Final Results (.pdf)

FLOSSMOOR, Ill. - The IUPUI women's golf team dipped to a sixth-place finish at this week's Loyola Fall Invitational on Tuesday (Sept. 18), carding a final round 323 at Flossmoor Country Club. Junior Marion Debove continued to lead the way with a final round 2-over 74 and ended her tournament fourth among the 72-player field at 11-over 227 (77-76-74). It was Debove's fifth career top-10 finish in seven career tournament entries. 

Despite the 227, Debove was still frustrated by her play after having won the season-opening NKU Fall Classic. 

"At first, I was struggling with my irons. Then it got better through the tournament but my putting went in the opposite way," Debove said. "Today, I hit 14 greens but I could not make any putts so it was really frustrating. 

"My swing was not ready for the tournament. I knew it would be more difficult than last week, so I tried to play as smart as I can."

Collectively, IUPUI had to play four-count-four on Tuesday as sophomore Sloane Winders missed the round after reaggravating an injury late in Monday's action. Winders posted an opening round 81 on Monday, but was forced to retire late in her second round due to injury. 

Freshman Kara Blair chimed in with a final round 81 and both Nicole Howard and Elizabeth Orr posted final round 84's. Howard ended her tournament at 243 (81-78-84) and Orr came in at 246 (78-84-84). Blair improved her score for the third straight round, ending the tournament at 249 (86-82-81). 

Junior Mikala Mawhorter closed her tournament at 274 (93-85-96) while playing as an individual. 

South Dakota won the team title by 28 shots over second-place Drake and Loyola, ending the tournament at 912. Loyola's Elayna Bowser earned medalist honors at 6-over 222 to win by a single shot. 

"Now that we are done, we need to focus on being healthy and practice on shots that we are not used to doing for the next tournament in two weeks," Debove said. "I know Coach will help us to do that. We did not play well during this tournament but we learned a lot from it."

IUPUI will be back in action on Oct. 1-2 when the Jaguars compete in the Butler Fall Invitational at Highland Country Club in Indianapolis. 

Team Standings
1. South Dakota - 304-305-303=912 (+48)
t-2. Drake - 312-311-317=940 (+76)
t-2. Loyola - 318-310-312=940 (+76)
4. Creighton - 326-316-313=955 (+91)
5. Lewis - 318-321-318=957 (+93)
6. IUPUI - 317-320-323=960 (+96)
7. Valparaiso - 323-322-318=963 (+99)
8. Omaha - 322-321-321=964 (+100)
9. Green Bay - 318-333-320=971 (+107)
10. UIC - 330-327-326=983 (+119)
11. Chicago State - 340-336-332=1008 (+144)
12. Cardinal Stritch - 352-364-353=1069 (+140)

Player Standings
4. Marion Debove - 77-76-74=227 (+11)
t-30. Nicole Howard - 81-78-84=243 (+27)
t-37. Elizabeth Orr - 78-84-84=246 (+30)
t-44. Kara Blair - 86-82-81=249 (+33)
wd. Sloane Winders - 81-wd-wd
***t-66. Mikala Mawhorter - 93-85-96=274 (+58)
    ***playing as an individual