RAPID CITY, S.D.— Sophomore Hayden Hawley claimed her first collegiate tournament win and led the Colorado Mesa University Maverick women's golf team to their first victory of the season as the Mavericks wrapped up the Hardrocker Fall Invite 15 shots clear of the rest of the eight-team field on Tuesday here at the Golf Club at Red Rock.
 
Hawley posted a solid round of 76 on the 5,945-yard, par-72 course on Tuesday and won the tournament by a single shot with a 36-hole total of 154 (+10).  She now has three top ten finishes in four tournaments this fall.
 
Three other Mavericks in McKenzie Dolph, Libby Bourassa and Allison Sanger also finished in the top six as the Mavericks dominated the field with a final score of 628 (+52).
 
After opening an 11-shot lead with a team score of 315 (+27) on Monday, CMU recorded a team score of 313 (+25) on Tuesday, which was the best of the day, to extend the margin of victory over Chadron State, which finished at 643 (+67).
 
MSU Billings finished third at 654 (+78) while MSU Denver finished fourth at 662 (+86).  Two other Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference teams in the host South Dakota Mines Hardrockers and Black Hills State also played, finishing sixth and eighth, respectively.
 
Hawley claimed the individual victory thanks to a par on the 18^th hole as Chadron State's Klara Kleinig, playing just one group away, made bogey to finish a shot back at +11 (155).  The Maverick leader made 12 pars on the day and led the 36-hole tournament with 24.  She also made the tournament's lone eagle, turning that in on the 489-yard, par-5 ninth hole mid-way through her Tuesday round.
 
Dolph also grabbed a medal, placing third at +12 (156).  She recorded a round of 77 on Tuesday and also turned in the best placement and best 36-hole score of her career.
 
Bourassa tied for fourth at +14 (158) and recorded a round of 80 on Tuesday while Allison Sanger matched that 80 to finish sixth at +16 (160) to help the Mavericks finish 15 shots ahead of her former Chadron State Eagle teammates, who had the other two finishers in the top six in Kleinig and Macy Kleve, who tied Bourassa for fourth.
 
Hunter Gledhill also played for the Maverick team and moved up four spots in to a tie for 20^th at +24 (168) after recording an 82 on Tuesday.
 
Freshman Brooke Brekke, playing as an individual, also had the best finish of her young CMU career, tying for 13^th at +21 (165).  Fellow freshman Lilyanna Hathaway also played as an individual and finished 42^nd at +58 (202).
 
The Mavericks will wrap up the fall season at the Las Vegas Classic, which will be played between Oct. 30-Nov. 1 at the Boulder Creek Golf Club, which will also play host to the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Championships at the end of the spring season.