Indiana State University Athletics

ST. LOUIS -- The poor weather conditions at the WG Fort Wayne Classic brought out the best in the Sycamores and junior Thilda Staubo led Indiana State to a record setting performance with a third place finish in the competitive event. For her efforts, she picked up her second Missouri Valley Conference Women's Golfer of the Week honor on Wednesday afternoon from the league office.

Staubo recorded a 70 on the first trip around the course and came back with a 71 in the afternoon for a score of 141 and a spot in third place. Staubo's opening round of 70 is tied for the sixth-best round ever by a Sycamore. Her 141 in the two rounds of the tournament is tied for the best this year by the Sycamore as Sierra Hargens had the same scores in winning the Butler Fall Invitational in a three-way, four-person playoff. That score of 141 is tied for the Indiana State program record.

The event was held at Brookwood Golf Club. Despite less than optimal conditions, the Sycamores opened the tournament on Monday with a spectacular round of 292 -- the second-best single round in the history of the program. It is only topped a second round score of 287 which came at the 2016 Missouri Valley Conference Championship. The 292 is the lowest ever in the first round of a tournament by the Sycamores.  ISU came back with a round of 298 in the afternoon which is tied for the 10th-best round in the history of the program. The total score of 590 is the best in the history of the program for a two-round event topping the previous school record of 599 set during the Fall of 2017 at the Butler Fall Invitational. ISU's 590 was good enough for second place.

The Sycamores host their only home tournament of the year -- the ISU Spring Invitational at 9:30 a.m. (ET) on both Sunday and Monday, April 8-9 at The Country Club of Terre Haute. Admission to the event is free. Indiana State has hosted the event in 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017 and have won each of the four previous team championships.