The Peacock women's golf team claimed a third-place finish at the Flyer Intercollegiate hosted by Lewis University after scores of 313 and 326 on Monday and Tuesday. The women's tournament was played on the Ravines Course at the Cog Hill Golf and Country Club in Lemont, Ill.
Upper Iowa finished 15 strokes behind the host Flyers (311-313) and one stroke behind Southern Indiana University (321-317), but edged McKendree University by one stroke and Winona State University by three strokes.
Jaden Schweinefus tied for seventh and led the Peacocks with scores of 76 and 81, while
MacKayla Olsen tied for ninth after improving by four strokes between rounds to card scores of 81 and 77.
Brooke Knutson tied for 19
th signing her name to scorecards of 77 and 84 and
MacKenzie Olsen tied for 26
th with rounds of 79 and 84.
Kaitlyn MacCharles closed out UIU's scoring with rounds of 84 and 94.
"I am proud of this team for their perseverance and maturity; even though we may not have had our best games in total they battled on every shot," said Head Coach
Mike Lewis. "
Brooke Knutson had her career-low round on Monday. For MacKayla and Jaden to back up there finishes last week with top 10 finishes this week shows a lot about what good leaders they are on the golf course! We have two weeks until our next tournament. We will spend that time cleaning up anything that we need to and be ready to compete in Warrensburg!"
Upper Iowa tied for the top mark on par threes with a 3.30 (+9) average and posted the fifth-best, par-four average of 4.59 (+71). UIU scored a 5.57-stroke average (+17) on par fives. The Peacocks carded 91 pars and 12 birdies over their two rounds.
Schweinefus tied for third on par threes with a 3.00 average and knocked in 20 pars in her 36 holes, while
Brooke Knutson averaged 3.17 strokes and
Kaitlyn MacCharles posted a 3.33 average on the short pars.
MacKenzie Olsen averaged a 4.38 on the par fours, the sixth-best average on the course, and converted 21 pars. Knutson recorded a team-high 5 birdies in her rounds.
UIU will close out their fall season in Warrensburg, Mo. on Monday and Tuesday, Oct. 18-19 in a tournament hosted by the University of Central Missouri.
