By HELENA, Mont. – After 36 holes of the 2026 Frontier Conference Championship the Carroll Women have a pair of sisters sitting in the top seven individually, as Ellie and Alli Stastny paved the way at the Papago Golf Club on Tuesday afternoon.
The twin sisters had near-mirror rounds on the first day of action. Ellie Stastny (Murtaugh, Idaho / SO) sits tied for fifth, shooting an opening round 80 that featured a pair of birdies, and a second-round 83, while Alli Stastny (Murtaugh, Idaho / SO) shot 84 in the morning round and followed it up with two birdies of her own in an afternoon 80.
The siblings’ performance helped spur the Fighting Saints Women to a third place standing in the team competition with a team score of +106, while the Men finished first day action in sixth-place at +67.
Addison Slivinski (Montpelier, Idaho / FR) sits in a tie for 17th after two rounds (90-87, +33), and Stella Claridge (Kalispell, Mont. / SR) finished at +37 (91-90) to sit at No. 20 in the individual competition. Maddy Olson (Spokane, Wash. / JR) and Kate Williams (Portland, Ore. / JR) split the fifth position on day one, with Olson getting the opening round and Williams subbing in for the afternoon. Olson posted a first round 88, while Williams carded a 95 to round out the Carroll scoring.
The Saints hold a one-stroke lead over Montana Tech (+107), and are just eight shots back of second place Bellevue (+98). Rocky leads the tournament, posting a team score of +84.
Over on the Men’s side of the action, Tanner Cromwell (Anaconda, Mont. / SO) leads the Saints at 14th following two rounds. The sophomore carded matching rounds of 78 to sit at +12 after one day. TJ Fierling (North Bend, Ore. / JR) is tied for 25th, battling back from an opening round 84 with an afternoon 77 to sit at +17. JT Slivinski (Montpelier, Idaho / JR) also posted a better second round, going 82-80 to finish the day one stroke back of Fierling at +18 in 29th place. One spot behind him on the leaderboard is Kyle Kennah (Laurel, Mont. / SO), who went 85-80 to finish at +21. Hudson Reinke (Filer, Idaho / SO) rounded out the Carroll scoring with rounds of 84 and 87, putting him in 27th place.
The Saints sit nine strokes back of Montana Tech (+58), while Rocky holds a commanding lead over the field at one-over heading into final round play.
Wednesday’s final round will be a tee-time start off two sides of the course, with pairings set based off of day one scoring.
Click HERE for full leaderboards and final round pairings on the Men’s side, and HERE for the Women.
