SEDALIA • After bad weather wiped out the great first round she was putting together, Lindsey Eisenreich had nearly 24 hours to stew about her bad luck.
She went back out and smoked the field.
The Summit senior followed her 1-under-par start on Monday with a dazzling 1-over-par 72 at the Sedalia Country Club on Tuesday to win the Missouri Class 2 state championship by eight strokes over Sun Jung of Glendale.
"It's about time," Eisenreich said with a laugh. "It was a really cool experience. I almost don't have words. I played awesome considering the pressure and the weather and all the extra factors that went into only playing one day."
Eisenreich's day included two birdies, 13 pars and three bogeys.
"She never really got into big-time trouble, but she got in some tough spots and saved par," Summit coach Corey Choate said. "She was just solid all day and played really smart. It was fun to watch."
The Missouri State recruit agreed with her coach's assessment.
"I felt like I couldn't even miss a fairway. I was hitting them pretty straight," Eisenreich said. "For the most part, I hit a lot of greens and made some good putts. I feel good about it."
Francis Howell senior Brittney Jostes and Fort Zumwalt South freshman Amanda Kim were part of a three-way tie for third at 81, although the two Gateway Athletic Conference rivals left the course feeling they could have done a little more.
"The front side was good, but I kind of struggled on the back side," Jostes said. "I had a stretch of a few bad holes that kind of cost me."
Said Kim: "My shots should have been better. I could have done better, but it was pretty good."
Other area medalists were Howell freshman Tess McCorkle (82) in a tie for sixth; Hazelwood West senior Alicia Yn (83) in a tie for eighth; and Nerinx Hall senior Colleen Garvey (84) in a tie for 11th.
Rock Bridge won its first team title with a score of 352, but second through fourth was separated by just two strokes, as West Plains (361) edged area squads Ursuline (362) and Howell (363). All four received team trophies.
"We felt like we had a very good shot and, really, we did," Ursuline coach Bridget Gilbert said. "But it just didn't go our way today. That happens in golf, though."
"I'll take fourth place any year," Howell coach Paul Otto said. "It was very exciting."
Incarnate Word was the other area team competing at the Class 2 tournament. It marked the Red Knights' first state appearance as a team, and they shot a solid 378, good for seventh place, two strokes ahead of defending champion Notre Dame de Sion.
"To bring a team is a huge moment for our school," Incarnate Word coach Bryan Wack said. "It was better than I had planned on. I think the (cancellation) was a blessing for us because it got all their nerves out."
