EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Indiana State women's golf ended the fall season with a victory at the Braun Intercollegiate in Evansville at the Oak Meadow Country Club, played on October 21-22.
 
The Sycamores earned back-to-back victories in this tournament after winning last season's Braun Invitational, defeating the 13 teams that finished the event. Yang Tai was the top individual in this season's tournament with a two-round score of 147 (+3, 74-73). This was Yang's first career first-place finish.
 
The victory for Indiana State was only the team's fourth tournament win since the beginning of the 2016 fall season. The Sycamores won two tournaments in the 2016-17 season and went winless until last season's and this season's Braun Intercollegiate tournaments.
 
Briana LeMaire and Alana Gilbert tied in fifth place each finishing nine-over. Sophia Florek placed tied for 14th at 14-over, and Rosalie DiNunzio rounded out the five starters tied for 53rd place at 24-over.
 
The individual players consisted of Gabby Cone (+16), Eliza Baker (+17), and Nicole Feistl (+25). Cone tied for 26th, Baker tied for 34th, and Feistl tied for 56th.
 
Tai finished the two rounds with a 74 and 73. She used back-to-back birdies on holes 10 and 11 in the second round to conclude the back nine shooting even, and she paired that with an eagle on hole two in the first round to continue her persistent fall golf to bring home the individual first-place finish. She birdied six holes in the tournament, the best on the team.
 
LeMaire showed a tremendous second-half effort in the second round to help power the Sycamores to the victory. Despite shooting +8 through the front nine, she battled back to finish under par (-1) through the back nine to maintain Indiana State's lead. She birdied five holes in the tournament.
 
Gilbert broke out and set a new career low with a 75 in the opening round. She birdied only twice in the tournament but shot par on 24-of-36 holes, which included sinking a bunker shot on hole 14 in the second round to save par on the hole. This was Gilbert's first finish better than 37th place.
 
Florek also displayed her steady fall golf for the Sycamores. The sophomore entered the tournament with a season stroke average of 77.9 and shot a 78 and 80 in the two rounds, respectively.
 
DiNunzio wrapped up the tournament with two rounds of 84. She closed out the second round shooting par on three-of-four holes.
 
Baker shot her first sub-80 round of the fall on the second day of the tournament, knocking off five strokes from the first round. She started the day with six-straight pars and closed the tournament with four in a row.
 
Cone shaved off two strokes between the two rounds while Feistl also knocked off five. Feistl closed the day with three-straight pars.
 
As a team, the Sycamores shot a 301 and 310 in the two rounds for a two-round score of 611. This beat last season's score of 619. Indiana State (+35) defeated Belmont (second place, +45), Evansville (+50), UIC (+59), Valparaiso (+82), and Evansville B Team (+104).
 
Up Next
This victory concluded Indiana State's fall slate. The Sycamores played five tournaments in the fall, and the spring schedule will be released when available.
 
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