Illini Take Second at Hoosier Invitational

Sunday, October 20

Greenwood, Ind.

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University of Illinois

Hoosier Fall Invitational

Ember Schuldt claimed sole possession of third place by tournament's end after the senior scored a 215 (+2)

October 20, 2013 | Women's Golf

Oct. 20, 2013

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GREENWOOD, Ind.- The 22nd ranked Illinois women's golf team finished the Hoosier Fall Invitational Sunday in second place (+32), unable to hang with tournament victor UC Davis, who went into Sunday's third round tied with Illinois for the lead. The Illini continued their strong fall campaign, and through four tournaments this season have not finished a tournament lower than third. 

"We put ourselves in a great position heading into the final round, played a strong second round and went into the final round tied for the lead," stated Illinois head coach Renee Slone. "UC Davis just played a terrific final round of golf and we just weren't quite there as a team. On the final day if you put yourself in a strong position, if you want to win, you gotta have four solid scores and we just didn't have that today."

Individually for the Illini, senior Ember Schuldt continued her consistent play, scoring the lowest score for the Illini over the three rounds (+2) and earning third place overall. Coming off of her win last week at the Diane Thomason Invitational, freshman Stephanie Miller finished +5, including a team low round of -2, and finished 11th overall. Redshirt-junior Sam Postillion (+12) and freshman Emily Joers (+13) rounded out the Illini scores for the weekend. 

The 2013 fall season is drawing to an end, with the Illini slated to compete in their last tournament of the fall next weekend in Kiawah Island, South Carolina at the Palmetto Intercollegiate. 

"We have some work to do this upcoming week preparing for Kiawah Island," said Slone. "We certainly have been heading in a good direction this season, continuing to progress and build on things and put ourselves in the positions we want to be in. We have a good field at the final tournament so we'll need all hands on deck and we'll need five good scores just to finish the season on high note here and put us in a good position heading into the spring."

Place	School	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Total	Score
1	No. 41 UC Davis	296	288	284	868	+16
2	No. 22 ILLINOIS	298	286	300	884	+32
3	No. 40 Louisville	303	290	294	887	+35
4	Ball State	306	289	293	888	+36
5	Purdue	293	294	305	892	+40
6	Penn State	301	300	293	894	+42
7	Boston College	299	296	300	895	+43
8	Minnesota	304	297	295	896	+44
9	Xavier	301	295	303	899	+47
10	Toledo	303	301	303	907	+55
11	Nebraska	307	301	303	911	+59
12	Louisville	315	297	301	913	+61
13	Indiana	308	304	304	916	+64
14	Illinois State	299	301	319	919	+67
15	Eastern Michigan	318	315	307	940	+88
16	Rutgers	311	316	320	947	+95

Place	Name	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Total	Score
3	Ember Schuldt	73	72	70	215	+2
11	Stephanie Miller	76	69	73	218	+5
T-25	Samantha Postillion	76	72	77	225	+12
T-30	Emily Joers	73	73	80	226	+13
T-82	Erin Ahern	80	80	80	240	+27
T-55	Jackie Calamaro	78	80	75	233	+20