Men’s and Women’s Golf heads to Dayton Invitational

Both teams to play on Monday and Tuesday

EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Both the University of Evansville men’s and women’s golf teams head to Kettering, Ohio for the Dayton Invitational on Monday and Tuesday at NCR Country Club.

Each team will play two rounds of 18 in their events.  The men will play on the South Course with par checking in at 71.  Their field includes: Butler, Columbia, Dayton, Detroit, Fort Wayne, IUPUI, Loyola, Miami (Ohio), Michigan, Northern Kentucky, Oakland, Robert Morris, St. Bonaventure, Valparaiso, Wright State and Youngstown State.  Yardage for the men will be 7,100.  Play both days will start at 10 a.m.

The women will be playing on the North Course with yardage coming in at 5,872 and par will be 70.  Other teams playing on the women’s side include: Bowling Green, Chicago State, Dayton, Detroit, Eastern Illinois, Findlay, Fort Wayne, IUPUI, Loyola, Northern Kentucky, Oakland, Ohio University and Youngstown State.

Earlier this week, Wil Pahud helped the men take fourth place in the Donald Ross Intercollegiate at Mimosa Hills Country Club.  Pahud fired off a 1-under 69 to come home in a tie for 7th place overall.  On Monday, he finished with scores of 71 and 72.  His efforts saw him post a 212 for the event.

Topping the Purple Aces was Tyler Gray.  Coming off of last week’s victory at Butler, Gray earned another top five finish.  His score of 211 tied him for 4th place.  Gray carded rounds of 71 and 68 on Monday before posting a 72 in the final round.  Next up was Zac Turi.  The sophomore’s best round of the tournament came on Monday with a 1-under 69.  After shooting a 73 in round two, Turi had a 77 in the final round to complete the event with a 219, tying for 21st.

Last time out for the women, they competed at the MVC Preview in Cape Girardeau, Mo.  Kayla Katterhenry was the low shooter in the final round, shooting a 75 to finish in a tie for 22nd with a final score of 228.  Her rounds on day one checked in at 77 and 76.  Maggie Camp was second for the Purple Aces.  Scores of 77 in the last two rounds saw her finish the event with a 238, good for a 49th place finish.

Third on the squad was Madison Chaney.  She tied for 62nd with a final score of 243.  Her top round of the event was in the second trip around the course where she registered a 77.  Giulia Mallmann carded an 86 on the final day to finish with a 256 while Maria Pickens completed the event with a 268.

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