Upper Iowa's women's golf team placed twelfth at the Flyer Intercollegiate tournament hosted by Lewis University in Chicago, Ill. on Sept.30 and Oct.1. The Peacocks posted rounds of 333 on Monday and 339 on Tuesday shooting better than four other teams at the tournament.
Leading the Peacocks with team lows on both days of competition was MacKayla Olson. Olson posted an 82 on day one and followed up with a 79 on day two, shaving three strokes off of her day one total. Olson finished with 161 total strokes which was good enough for a share of fourteenth place. Olson was just one over par on par threes and par fives.
The Peacock on the leaderboard was Brooke Knutson. Knutson posted an 84 on Monday and an 89 on Tuesday resulting in 173 total strokes and a tie for 50th place. Knutson has three birdies during the tournament. Following Knutson was Molly Wenthold (92,82 - 174) who shaved a significant ten strokes off of her round one total and shot just two over par on par fives.
Also competing for the Peacocks was Illayna Long (87,89 -176) and Jaden Scheweinefus (82,95 - 177) who was just one over on par threes and recorded two birdies at the tournament.
Northeastern State University won the team title with rounds of 314 and 309, while Texas A&M International played second with rounds of 324 and 326. Rounding out the top three was the host, Lewis University who had rounds of 322 and 329 beating out fourth place Minnesota State University by four strokes. Winning medalist honors was Lexie Shaw of Trevecca Nazarene University after back to back rounds of 74, finishing with 148 total strokes.
PEACOCK(S) OF THE TOURNAMENT... MacKayla Olson had team low rounds on both days of the tournament.
UP NEXT... The Peacocks will compete next at the Midwest Classic hosted by the University of Central Missouri on Oct.7 & 8 at Mules National Golf Club in Warrensburg, Mo.
