A busy spring start to the spring season continues for the University of Evansville women’s golf team as they will play at the Little Rock/A-State Invitational on Monday and Tuesday in Maumelle, Arkansas.
Monday’s play will consist of 36 holes with the final 18 to be played on Tuesday at Maumelle Country Club. A shotgun start commences the action at 8:30 a.m. each day. The par is 72 with the yardage standing at 6,202. Teams participating include Little Rock, Arkansas State, Central Arkansas, Evansville, Missouri State, Northern Illinois, Northern Iowa, Oklahoma City, Omaha, Toledo, UTEP and Wichita State.
Senior Kayla Katterhenry finished just one shot off of the lead as the team earned a 5th place finish at the Bobby Nichols Intercollegiate at Sevierville Golf Club earlier this week. A 3-over 74 on Tuesday saw her finish one stroke behind medalist Elizabeth England of Carson-Newman. Katterhenry’s efforts in the tournament saw her post a 3-round tally of 220. She was named the Missouri Valley Conference Women’s Golfer of the Week on Wednesday.
Giulia Mallmann was second for the Purple Aces. She carded an 84 in the final round and completed the tournament with a 246 to finish in 28th. One behind her was Maggie Camp. The senior registered an 83 to total 247 strokes in the tournament, good for a 29th-place tie.
Madison Chaney and Lexie Sollman completed the top five. Chaney had her best round of the tournament on Tuesday, scoring an 81 to tie for 32nd with a 250. Sollman posted an 85 on her way to a 257. She placed 38th.
