EVANSVILLE, Ind. – University of Southern Indiana Women’s Golf tees the 2025-26 campaign and the fall portion of the season at the MSU Payne Stewart Memorial in Springfield, Missouri, Monday and Tuesday. The Payne Stewart Memorial is hosted by Missouri State University at the Twin Oaks Country Club in Springfield.
USI starts the season with five players (Junior Alexis Wymer and sophomores Jade Blakeley, Brianna Kirsch, Camryn Luthy, and Fernanda Vera) from last season and three new players (graduate student Valeria Lopez de Haro Juste, junior Tora Timinsky, and freshman McKenna Lowe). Kirsch led the Eagles last season with an 80.8 strokes per round average (spra) in 23 rounds and was followed by Vera, who posted an 81.3 spra in 23 rounds.
The Screaming Eagles, as a team, averaged 327 spra in the nine tournaments of 2024-25. USI’s best finish a year ago was sixth at the Alabama State Spring Classic.
The Payne Stewart Memorial is a 54-hole tournament with 36-holes on Monday and a final round of 18 on Tuesday. USI was 12th a year ago with a three-round 967 (319-322-326) and was led by Kirsch, who tied for 26th with a 230 (76-77-77).
Following next week’s tournament, USI continues its six-tournament fall schedule by playing in The Velvet, hosted by Murray State University. The Velvet will be played at the Country Club of Paducah September 15-16 in Paducah, Kentucky.
