Women’s golf finishes third at Cardinal Classic

The Indiana State University women's golf team finished third  at the Ball State Cardinal Classic.

Conference opponet Southern Illinois won the tournament with a total of 604.  Another conference opponet, Ball State (615) edged the Sycamores (617) for second outscoring them by two shots.

ISU women's head coach, Gregory Towne, said that compared to last year's finish of 14th at the same tournament, the team improved well with essentially the same players.

"This year they come off the course and they all shot in the 70s, and they are all mad that they should have shot better," Towne said.  "It worked out pretty good, They got some fire in them."

The Sycamores were led by junior Reece Feducia who finished in second place with a two-round total of 148.  This is the second consecutive tournament Feducia finshed second.  The finish is also the highest a Sycamore placed at the Cardinal Classic, the previous best was fourth place by former Sycamore golfer Breanne Smith in 2008.

"I am excited about Reece Feducia.  She's finished second twice and had good chances to win, and winning as an individual is really hard to do."

 Sophmore McCall Christopher, junior Emily Dixon, and junior Christina Beyerl all shot a two-day total of 157 tying them for 16th place.

Next up for the woman golfers is the Marilyn Smith/Sungflower Invitational hosted by Kansas State University at the Colbert Hills Golf Course.  The Sycamores will be going up against teams such as Oral Roberts , Big Twelve teams and four other conference team: Wichita State, Missouri State, Drake and Creighton.

"Wichita State and Missoui State were significantly better than us last year," Towne said.  "We will see what kind of progress we've made."