Warsaw’s Miriam Hagg punches out of trouble on the 13th Tuesday at South Shore in the dual against West Noble. (Photos by Mike Deak)

SYRACUSE – At this point in the girls golf season, Warsaw head coach Tad Nieter is looking for some specifics. In Tuesday morning’s nine-hole dual with West Noble, the coach may have found a little of what he was looking for from his squad.

West Noble’s Natalie Halferty takes a chance on a chip.

“We’re just looking for consistency with our group,” Nieter said. “When you have a young team like this, you are going to have inconsistencies in the armor. We are just trying to get as solid as we can as the postseason arrives.”

In the 199-229 win over West Noble at South Shore, the nine-hole round was a little bit of a break for Warsaw after playing in three 18-hole invites in the past six days. Looking to see how his team adjusted against just one team and half the exertion, Nieter was pleased with some of the adjustments his players made.

“When I mapped out the schedule for us, we just have to do what we can especially when you factor in some great teams like Homestead and NorthWood are going to be against us a few times,” Nieter said. “When we can sprinkle in a couple nine-holes like today – I’m not big on nine-holes – but on a day like today after a few tournaments in a short amount of time like we had, it’s good experience for our girls in pressure situations. We are building that endurance for the long haul. We just want to spread it around a little bit and get them focused.”

Out of the five spot, Delaney Wihebrink came through with the top score of the day at 43. Wihebrink had her moments of greatness and otherwise, having a tee shot carom off a tree back onto the fairway on 14, but then chipping within inches on 15 to save par.

Warsaw’s Izzy Ray approaches the green.

Izzy Ray followed up with a 49, Miriam Hagg shot a 51 and Mady Ray posted a 53. Grayson Kilburn added a 57.

West Noble had Hannah Godfrey shoot the round of the day with a medalist 41 including a birdie on 11 and a pair of pars. But the Chargers had little else to keep pace with the Tigers. Natalie Halferty had a 55, Amelia Eulford had a 63 and Kallie Coplia posted a 70.

Warsaw will play its second home match of the season Thursday at Stonehenge, welcoming in Triton and Rochester in a grouping of three sectional foes on the sectional course.

“The main thing for us right now is just logging experience,” Nieter said. “The longet-tenured golfer we have is four years, and they started playing in eighth grade. We don’t have a lot of golf experience, so the more we can expose them to challenges during a round rather than hitting balls at a range, that’s going to be huge for us in the long run.

“Really any golf we can get under our belts will be important for us,” Nieter said. “Given we don’t have a lot of experience, and that our season is already on the brink of the conference schedule, we just need to keep working hard and trying to learn from mistakes and learn from successes.”

West Noble’s Hannah Godfrey drives on 14.