Southern Illinois University
Murray State Drake Creek Invitational
Salukis tied for third after first day at Drake Creek
09/12/2016 | 7:08:00 | Women's Golf
Back-to-back team scores of 305 have SIU knocking on the door of it's first top-five finish
Women's golf head coach Alexis Mihelich talked about bouncing back from a disappointing season opener one week ago. Her team is doing just that at the Murray State Drake Creek Invitational in Ledbetter, Ky.
After the first two rounds Southern is tied for third with Akron after shooting team scores of 305 in both the first and second round. The Salukis are 16 strokes behind first-place Western Kentucky and eight strokes back from Murray State's second-place team.
Individually, two Salukis are in strong position to get their first tournament victories of the 2016-17 season. Senior Brooke Cusumano shot a 73 in the first round and a 74 in the second and sits in fifth place after two rounds. Cusumano is just one stroke short of being in a five-way-tie for the lead. Junior Alice Ho also had a strong performance in the first round at Drake Creek Golf Course. Ho shot a 75 in both rounds to sit at 6-over-par 150.
Four players are tied at the top of the leaderboard. Western Kentucky's Georgina Blackman, Lipscomb's Mary Joiner and Murray State's Jane Watts all sit in first place at 2-over-par 146. Cusumano is one stroke back of the leaders and Ho is just 4 strokes off of the top spot.
Play at the Murray State Drake Creek Invitational continues tomorrow with the final round.
Team Scores:
1 1 Western Kentucky 294 300 594 +18
3 2 Murray State (B) 299 303 602 +26
4 T3 Southern Illinois 305 305 610 +34
2 T3 Akron 298 312 610 +34
5 5 Austin Peay State 306 306 612 +36
T6 6 Murray State 309 305 614 +38
T6 7 Belmont University 309 307 616 +40
8 8 Lipscomb University 322 301 623 +47
11 9 Fort Wayne 334 324 658 +82
12 10 North Carolina Tech 341 328 669 +93
10 11 Tennessee State 329 341 670 +94
9 12 Eastern Illinois 327 344 671 +95
SIU Individual Scores:
5 Brooke Cusamano (1) 73 74 147
T8 Alice Ho (5) 75 75 150
T27 Sun Jung (3) 78 78 156
T36 Xianmei Jin (4) 80 78 158
T40 Hanna Netisingha (2) 79 80 159
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