Langerak Takes Title at Ackerman-Allen Shootout

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Playing in its final tournament before the Crossroads League Championships, No. 11 Taylor battled to a third-place showing at the Ackerman-Allen Shootout behind an individual championship from Sabrina Langerak.

Langerak and Ellie Karst took the top-two spots on the individual leaderboard, with Margarita Garrido giving Taylor three of the event's top-four performers, but the Trojans finished back of No. 24 Bethel (619) and No. 9 Indiana Wesleyan (624) in the team standings.

Taylor tallied scores of 310 and 317 in the 36-hole tournament, finishing in third with a score of 627 and ahead of Spring Arbor, Huntington, Mount Vernon Nazarene and Saint Francis.

Langerak fired scores of 73 and 75 to finish off her third win of the season with a final score of four-over 148. Finishing four shots off Langerak's blistering pace was Karst, who shot 75 and 77 for a season-best second-place showing at 152.

Garrido continued her strong play in the spring season, finishing among TU's top-three for the fourth-straight showing and taking fourth overall at 153 and Alyssa Schmidt provided Taylor with its fourth-best score in 16th at 163.

No. 11 Taylor (63-21) will now turn its focus toward the 2023 Crossroads League Championships, hosted by Huntington University at Chariot Run Golf Club in Laconia, Indiana on May 8 and 9.