Golf team comes in 15th place

Bob Reynolds, Staff Reporter

The Eastern women’s golf team finished in last place out of 15 teams in the rain-shortened Evansville Fall Intercollegiate, ending its fall season.

Heavy rains canceled the tournament on Tuesday, so scores were based off of only one round.

Following Monday’s lone round, freshman Annie Getzin led all Eastern players with a 12-over, 84 at the par 72, 6,032-yard Oak Meadow Country Club.

Fellow freshman Chole Wong finished 18 over par and senior Tiffany Wolf finished with a 19 over par.

Newcomer Anne Bahr tied wolf in 73rd place also shooting a 91.

Sophomore Erika Von Itter finished in 83rd place with a 95.

Eastern finished with a team score of 356, finishing 7 strokes behind Tennessee State.

Indiana State captured the team title, carding a team score of 310, with Anne Frankiewicz leading the way with a score of 3-over-par for the lone round.

Frankiewicz finished tied for third overall with Loyola’s Olivia Lindsey for the individuals.

Also, leading Indiana State were Marissa Uradomo and Amanda Smith, who both tied for 10th place with scores of 6-over, 78.

Erinn Sutton finished tied for 18th place and shot a 7-over, 79 for the Sycamores.

Northern Kentucky finished in second place with a team score of 313 behind the 1-2 punch of Sarah Kellam and Kennedy Windlan.

Kellam finished with a 1-over, 73, and Windlan finished with a 2-over, 74.

Kellam and Windlan finished 1st and 2nd overall for the individuals as well.

Northern Kentucky did not have another player finish in the top 30, but were paced by Tara Clark and Allison Leigeb, who both finished with scores of 11-over, 83 and tied for 35th place overall.

Rounding out Northern Kentucky was Reighly Waltz, who finished with a 13-over, 85.

Butler University finished the tournament in 3rd place with a team total of 315 strokes, just two strokes behind Northern Kentucky.

Butler had one player finish in the top-five and that was Megan McCambridge, who shot a 3-over, 76 for the tournament.

Jenna Peters, who has been Butler’s best golfer all season, finished three strokes behind McCambridge with a 7-over, 79.

Isabella Lambert tied Peters for 18th place and Kelsey McDougall finished tied for 26th place with a total of 9-over, 81.

Eastern will next tee-off in the spring, when it starts its fall slate.

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