Fort Lewis College Athletics

Eleanor Pilgrim at the Nick Turner Invitational

Hayden Mangan, Fort Lewis Athletic Communications

Eleanor Pilgrim eyes her tee shot with an iron on hole nine during the Nick Turner Invitational at Hillcrest Golf Club (Oct. 5, 2026)

Skyhawks women third before lightning suspends play

10/5/2026 7:34:00 PM

By: Hayden Mangan, Assistant AD-Communications & Fan Engagement

DURANGO, Colo. – The Fort Lewis College women's golf team combined for a 310 (+22) to move into third place at its Nick Turner Invitational at Hillcrest Golf Club before lightning in the area suspended the tournament on Monday evening.

Round one will resume at 8 a.m. on holes 14-18. The second round will begin with a shotgun start soon after at 10 a.m. Hillcrest Golf Club, which typically plays to a par-71, is staged to a par 72 for the tournament, with hole four converted to a 479-yard, par five. The course is set to 6,066 yards in total.

Fort Lewis capped the evening in third place among the six teams, behind first-place Westminster University on a 302 (+14) and second-place New Mexico Junior College with a 304 (+16). Colorado Mesa University is fourth on a 313 (+25), Colorado Christian University fifth on a 324 (+36), and Adams State University sixth on a 424 (+136). Westminster's Ashley Lam takes a one-stroke lead into the final round after a 73 (+1) in her first round.

Senior Isabel Bustillos leads the Skyhawks team in T-3 after carding a 75 (+3) with three birdies in her first trip around the home course. Freshman Abigail Gryzynger, who is competing as an individual, is also T-3 through 13 holes. Junior Peyton Gibby is second up for Fort Lewis, with the Arizona native sitting T-13 by way of a 77 (+5).

Rounding out the Skyhawks' scoring group is sophomore Ellie White in T-15 on a 76 (+6), freshman Paola Guerrero in T-22 thanks to an 80 (+8), and Annika Gutierrez 32^nd with an 86 (+14). Sophomore Kathryn Moores and freshman Eleanor Pilgrim also competed unattached, and the pair managed just 13 holes to sit in T-5 and T-29, respectively.

Gryzynger, Pilgrim, and Moores are the only three Skyhawks left to wrap up their first rounds.

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