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47 T he 2021 Iowa women's golf season has been headlined by three top-five team finishes and eight top-10 individual finishes. e month of March was no exception as the Hawkeyes are riding back-to-back second place finishes into the final month of the season. e impressive team performances have been matched by individual performances that have come from a variety of golfers — all coming from the freshman and sophomore classes. e depth and consistency of the Hawkeye lineups has been on display with freshman Klara Wildhaber and sophomores Jacque Galloway, Morgan Goldstein and Lea Zeitler. All four student-athletes have taken turns leading the way for Iowa in a single tournament this season, including three different golfers claiming Iowa's top spot in the three March competitions. e Hawkeyes got off to a slow start at the beginning of March at the Wildcat Invitation in Tucson, Arizona, before heating up in Utah and Tennessee at the Brigham Young University Spring Classic and Chattanooga Classic. Galloway, Goldstein and Wildhaber finished in the top 10 in both of the last two tournaments, all boasting a sub-74 scoring average in the final five rounds (72.8, 73.6 and 73.8). "I love seeing my teammates shoot low scores, it gets me fired up to be right there with them," Goldstein said. "Our team loves to feed off of each other's energy. We usually wave to one another on the course aer each hole when the player in front walks off the green. is is usually where we feed off of each other when we are playing." Four of the top five rounds by an Iowa golfer this season were shot in the last two tournaments. ree of those rounds came in the second round of the Chattanooga Classic at Black Creek Club alone. Goldstein and Wildhaber both shot a 69 (-3) while Galloway had a second round 71 (-1) on March 29. e 18- hole scores of 69 from Goldstein and Wildhaber gives them a share for the 15th best round in Iowa history. is past month was also filled with seven career bests by three golfers, three individual performances etched in the Iowa record books and three of the best team performances in program history. e team's second round 285 (-3) in Chattanooga, Tennessee, is tied for the third best single-round team performance in school history, and the first round 288 (E) in Hurricane, Utah, holds a share of ninth best team round. Iowa's trip to Sand Hallow Golf Course in Utah was cut short because of inclement weather on the final day, but the Hawkeyes le with a fih best team performance in Iowa history for 36 holes with their 584 (+8) over two rounds of play. is tight-knit group has been there to pick each other up all year, and it shows no signs of slowing down as the Hawkeyes head into the back-nine of the season. APRIL SCHEDULE April 10-11 at Northern Iowa Invitational April 17-18 at Indiana Invitational April 23-25 at Big Ten Championships (Cincinnati)