RESULTS

SIMPSONVILLE, Ky. – Illinois Women's Golf returns home with the team's third top-10 finish of the fall after posting scores of 299-292-312 = 903 at the Louisville-hosted Cardinal Cup. Competitors played 36 holes on Monday, Oct. 19 and finished up with the third round on Tuesday, Oct. 20, from the 6,132-yard University of Louisville Golf Club in Simpsonville, Kentucky.

"Overall, we put together some solid rounds at the Cardinal Cup," shared head coach Renee Slone. "We started slow but turned things around on our second nine holes of the first round and kept things rolling for much of the second round as well." She continued, "We did a great job to put ourselves in contention, but we came out a little too flat in the final round and just weren't able to recover."

Leading the Illinois unit individually was freshman Bing Singhsumalee, who finished tied for 19^th after posting a pair of readings at 73 (+1) on the opening day of play. In the final round, Singhsumalee opened on the fifth hole and headed to the back nine with an even-par reading but hit a rough patch and finished with a mark of 78 for an eight-over total score of 224.

Finishing just behind Singhsumalee was sophomore Grace Park, who concluded play in a tie for 23^rd place. Park posted a one-over par effort of 73 in the opening frame and followed up with a one-under 71 in round two. Round three saw Park card an 82 en route to a three-round total of 226 (+10). The sophomore finished with a team-best seven birdies across the two-day event.

Stephanie Miller tied for 37^th overall after carding rounds of 75-75-80 to finish with a final score of 230 (+14). Miller posted the second-most holes at par on the Illinois squad with a mark of 36.

Chayanid Prapassarangkul and Dana Gattone tied for 44^th at the Cardinal Cup with three-round totals of 231 (+15). Prapassarangkul opened play with scores of 78 and 75 on the first day and carded a 78 to close out the event. Gattone posted an 82 in the opening frame before responding with rounds of 73 and 76 in rounds two and three respectively. Prapassarangkul finished with a team-best 37 holes at par while Gattone fired 34.

Competing as an individual, Pailin Ruttanasupagid finished with a share of 76^th after carding a two-day total of 246. The Illinois sophomore posted rounds of 85-80-81 at the second collegiate tournament of her career. Ruttanasupagid tied with Park each posting seven birdies, a team-high.

Illinois finished ninth in the team standings with a final score of 903. Louisville claimed the team title with a mark of 878 (+14). Florida State (+25), Chattanooga (+31), Wisconsin (+32) and Virginia Tech (+33) rounded out the top-five team finishers. The Louisville "B" squad secured sixth place at 898 (+34) followed by Notre Dame (+35) and East Carolina (+36). Finishing behind Illinois were Columbia (+40), Cincinnati (+49), Richmond (+50), Indiana (+59), Ball State (+65) and Bradley (+68).

Next up for the Orange and Blue is the Palmetto Intercollegiate, which runs from Sunday, Oct. 25, through Tuesday, Oct. 27, in Kiawah Island, South Carolina. The College of Charleston-hosted event is the final stop for the Fighting Illini this fall.