JACKSONVILLE, Ill. – The Illinois College women's golf team shot its lowest round of the Fall season on Tuesday and held onto second place at the SLIAC Championship. Grinnell College matched IC's round of 330 and won the team championship by 12 strokes.
Three members of the Illinois College team earned All-SLIAC recognition for their play the last two days.
Brooke Metzger finished alone in eighth place while
Maggie Cockerill and
Haley Walker tied for 10th place in the tournament. All three took home spots on the Second Team.
Madi Peyton was IC's representative on the All-Sportsmanship Team as well.
Metzger had Illinois College's low round of the day on Tuesday with an 80. Starting on the second hole, Metzger opened with three straight pars and birdied the sixth hole. She also birdied the tough par-4 15th hole and then capped her tournament with her third birdie of the day on No. 1. Following an opening 83, Metzger shot 163 for the 36-hole event.
Walker ended her day with an 82. Beginning on the third hole, the sophomore had pars on seven of her first eight holes of the day and was only three-over through 13 before tripping up slightly on her way in. Still, she ended with a front-nine 40 and a back-nine 42 while carding a team-best 10 pars in her round.
Maggie Cockerill opened her day on the first hole and shrugged off an opening double-bogey to birdie the second hole. She ended with a 41 on the front nine and had a 42 on the back-nine to total an 83 for the day and tie with Walker at 165 for the tournament.
Sandie Norville shot her second consecutive 85 on Tuesday to end alone in 15th place at 170 for the tournament. Starting on the fourth hole and experiencing a rocky start through three holes of play, Norville recovered to par seven of the next eight holes to get her round back on track.
Peyton was the final golfer on the course for Illinois College on Tuesday. Though the senior had seven pars in her round, she could never could get things rolling like she has all season long and ended up with a 91. Combined with her opening 86, she ended at 177 for the tournament, tied for 22nd.
Nina Kouchi of Grinnell College and Kassidy Wallin of Spalding University tied for medalist honors at the championship event with a 153, but the overall champion ended up being Kouchi after a playoff. Grinnell won the team championship with a score of 651, 12 better than Illinois College's 663. Lake Forest College was another 10 strokes back in third place at 673.
The Illinois College women's golf season will resume in March with a Spring Break trip, followed by tournaments in March and April.
| Team Standings |
Score |
| 1. Grinnell |
651 |
| 2. Illinois College |
663 |
| 3. Lake Forest |
673 |
| 4. Monmouth |
682 |
| 5. Knox |
729 |
| 6. Fontbonne |
755 |
| 7. Iowa Wesleyan |
792 |
| 8. Blackburn |
932 |
| 9. Eureka |
1,013 |
| 10. Westminster (MO) |
1,028 |
