Normal, Ill. – After finishing in fourth-place at the Missouri Valley Conference Championship last season, the Redbirds will head into the 2018 Valley Championship looking to compete for the first-place trophy.
Illinois State collected 50 of a possible 100 points in the pre-championship vote of the MVC coaches. Bradley received five of the 10 first-place votes and 93 points to top voting field. Missouri State was second with 88 points and four first-place votes.
Representing the Redbirds are senior Kiley Walsh, junior Caitlin Sims, sophomore Paige Seiser, sophomore Morgan Savage and senior Abby Luchtenburg.
"This is it," said head coach Darby Sligh. "We have had a roller coaster of a year with injuries and overall growing pains and I can honestly say we are starting to put things together at the right time. This weekend's weather looks to be wild which means we will need to be able to constantly adapt and trust our plan. There's not a more capable group out there than this squad and I'm excited to watch them shine."
Event: MVC Championship
When: April 15-17
Where: Sand Creek State Golf Course – Newton, Kansas
Par: 72
Live Scoring: Golfstat.com
Format: Sunday: 12:30 p.m. shotgun start
Monday: Tee times beginning at 10:30 a.m.
Tuesday: Tee times beginning at 8:30 a.m.
Last Time Out
Sophomore Paige Sesier posted a top-10 finish, as the Illinois State women's golf team finished the second and final round of UMKC's Kansas City Intercollegiate in fifth place Tuesday at the par-72, 5,927-yard Creekmore Country Club Course. The Redbirds shot a 307 in the final round, concluding the event with a two-round score of 621 (314-307).
Seiser completed her final round with a 4-over-par 76 (38-38), posting two consistent nines at 2-over-par, and the tournament at 9-over-par 153 (77-76).
Sophomore Morgan Savage and junior Caitlin Sims concluded the tournament in a tie for 14th place. Savage carded a 4-over-par 76 (37-39) in the final round, accumulating a tournament score of 155 (79-76). The sophomore was able to produce two birdies on her 1-over-par front nine. Savage's tie for 14th place broke her collegiate-low finish. Sims finished her final round with a 5-over-par 77 (37-40), and concluded the event at 155 (78-77). Senior Kiley Walsh finished in the top 30 on the individual leaderboard, as she shot a 7-over-par 79 (41-38) in her final round to finish with a 159 (80-79).
Senior Abby Luchtenburg who competed as an individual for the Redbirds, carded an 83 (41-42) in final round, concluding the event at 168 (85-83).
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