The Eastern women’s golf team finished up its regular-season final tournament at the two-day Indiana State Classic in Terre Haute, Ind., at the Par 72, 5951-yard Country Club of Terre Haute, hosted by Indiana State University.

The Panthers placed last out of nine teams in the tournament, marking their worst finish in a tournament.

The Panthers shot a team total of 671 and were led by senior Elyse Banovic who tied for 37th place out of a total of 57 golfers.

Banovic shot a 21-over-par 165 for the tournament.

Newcomer Lexi Hammerton placed tied for 39th with three other golfers, shooting an 81 and 84 for the two rounds.

Emily Fitzgerald placed 44th in the tournament shooting an 87 and 81 for the tournament.

Rounding out the golfers for the Panthers, Alex Pickens placed 50th with a total two-round total of 176, shooting an 88 for both rounds of golf.

The host squad Indiana State earned the team title with a score of 620 for the two rounds.

The Sycamores were led by two top-10 finishers in Erin Sutton, who shot a 78-74 for a total of 152, and her teammate Amanda Smith finished one stroke behind her, shooting a 153.

William Woods University finished in second place, shooting a two-day total of 626, and had the lead after the first day, finishing one stroke ahead of the Sycamores, but a second round total of 314 pushed it back to runner-up.

William Woods was led by Myriam Hassan who shot a two-day total of 147 (73 and 74) for the two rounds.

Coming in third place was the University of Northern Iowa, which shot a 627 for the tournament.

The only other Ohio Valley Conference member in the tournament was Southern Illinois-Edwardsville who finished just above the Panthers with a score of 652 for the tournament.

There was only one golfer who shot a round of even par and that was the individual champion in Bradley’s Danielle Lemek, who shot a second round total of 72 and 74 in the first round.

Rounding out the top five individual golfers were Evansville’s Kayla Katterhenry, who tallied a 151 for the tournament and Northern Iowa’s Sarah Boss, who shot a 152.

The Panthers next will head to the OVC championships that will take place April 20-23 at the Shoals Golf Club in Muscle Shoals, Ala.

Bob Reynolds can be reached at 581-2812 or rjreynolds@eiu.edu.