Aces in top five in Illinois
FLOSSMOOR, Ill. – On a windy and warm day at Flossmoor Country Club, the University of Evansville women’s golf team wrapped up the opening two rounds of the Loyola Fall Invitational.
Evansville finished the day in fifth place out of the eight participating teams with a score of 665. UE is just three behind 4thplace Chicago State. Butler leads on the team side with a 644 while Loyola enters the final round just three strokes behind. Southern Illinois is third, four shots off the lead.
Kayla Katterhenry was the top performer of the day for the Aces. The senior began the day with an 80 before registering an 81 to finish Monday’s action with a 161. She is tied for seventh place overall.
Maggie Camp and Madison Chaney finished the day in a tie for 24th place with scores of 169. Camp’s rounds checked in at an 83 and 86 while Chaney carded scores of 81 and 88.
Giulia Mallmann and Maria Pickens ended the first two rounds tied for 31st. Mallmann started off with a 92, but lowered her score to an 81 in round two. Pickens also improved as the day went along, opening with an 89 before notching an 84.
Lexie Sollman and Carly Waggoner were the individuals for the Purple Aces. Sollman finished the day with scores of 90 and 92 to rank in a tie for 45th with a 182. Waggoner had identical scores of 94 and is tied for 47th with a 188.
Loyola’s Morgan Brown sits atop the leaderboard with a 155. She shot the low round of the day in the second round, notching a 75. Brooke Cusamano of SIU is one behind with a 156. Butler has two players tied for third with scores of 158. Katterhenry is six off the lead.
One more round of play is set for Tuesday morning.
