked Valparaiso Girls Golf team moved on to State after matching Lafayette Jeff with scores of 352 this weekend at the Lafayette Jeff Regional held at Battleground GC. Valpo finished second based on the fifth score tiebreaker.  Valpo was led by two time all state junior Harley Dubsky who dominated the field firing a 73 in extremely tough, cold, windy conditions.  Dubsky was the only player to break 80 in the field of 113 that included defending state champion and Michigan State commit Kelly Grassel from Chesterton and all state Iowa commit Allison Lindley from Western.  The 56 degree weather and 25 to 35 mph winds played havoc on the entire field and led to higher scores across the board.

Backing up Dubsky's 73 was sophomore Jennifer Gough who fired a very strong 84 which was the sixth place finish on the day.  Fellow Sophomore Brooke Fullenkamp shot a 95 and number five Lauren Caputo fired and even 100.  Valpo was playing without regular number 4 Madison Macke who suffered a season ending injury the day before regionals.  Senior Mary Rooker filled in and finished with a 106.

Valpo moves on to the State Finals at Legends GC in Franklin, IN this Friday and Saturday September 28 and 29.  The entire team will play both days this year under the new format with no cut after the first day.

Teams

1. #10 Laf. Jeff - 352 Hatter 80, Burklow 83, Carlsen 93, Hamilton 96, Burkhardt 97

2. #9 Valparaiso - 352  Dubsky 73, Gough 84, Fullenkamp 95, Rooker 106, Caputo 100

3. #6 Chesterton - 356  Grassel 80, Kroeger 90, Dutz 93, Trusty 93, Davis 106

4. Lake Central - 361

5. Western - 374

6. #20 Northwestern - 380

7. Laf. Central Catholic - 387

8. Crown Point - 388

9. Twin Lakes - 395

10. Munster - 406

11. Rensselaer - 408

12. Hanover Central - 413

13. Kankakee Valley - 415

14. Peru - 418

15. West Lafayette - 424

16. Portage - 447

17. Glenn - 448

18. New Prairie - 473

Individuals

1. Harley Dubsky - Valpo - 73

2. Samanth Hatter - Laf. Jeff - 80

3. Kelly Grassel - Chesterton - 80

4. Allison Lindley - Western - 80

5. Lindsey Burklow - Laf. Jeff - 83

Individuals advancing without a team

Allison Lindley - Western - 80

Kiana Jongsma - Lake Central - 84

Tiffany Curtis - Crown Point - 86

Morgan Brown - Laf. Central Catholic - 88

Kylie Shoemake - Lake Central - 88