CASEYVILLE, Ill. - Upper Iowa women's golf closed out the fall season at McKendree's (Ill.) Bearcat Dual Gender on Tuesday. The Peacocks took sixth place shooting 968 (+104) as a team at the par-72 Far Oaks Golf Club.
Junior Addison Weber led the Peacocks tying for 12th place at 234 (+18) with rounds of 76 (+4), 85 (+13) and 73 (+1). Her third round tied for the second-lowest individual round of her career, and it marked the second-time she's hit it this season after doing it at the Mustang Invitational as well.
Weber totaled a team-high nine birdies, tying for the third most by any golfer at the tournament. She had six birdies in the third and final round, with two on par fives and three on par fours. The junior added 28 total pars, leading the Peacocks and tying for the 15th-most at the tournament.
Fabiana Barrero Campo finished 17th with a total of 239 (+23) after rounds of 80 (+8), 79 (+7) and 80 (+8). She had the best second round of any Peacock golfer. Barrero Campo had seven birdies, tying for the seventh-most at the tournament. The freshman added 25 pars, tying for the 25th-most.
Fellow freshman Morgan Krall finished tied for 30th with a score of 248 (+32). She improved every round, shooting 87 (+15), 81 (+9) and 80 (+8). Krall totaled 25 pars and three birdies, posting a birdie in each round.
Fern Babinski tied for 39th with a score of 257 (+41) with rounds of 83 (+11), 85 (+13) and 89 (+17). She tallied two birdies. Kathryn Ballard finished 43rd at 262 (+46) with a 92 (+20), 91 (+19) and a 79 (+7). She had the second-best score of any Peacock in the third round and totaled five birdies at the tournament, tying for the 17th-most.
Upper Iowa finished 20 strokes behind Illinois Springfield in fifth at 948 (+84). The Peacocks were ahead of Maryville (Mo.) in sixth at 991 (+27).
McKendree (Ill.) won the tournament by 22 strokes shooting 902 (+38) as a team. Rockhurst (Mo.) took second at 924 (+60) and Drury (Mo.) took third at 931 (+67).
Chiara Bortolotti of McKendree won the Bearcat Dual Gender with a score of 218 (+2), including a 70 (-2) in the third round. Drury's Phoebe Bourne, Rockhurst's Marly Dunham and McKendree's Warisa Rungrojanaluk tied for second place at 221 (+5).
The Peacocks finished the fall season with three top-five placements and were in the top eight at all five meets. UIU's third place finish at the Mustang Invitational was the program's best at a tournament featuring 10 or more teams since the 2022 NSIC Tournament.
