USI captures 7th in regular season finale

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ST. LOUIS, Mo.— University of Southern Indiana Women’s Golf shot a three-round score of 1002 (+150) to take seventh place out of 17 teams and 91 competitors at the Triton Invitational Monday afternoon at the Norwood Hills Country Club.

The Screaming Eagles’ first round score of 342 (+58) paved the way before a second-round score of 341 (+57) set USI up for another top-10 finish. Round three was phenomenal compared to previous rounds as the Eagles shot 319 (+35) to jump into seventh.

Sophomore Halle Gutwein (DeMotte, Indiana) led the way for USI after carding a three-round total of 243 (+30). Gutwein found herself in the top-20 after day one with a two-round total of 165 (+23). Day two was even better for Gutwein after carding a 78 (+7) to cement herself for a tie for 20th.
 
Another top performer for the Eagles was sophomore Katelyn Sayyalinh (Rockford, Illinois) who tallied a three-day score of 247 (+34) to secure a tie for 26th. Freshman Baileigh Schneider (Huntingburg, Indiana) was the only other Eagle to make the top-50 after her two-day performance of 257 (+44) to claim a tie for 48th.

Host school, University of Missouri St. Louis, won the tournament after carding a three-round total of 915 (+63) while UMSL’s Tove Brunell scored first place after shooting 226 (+13) in two days of action.