In a battle of ten Missouri Valley Conference teams along with former member Wichita State, the University of Evansville women’s golf team is heading to the MVC Fall Preview on Monday and Tuesday.
Sand Creek Station Golf Course in Newton, Kan. will host the event. A grand total of 54 holes will be played with 36 taking place on Monday. The final 18 are slated for Tuesday. Action starts with an 8:30 a.m. shotgun start on both days. Par is set for 72.
Taking part in the tournament will be: Bradley, Drake, Evansville, Illinois State, Indiana State, Loyola, Missouri State, UNI, Southern Illinois, Wichita State and Valparaiso.
Madison Chaney had the low score of the day as the Purple Aces took 9th place in the final day of the Butler Invitational on Oct. 3. Chaney carded a 77 in the final round as she improved by five strokes from Monday’s score to finish the 2-round event with a 159. Her 77 was the lowest round of the weekend for the Aces.
Three behind Chaney was Maria Pickens. She registered identical rounds of 81 to finish with 162. That put her in a tie for 36th on the final leaderboard. Third for the squad was Carly Waggoner. After notching an 87 in the opening round, she lowered her score by three to an 84 on her way to a 171. She tied for 54th.
Sophia Rohleder was next for UE. She made the largest lead on the team, scoring an 82 on Tuesday. That is 12 better than Monday’s round of 94. She tied for 59th. Minka Gill did not compete on Tuesday after posting an 80 in round one. Individual Giulia Mallmann notched an 85 in the last round, posting a 169 for the event.
UE took 9th place in the tournament with a 654.
