University of Southern Indiana Women’s Golf senior Anastasia Carter (Granger, Indiana) finished her career as a Screaming Eagle with a tied for 26th-place finish at the NCAA Division II National Championships. A 76 in the final round brought her four-round total to 300 (+12) for the event, which was held at CommonGround Golf Course.
Starting on the front-nine for the first time since the first round, Carter began her round with a birdie on the first hole. Bogeys on holes five, six, and eight gave carter a two-over-par, 38 on her opening nine holes.
Despite a birdie on hole 11, three bogeys on 10, 12, and 14 moved Carter to four-over for her round through fourteen holes. She would end her round and the national championships with four consecutive pars for her 76.
Gabrielle Shipley of Grand Valley State University took home the individual title after a birdie on 18 and a four-round score of 282 (-6). The University of Findlay’s Kasey Petty finished one stroke back while Isabell Jimenez Perea of Tarleton State University was the final individual completing the event under par with a 285 (-3).
Rollins College won the team championship with a score of 1173 beating out Nova Southeastern University by nine strokes. The 2015 national champions finished third with a four-round score of 1183.
Coming into the 2015-16 season, Alisha Luigs had the lowest stroke average for season with a 78.1 average per round set in the 2005-06 season. Carter’s teammate sophomore Taylor Howerton lowered the record with her average of 78 strokes per each of her 15 rounds in 2015-16. With Carter’s 300 at the national championships, her average for the season dropped to 77.8 in 30 rounds giving Carter the lowest season average in USI history. Carter also becomes the only golfer in USI Women’s Golf history to compete in a four round event with her score of 300.
The only USI Women’s Golfer to appear at the national championships, Carter’s ends her career with a number of accolades. A four-time All-Great Lakes Valley Conference team honoree, she was the 2014 GLVC Individual Champion, the only win of her career. The 70 Carter scored in her final round of the 2014 GLVC Championship is tied for the third lowest round in program history, while her total of 145 from the event is tied for the lowest score for a 36-hole event at USI. Carter’s resume also includes three Academic All-GLVC awards and being honored as a 2016 Academic All-District IV team member.
