USI Women’s Golf voted to finish fifth in OVC

EVANSVILLE, Ind. – University of Southern Indiana Women’s Golf is predicted to finish fifth within the Ohio Valley Conference standings after receiving 14 points from the league’s head coaches. The Screaming Eagles are competing in NCAA Division I and the OVC for the first time in program history.

“It will be interesting to see how we compete in our first conference season,” says USI Head Coach, Jim Cheaney. “There are very good teams in the OVC and we will be ready to play in March.”
 
University of Arkansas at Little Rock was predicted to finish atop the conference after receiving 36 points and a league-high six first-place votes. Morehead State University was given one first-place vote and received 29 points to place second. Earning the next two spots are Tennessee Tech University (28) and conference newcomer, Lindenwood University (15). USI had 14 points to place fifth with Eastern Illinois University (13) and Tennessee State University (12) going sixth and seventh, respectively.
 
The Eagles competed in five tournaments last fall with a season-best sixth-place finish at the Saluki Invitational where graduate Hannah Herma (DeMotte, Indiana) and sophomore Kylee Hormuth (Wentzville, Missouri) tied for 20th after shooting 242, going 26 over par in three rounds. USI brings back six returners from last season along with a pair of newcomers that includes junior Haylee Exline (Poseyville, Indiana) who transfers from Oakland City University.
 
USI’s spring season begins with a trip to Sevierville, Tennessee for the Bobby Nichols Intercollegiate hosted by Tennessee Tech March 12-14. The Eagles continue the campaign at the Nevel Meade Intercollegiate hosted by Cleveland State University March 20-21 then head to Batavia, Ohio to compete in The Julie hosted by Northern Kentucky University March 27-28. USI ends the regular season in Murray, Kentucky with the Jan Weaver Invitational hosted by Murray State University April 3-4.
 
The OVC Golf Championships will take place April 16-18 in Muscle Shoals, Alabama on the Fighting Joe Course at Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail at The Shoals.
 
2023 OVC Preseason Women’s Golf Predicted Order of Finish
1. Little Rock (6 first-place votes) – 36 points
2. Morehead State (1 first-place vote) – 29 points
3. Tennessee Tech – 28
4. Lindenwood – 15
5. Southern Indiana – 14
6. Eastern Illinois – 13
7. Tennessee State – 12