NORMAL, Ill. – The Illinois College women's golf team finished in a tie for 10th place this weekend at the Illinois Wesleyan University Fall Classic at the Ironwood Golf Course. The Lady Blues had team scores of 334 and 343 to end at 677 for the 36-hole event, tied with Central College and only three shots behind the University of Dubuque for eighth place.
Coming a week after finishing as runners-up at the Fighting Scot Invite, the Lady Blues continued to show improvements in the 2019 season. At this same tournament last season, IC shot a 690 and ended 14th overall as a team.
The top individual finisher for Illinois College this weekend was
Madi Peyton. The senior had back-to-back rounds of 82 to finish at 164 and in a tie for 28th place.
Brooke Metzger was four shots back of Peyton at 168 (t-42nd) after opening with an 83 and scoring an 85 on Sunday.
Separated by just one stroke were freshmen
Sandie Norville and
Maggie Cockerill. Norville tied for 55th in the tournament by shooting rounds of 85 and 87 for a 172 total. Cockerill tied for 58th overall with an 84 on Saturday, followed by an 89 on Sunday to finish at 173.
Next weekend, Illinois College takes its last road trip of the Fall season with a 36-hole event hosted by Knox College at the Soangetaha Country Club in Galesburg. Tee times are set for 12:30 p.m. on Sept. 21 and 9 a.m. on Sept. 22.
