KEVIN JENISON
GoSycamores.com
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – The Indiana State women's golf team will complete their fall season at the 2013 Charles Braun Intercollegiate which will be played on Oct. 28 and 29 at Quail Crossing Golf Club in Boonville, Ind. The tournament is hosted by the University of Evansville.
“We are looking forward to next week with a large field including some teams we have to beat if we want to keep moving forward,” Greg Towne, Indiana State women's golf coach, said. “We have had a successful fall but have failed to beat some home teams at their course. It's a good indication of your progress when you can pull that off.”
Fourteen teams will be competing in the 36-hole tournament including five Missouri Valley Conference schools – Evansville, Indiana State, Loyola Chicago, Northern Iowa, and Wichita State. Also competing will be Lipscomb, SIU Edwardsville, Butler, Valparaiso, Northern Kentucky, Southern Indiana, IUPUI, and Tennessee State. Northern Iowa is the defending champion with the Sycamores two shots back in second.
“Evansville is much improved and Jim (Hamilton) has done a solid job with that team,” Towne said. “I look for Evansville, Wichita State, Butler and Dayton to play well and of course Northern Iowa is the defending champ.”
The teams will be able to play a practice round on Sunday. The first round will get underway at 11 a.m. (ET) on Monday with the second round starting at 11 a.m. (ET) Tuesday.
“I am very pleased about the competition for our fifth spot that has developed,” Towne said. “Erinn (Sutton) has earned a spot with her good play and it tightens things up. Andrea (Frankiewicz), Gina (Della Camera) and Megan (Berube) are all capable of significant contributions so we will see how it shakes out. We are playing for the final spot tonight (Friday) but right now it is Marissa (Uradomo), McCall (Christopher), Amanda (Smith), and Erinn (Sutton).”
Senior McCall Christopher will be leading the Sycamore effort at the Braun Intercollegiate. Christopher is averaging 78.0 per round through the first four tournaments of the 2013-2014 campaign and has three straight top 20 finishes. The senior tied for 12th at the Braun Intercollegiate a year ago (77-81=158).
Junior Amanda Smith is averaging 77.7 per round through the first four tournaments and has two top 10 finishes. The junior tied for 12th at the Braun Intercollegiate a year ago (80-78=158).
Junior Erinn Sutton is averaging 79.0 per round this season and has two top 20 finishes. She tied for 36th at the Braun Intercollegiate a year ago (87-79=166).
Two freshmen may be playing in their fifth tournament as a Sycamore and compete at Quail Crossing for the first time. Marissa Uradomo is averaging 77.3 per round this season with three straight top 20 finishes and two top 10 finishes including a tie for fifth at the Rocket Classic two weeks ago. Megan Berube is averaging 80.9 per round this season and posted her first top 20 finish at the Butler Fall Invitational earlier this month by tying for 16th.
Two other Sycamores who could see action are juniors Andrea Frankiewicz and Gina Della Camera. Frankiewicz has shown improvement in her game as she competes in her third season as a Sycamore with an 85.5 per round average this season. She tied for 57th at the Braun Intercollegiate a year ago (87-86=173). Della Camera is averaging 84.0 per round this season. She also competed at the Braun Intercollegiate a year ago and finished tied for 36th (86-80=166).
THE COURSE
Quail Crossing Golf Club (http://www.quailcrossing.com/) winds through Southern Indiana's beautiful rolling wooded countryside and offers the discriminating golfer an experience they will not soon forget. Renaissance Golf Design, led by Tom Doak, and known for their minimalist style or lay of the land design, complemented the natural terrain of Quail's 320 acres. Styling the course in imitation of Shinnecock Hills with fairway bunkers framed by bluestem and other prairie grasses which were selected in conjunction with Quail Unlimited provides suitable habitat for the birds after which the course is named. Quail's links style routing is a real treat for golfers who will see an abundance of natural beauty during their 18-hole round.
THE WEATHER
Sunday's practice round should see sunny skies with a high of 57 degrees and wind from the northwest at six mph. Monday will be partly cloudy with a high of 64 degrees and wind from the east-southeast at six mph. Tuesday's forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies with a high of 65 degrees and wind from the southeast at 10 mph.
2012 Charles Braun Intercollegiate
Indiana State senior Christina Beyerl recorded a career best finish and a career best 36-hole total as she led the Sycamores to a second place finish. Beyerl finished in second place with a career low 153 total for 36 holes after rounds of 77 on Monday and 76 Tuesday. Her previous best finish came at the Saluki Invitational in 2011 where she finished in fourth with a 158 total for 36 holes.
Four Sycamores finished in the top 20 out of the field of 72 individuals as Indiana State finished second and just three shots away from their second team title of the Fall season. Junior McCall Christopher and sophomore Amanda Smith tied for 12th as each posted 36-hole totals of 158. Christopher went 77-81 in the two rounds while Smith was 80-78. Senior Emily Dixon was 80-79 in her two rounds to finish with a 159 total and tied for 16th.
Sophomore Gina Della Camera was 86-80 in her two rounds and sophomore Erinn Sutton was 87-79 in her two rounds as both finished tied for 36th with a 166 total. Sophomore Andrea Frankiewicz also competed and shot 87-86 to finish with a 173 total and tied for 57th.
Indiana State finished second out of the 11 teams competing with a 627 total with Northern Iowa taking the team title with a 625 total. The Panthers and Sycamores were tied for second after the first round on Monday but Northern Iowa was two shots better in the second round to edge Indiana State. Eastern Kentucky finished third (631) with first round leader Southern Illinois dropping to fourth (632).
Northern Iowa' Alex Zenor was the medalist after Monday's opening round 75 by shooting a tournament low 73 in the second round Tuesday to finish with a 148 total.
SYCAMORES IN THE VALLEY RANKINGS
The Indiana State women's golf team currently ranks fifth in the team standings of the Missouri Valley Conference in the rankings released Oct. 24 by Golfstat. The Sycamores have an average score of 310.33 per round through four tournaments this Fall with a score versus par of 24.11 and a low round of 297. Bradley tops the Valley with an average score of 307.67 with a score versus par of 19.67 and a low round of 294. Missouri State is second with an average round of 307.22, a score versus par of 20.56 and a low round of 297 while Illinois State is third with an average score of 310.27, a score versus par of 23.07, and a low round of 297.
Two Sycamores are in the top 20 of the individual standings which are ranked by score versus par. Freshman Marissa Uradomo is coming off a tie for fifth at the Rocket Classic and moved up to 13th in the Valley rankings with a score versus par of 5.78, an average score of 77.33, and a low round of 73. Junior Amanda Smith currently ranks 16th with a score versus par of 6.11, an average score of 77.67, and a low round of 71. Senior McCall Christopher is just outside the top 20 as she is tied for 21st with a score versus par of 6.44, an average score of 78.00, and a low round of 75.
Junior Erinn Sutton is tied for 30th in the Valley standings with a score versus par of 7.4, an average score of 79.00 and a low round of 74. Freshman Megan Berube moved up to 46th with a score versus par of 9.33, an average score of 80.89 and a low round of 75, junior Gina Della Camera is 66th (12.00 score versus par, 84.00 average round, and a low round of 81), junior Andrea Frankiewicz is 72nd (14.50 score versus par, average round of 85.50, and a low round of 81), and junior Margaret Harper is 80th (25.00 score versus par, 97.00 average score, and a low round of 91).
Bradley sophomore Danielle Lemek continues to lead the Valley with a score versus par of 1.25, an average score of 73.25, and a low round of 70. Missouri State junior Estefania Acosta is second with a score versus par of 3.33, an average score of 75.33, and a low round of 75, and junior teammate Megan Thompson is third with a score versus par of 3.56, an average score of 75.22, and a low round of 70.
The fall season closes out next week with several Valley teams in action. Indiana State will be joined by Wichita State, Northern Iowa, Loyola and host Evansville at the Charles Braun Intercollegiate in Boonville, Ind., while Missouri State plays in the Palmetto Intercollegiate at Kiawah Island, S.C.
