USI Women’s Golf finishes in 6th place
MURFREESBORO, Tenn.— University of Southern Indiana Women’s Golf settled for a sixth-place finish out of 16 teams today after a rough second round at the Music City Invitational hosted by Trevecca Nazarene University.
The Eagles had an impressive outing in round one of the invitational shooting 301 as a team and tied for second place entering round two. USI dropped four spots after shooting a 33-over-par 321 on Tuesday finishing with a total score of 622 (+46). The Eagles accounted for the best par 3 average (3.10) and total birdies (21) in the tournament.
Freshman Kylee Hormuth (Wentzville, Missouri) led the Eagles shooting an impressive 36-hole score of 146 in two rounds of play. Hormuth finished at two-over-par (70-76) and placed third out of 95 competitors and trailed the top spot by just eight shots. This marks the second time Hormuth has clinched a top-five finish this fall.
Another top performer for USI was sophomore Katelyn Sayyalinh (Rockford, Illinois). Sayyalinh started off solid shooting a five-over-par 77 and tied for 18th at the conclusion of round one. Sayyalinh was able to clinch a tie for 29th after shooting 13-over-par with a 36-hole score of 157 (77-80) in two rounds of action.
Christian Brothers University won the Music City Invitational with a two-day score of 605, while Franklin Pierce University’s Kesinee Prukmathakul was the tournament medalist after carding an impressive six-under-par 138 (66-72) for two rounds of action.
