The University of Evansville women’s golf team closed out the 2018 Missouri Valley Conference Championship with a 10th-place finish at Sand Creek Station Golf Course in Newton, Kan.
The Purple Aces finished the tournament with a team score of 310 in the third round for a three-day total of 961 (332 – 319 – 310). Missouri State captured the MVC Championship with a three-round total of 887, besting second-place finishing UNI by 14strokes. Winning the individual championship was Missouri State’s Rachel Johnson who recorded a three-round total of 215 (75 – 73 – 67).
Madison Chaney remained consistent on the final day of competition as the junior finished in a tie for 33rd with a tournament total of 236 (76 – 80 – 80). Just one stroke behind Chaney was freshman Sophia Rohleder, who concluded her first MVC Championship with a 75 in the final round. Rohleder tallied an 87 in the first round, but responded with back-to-back 75s to close out the tournament in 36th with a three-round total of 237.
In her final collegiate round, senior Giulia Mallmann carded the best round of her Purple Aces career with a two-over 74 in Tuesday’s final round, the best round by an Ace at the championship. Previous to Tuesday, Mallmann’s best round in her career was a 77. Mallmann concluded the 2018 MVC Championship with a three-round total of 245 (85 – 86 – 74), earning her a 44th-place finish.
Following Mallmann were Minka Gill and Lexie Sollman who finished in 49th and 50th, respectively. Gill tallied her best round of the tournament on Tuesday with an 81, giving Gill a tournament-total of 254 (84 – 89 – 81). Sollman finished up the tournament with an 86 in Tuesday’s final round as the sophomore completed the championship with a three-round total of 256 (92 – 78 – 86).
