CHARLOTTE, NC- Senior Abbey Leighty (Mt. Carmel, Illinois) took first at the Battle for Royalty Invitation with a total score of 156 (+12) as the Eagles as a team finished second out of six teams at TPC Piper Glen Golf Club Sept. 23-24.
Leighty owned the low round of the tournament when she shot a three-over-par 75 in the first round Monday.
Sophomore Hannah Herma (Demotte, Indiana) finished tied for seventh carding a total score of 163 (+12) and Freshman Kelci Katterhenry placed tied for thirteenth with a 36-hole total of 165 (+21).
Junior Kiley Swisher (Williamsport, Indiana) turned out an impressive performance tabbed as USI’s only individual with a two-round total of 162 (+18) earning a tied for fifth finish.
As a team, the Eagles posted a cumulative score of 652 (+76). USI was only bested by the Sailfish from Palm Beach Atlantic with a score of 648 (+72).
Up next, the Eagles look ahead to the next tournament on the calendar, the Flyer Intercollegiate held in Lemont, Illinois Sept. 30-Oct. 1.
