McLean County Times

Four Titans from the Illinois Wesleyan University women's golf team secured top-20 finishes at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Fall Invite, held on Monday, September 23. The team, ranked eighth nationally, tied for second place with a final round score of 313 and an overall 36-hole score of 628.

Senior Macy Ludwig from Effingham, Illinois, finished sixth with a tournament total of 153 after carding a final round score of 78. Sophomore Nora Cerroni from Waukesha, Wisconsin, scored 77 in the final round to secure 11th place with a total score of 155.

Senior Jacque O'Neill from Harbor Springs, Michigan, climbed up the leaderboard on the last day by scoring a two-over 74. This performance moved her up 30 spots to finish tied for 13th with a total score of 157. Fellow senior Jadyn Spinks from Bloomington, Illinois matched O'Neill's climb and finished tied for 18th with a three-over-par score of 75 in the final round and an overall score of 159.

The tournament was won by No.15-ranked Centre College with a combined score of 611 over two rounds. Both Illinois Wesleyan and Randolph-Macon shared second place with scores of 628 each. Trinity (Texas) finished fourth at 629 while Christopher Newport placed fifth at 630.

Grace Walker from Centre College took medalist honors with a three-over-par total score of 145 for the tournament.

Illinois Wesleyan will return to action soon at the Dechert Classic hosted by Millikin University on September 27-28.

IWU Individual Results:

t6. Macy Ludwig: Round Scores - (75-78=153)

t20. Nora Cerroni: Round Scores - (78-77=155*)

t13. Jacque O'Neill: Round Scores - (83-74=157)

t18. Jadyn Spinks: Round Scores - (84-75=159*)

t29. Emily Gastrau: Round Scores - (80-81=161)

t29. Gigi Zera: Round Scores - (81-80=161)

t50. Kylie Hundman: Round Scores - (79-88=167)

* denotes playing as an individual

Team Standings:

1. Centre: Total Score - (307-304=611)

t2. Randolph-Macon: Total Score - (310-318=628)

t2. Illinois Wesleyan: Total Score - (315-313=628)

4. Trinity (Texas): Total Score - (316-313=629)

5. Christopher Newport: Total Score - (303-327=630)

6. UC Santa Cruz: Total Score - (319-317=636)

7. UW-Stout: Total Score - (319-325=644)

8. Denison: Total Score - (326-322=648)

9. UW-Whitewater: Total Score - (323-328=651)

10. Rose-Hulman: Total Score - (327-330=657)

11. UW-La Crosse: Total Score - (327-331=658)

12. Adrian: Total Score - (328-336=664)

13.UW-Oshkosh :Total Score-(349–345 =694 )

14.UW-Stevens Point :TotalScore-(355–345 =700 )

15.UW-Platteville :TotalScore-(365–336 =701 )

16.UW – Whitewater 'B':TotalScore-(340–371 =711 )

17.UW-River Falls :TotalScore-(349–372 =721 )

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