USI Women’s Golf earns first-place finish

Junior Taylor Howerton (Evansville, Indiana) and senior Allison Koester (Wadesville, Indiana) posted top-five finishes Sunday as the University of Southern Indiana women’s golf team finished first out of 10 teams at the Maryville Fall Invitational at Annbriar Golf Course

Howerton finished second in the 63-player field with a four-over par 148, including a one-over 73 in Sunday’s closing round. Koester was nine-over for the tournament after shooting 77 in the first 18 holes Saturday and 76 Sunday. University of Illinois Springfield senior Jocelyn Matsen was the tournament medalist with a one-under 143.

As a team, the Screaming Eagles shot 310 in both the first and second rounds as they earned their first win of the year with their two-day score of 620. Lindenwood University was second with a two-day tally of 621.

The Eagles return to action October 17-18 when they compete at the Big Apple Lady Invitational in White Plains, New York. USI concludes the fall season October 24-25 with the Trevecca Women’s Fall Invitational in Hickory, Tennessee.

Univ. of Southern Indiana Women’s Golf Results

10/8-9/2016 — Maryville Fall Invitational

Annbriar Golf Course — Waterloo, IL

Par 72, 5882 yards — 10 teams, 63 players

Southern Indiana………….. 310 310   620   +44      1st

Howerton, Taylor…………..  75  73   148    +4      2nd

Koester, Allison…………..  77  76   153    +9   t- 4th

Davis, Grace………………  80  81   161   +17   t-21st

Leighty, Abbey…………….  78  83   161   +17   t-21st

Jacobsen, Kori#……………  80  84   164   +20   t-26th

Ellerbusch, Paige………….  85  80   165   +21   t-29th

Zehner, Abbey#…………….  83  89   172   +28   t-45th

Bumpus, Holly#…………….  88  89   177   +33   t-53rd