LITCHFIELD PARK, Ariz. -- March 8, 2023 -- After shooting 305 as a team in round one, Chadron State finished with a 319 in round two of the SMSU Spring Invitation in Litchfield Park, Arizona, Wednesday.
 
The Eagles finished round one in second place and held a one-shot lead over Missouri Western State but finished in third as a team on Wednesday after the Griffins shot 310.
 
Jordan Grasis led CSC in the individual standings after shooting a 78(+6) on Wednesday, placing her eighth.
 
The junior from Yuma, Arizona, finished three over on the front nine after bogeying holes one, three, six and nine. She added a birdie to her scorecard on hole five.
 
On the back nine, Grasis shot par on every hole except holes 13, 16, and 17, where she finished with a bogey.
 
Of the 62 golfers in the tournament, Grasis finished second overall on par 3's, with a total score of one under. Chadron State as a team finished +9 on the shorter holes, also good enough for second overall.
 
After shooting a 74 (+2) yesterday, Brooke Kramer finished with a 82 (+10) on Wednesday. Kramer was second for CSC individually, placing tied 12^th.
 
Kramer, a junior from Aurora, Colorado, had bogeys on her scorecard on holes one and seven on the front nine. She added a double-bogey on hole nine.
 
She added another double-bogey on hole 14 and bogeyed four other holes on the back nine, ending her tournament with a 156.
 
Alpine Hickstein, a senior from Chadron, improved her score on day 2 by one stroke, finishing +6 (78).
 
Hickstein, who finished 15^th individually, bogeyed hole two to finished +1 on the front nine. Her back nine scorecard had bogeys on holes 10, 12, and 15 and a double-bogey on hole 11, ending her tourney with a 157 (+13).
 
Kinsey Smith shot another 81 (+9) on Wednesday. Like her teammates, the back nine were a struggle for Smith.
 
The junior from Windsor, Colorado, finished +2 on the front nine after bogeying holes one, three and nine. She added a birdie on hole five.
 
On the back nine, Smith finished with five bogeys and one double bogey, placing her tied 26^th.
 
CSC's other golfer who counted towards the team score was Kenzey Kanno, a junior from Mitchell. Kanno, after shooting 76 (+4) on Tuesday, shot an 85 (+13) on Wednesday.
 
Kanno was the only Eagle with a worse score on the front nine than the back nine, Wednesday. On the front nine, Kanno had one bogey, three double bogeys and a triple bogey on her scorecard.
The back nine included four bogeys and a birdie for Kanno. She finished tied 24^th overall.
 
The three Chadron State golfers competing unattached were Payton Wise, Allison Acosta and Aubree Heinsma
 
Wise, a freshman from Kimball, shot an 83 (+11) today compared to an 81 (+9) yesterday. She finished tied 33^rd.
 
Acosta, a junior from Oro Valley, Arizona, finished with an 83 (+11) both days, tying her for 38^th.
 
Finishing tied 41^st, Heinsma, a freshman from Windsor, Colorado, improved her score by three strokes in round two, shooting an 82 (+10).

Western New Mexico won the team title by 17 strokes after shooting 293-306-599.
 
Chadron State will be back in action tomorrow at the Wigwam Resort Blue Course in Litchfield Park, Arizona. The previous two rounds were played on the Red Course.