The Eastern Michigan University women’s golf team nabbed a top-10 finish at the University of Arkansas Little Rock Golf Classic. The tournament was held in Hot Springs, Ark. over a two-day period, March 24-25.
This was the Eagles’ sixth top-10 finish of the season. EMU finished in ninth place shooting 954 as a team.
Eastern had four golfers represented in the top 50— Sylvie Williams, Corey Crossan, Karyn Lee Ping, and Kelsey Murphy.
Previous Top-10 Tournaments of 2013-2014
Tenth place at the Mary Fossum Invitational held in East Lansing, Mich.
Ninth place at the Nittany Lion Invitational held in University Park, Pa.
T-third place at the MAC Preview held in Fishers, Ind.
T-eighth place at the Jim West Challenge held in New Braunfels, Texas.
Seventh place at the Rio Verde Invitational held in Rio Verde, Ariz.
Top-3 Teams
Middle Tennessee State University finished the tournament in first place shooting 921 as a team.
Oral Roberts University finished the tournament in second place shooting 930 as a team.
Wichita State University finished the tournament in third place shooting 931 as a team.
Top-5 Golfers
Vanessa Johnson – Texas A&M University Corpus Christi – 219 (74, 71, 74)
Sarah Brown – University of Central Arkansas – 221 (77, 73, 71)
Avery George – Middle Tennessee – 224 (75, 76, 73)
Allie Knight – Middle Tennessee – 226 (77, 77, 72)
Sarah Bae – High Point University – 228 (75, 77, 76)
Results After Round One
Ping – 77
Lois Schoof – 82
Willaims – 83
Crossan – 84
Murphy – 86
After the first round, the Eagles were in 15th place having shot 326 as a team. Middle Tennessee was in first place after shooting 306 as a team.
Results After Round Two
Ping – 155 (77, 78)
Crossan – 160 (84, 76)
Williams – 162 (83, 79)
Schoof – 164 (82, 82)
Murphy – 167 (86, 81)
After round two, the Eagles improved to 13th place shooting 640 as a team. Middle Tennessee remained in first place along with Wichita State. They both shot 617 as teams through two rounds.
Results After Round Three
T-31st – Williams – 238 (83, 79, 76)
T-34th – Crossan – 239 (84, 76, 79)
T-34th – Ping – 239 (77, 78, 84)
T-48th – Murphy – 242 (86, 81, 75)
71st – Schoof – 251 (82, 82, 87)
In round three, the Eagles managed to push themselves and improve to a ninth place spot on the leaderboards.
Next Tournament
UNCW Seahawk Classic – Wilmington, N.C. – April 5-6.
