EDMOND, Okla. – The Northwest Missouri State University women's golf team rose two spots for a tie for fifth place at the 2026 Grace Shin Invitational.
 
The Bearcats shot a second-round team score of 298 for a 36-hole total of 600. It ranks as the fifth-best 36-hole tournament score in program history.
 
NORTHWEST 36-HOLE TEAM SCORING RECORDS
1. - 587 - Grace Shin Regional Preview - 10/7-8/2024
2. - 589 - Newman Fall Invite - 9/21-22/2026
3. - 595 - Grace Shin Invitational - 10/6-7/2025
4. - 597 - SWMSU Mustang Invite - 9/28-29/2024
5. - 600 - Grace Shin Invitational - 10/5-6-2026
6. - 603 - Central Region Fall Preview - 9/2-3/2025
7. - 607 - USF Fall Invitational - 10/9-10/2023
8. - 614 - MIAA Fall Preview - 9/23-24/2024
9. - 616 - Spring Regional Preview - 4/7-8/2025
    - 616 - Central Region Fall Preview - 9/8-9/2026
 
Lauren Briggs earned her fourth consecutive top-five finish and the seventh top-five finish of her collegiate career. It was also Briggs's 10th top-10 result in her Bearcat career. Briggs shot a second-round score of even-par 71 and tied for fifth place. Briggs's 36-hole total of 143 tied for the fourth-best mark in program history. Briggs notched birdies at No. 1 and No. 6. She tallied 14 pars in her final round. Her 28 pars tied for the second-most in the 119-player field.
 
NORTHWEST 36-HOLE INDIVIDUAL SCORING RECORDS
1. 138 - Paige Hoffman - 10/7-8/2024
2. 141 - Lauren Briggs - 9/21-22/2026
3. 142 - Clara Peake - 10/6-7/2025
4. 143 - Paige Hoffman - 9/28-29/2024
     143 - Madilyne Schlaepfer - 10/7-8/2024
     143 - Lauren Briggs - 10/5-6/2026
7. 144 - Paige Hoffman - 9/6-7/2022
    144 - Paige Hoffman - 9/25-26/2023
    144 - Paige Hoffman - 3/11-12/2024
    144 - Lauren Briggs - 9/2-3/2025
 
Clara Peake tied for 24th as she netted a pair of birdies in her final round. Peake scored birdies at No. 3 and No. 15. Peake tied for sixth on par-4 scoring in the field with a 4.06 stroke average.
 
The 36-hole event was played at the Golf Club of Edmond. It played to at a par-71 and measured 5,922 yards.
 
The Bearcats will wrap up fall play Oct. 11-13 at the Central Region Fall Preview at Meadowlark Hills in Kearney, Neb.
 
NORTHWEST INDIVIDUAL SCORES (302-298—600, +32)
T5. Lauren Briggs              72-71—143 (+1)
T24. Clara Peake               74-75—149 (+7)
T42. Lexi Bartley                79-74—153 (+11)
T52. Wildah Jarestam        77-78—155 (+13)
T87. Shaylee Ficken          84-81—165 (+23)