The Eastern women’s golf team will compete in the Ohio Valley Conference Championship April 21-24, in Nashville, Tenn.

The tournament will be held at the same golf course as last year, the Greystone Golf Course just inside Nashville. After two weeks away from competition this season, the women have put the effort in and look for better results than last year’s sixth place finish out of eight squads.

Head coach Mike Moncel said they used the two weeks off to improve on short game in order to see better results this year. He said that the focus on short game has remained their game plan thing all season and it is just a matter of practice.

“It’s like always, just a matter of working on the short game. We just need to get it in the hole, plain and simple. It’s a matter of practicing and doing what we need to do to get better on the short game.”

Last season, Morehead State took home the team championship, as well as the Coach of the Year and Player of the Year awards. Murray State and Jacksonville State rounded out the top three.

The OVC Championship will be the last tournament of the season for the Panthers and the women look to end their season with a successful performance. Considering they haven’t notched a top three finish in the past four years, they feel that it has been a long time coming.

Anthony Catezone can be reached at 581-7942 or ajcatezone@eiu.edu.