FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT Evan O’Kelly Director of Communications O: (406) 657-2130 E: evan.okelly@msubillings.edu Monday, October 3, 2016 Dexter leads ‘Jacket women to 2nd-place finish at RMC Invite
Junior Bailee Dexter finishes in second place overall, leading MSUB’s women’s golf team to a second-place team finish at the Rocky Mountain College Invite on Monday. BILLINGS, Mont. – Despite facing significantly worse conditions on the second day of the Rocky Mountain College Invitational at Peter Yegen Golf Club, Montana State University Billings junior Bailee Dexter shaved two strokes off of her first-round score and shot a 3-over-par 74 to finish in second place at the tournament on Monday. Dexter started the event with a 76 on Sunday, before battling through steady rain and wind on Monday with an even better round her second time through the course. Overall she carded a 150, finishing just three strokes behind individual medalist Hayden Flohr from Rocky. “Yesterday I kind of got off to a rough start, but with a couple of birdies I ended up being right where I wanted to by the end of the day,” said Dexter. “Today with the weather, you really had to play holeby-hole and shot-by-shot. I just tried to approach each hole thinking about doing whatever I could to par it.” Dexter’s effort helped the Yellowjacket women take second place at the tournament, as MSUB shot a two-round total of 613 (307-306). “Our women had a good tournament, and to knock a shot off and go one lower today with much worse