CARMEL, Ind. - The IUPUI women's golf team carded a final round 314 on Sunday (Apr. 16) and staved off the competition to capture this weekend's Lady Jaguar Invitational at Plum Creek Golf Course. Junior Annaliese Fox finished in a four-way tie atop the leaderboard at 4-over 148 (73-75) to lead the way and graduate student Kara Blair also earned a top-10 finish at 6-over 150 (73-77), placing sixth overall. 

Sophomore Nerea Lancho closed tied for seventh among the 74-player field at 7-over 151 (73-78) while playing as an individual. After a picturesque Saturday round, teams played through intermittent rain, cold temperatures and strong winds on a less than ideal Sunday.

IUPUI built a six-shot lead on day one and did enough to earn the program's first tournament win since March 2021. Fox notched a final round 75 and Blair shot 77 to lead the way. 

Freshman Reagan Sohn shot 8-over 80 and juniors Shelby Busker and Madeleine Pape closed at 82 to round out the lineup. Lancho was the team's top individual entry for a second straight day, posting a second round 78 and Ally Stuckey shot 79. 

Fox made an early birdie to get to 1-under and was 2-over at the turn. She stayed steady and made birdie on No. 17 to take a temporary one-shot lead. However, a bogey on No. 18 put her in the four-player playoff. Blair was similarly in line for a shot at the win, but made double bogey on No. 16 to end her round at 5-over 77. 

Sohn had an eagle on No. 12 and an early birdie as part of her round of 80 while Pape played her final nine to 2-over after a rocky front nine. 

IUPUI led the field in par 3 and par 5 scoring and had two of the tournament's three total eagles. The Jags were second overall with 100 pars and tied for second with 18 birdies. Fox tied for the tournament lead with six birdies and Lancho had a team-high 26 pars with Blair making 25. 

The Jaguars will now turn attention to the Horizon League Championships to be played on Apr. 23-25 at Mission Inn Resort in Howey-in-the-Hills, Fla.