Final Results

CARBONDALE, Ill. – University of Evansville sophomore Kayla Katterhenry tied for 5^th place as the Purple Aces women's golf team came home in sixth place at Sunday's Saluki Shootout.
 
The Shootout was a rare one-day tournament that featured two rounds of play at Hickory Ridge Golf Course in Carbondale. 
 
Katterhenry started the day on fire, carding a 1-over 73 in the opening round.  She was in a tie for second place after the first trip around the course before posting a 77 to tie for fifth place with a 150.
 
Next up was fellow sophomore Maggie Camp, who tallied a 156 on her way to a tie for 17^th place out of 45 golfers.  Camp began the day with an 80 before improving by two strokes in the final 18 to score a 158.
 
Cathy Doyle was third for the Aces.  Following an opening-round total of 77, Doyle registered an 85 on her way to a 162.  She tied for 25^th.  Freshman Giulia Mallmann came home in a tie for 32^nd with her two-round total of 167 while Kelly Lamarche completed the Shootout with a 173.
 
A trio of individuals made the short trip to Carbondale for the Aces.  Mengxuan Gai had the best day of the three, posting identical rounds of 84 to finish with a 168.  Dana Hayden totaled 172 strokes in the two rounds while Rachel Marchi checked in with a 181.
 
Host Southern Illinois had a stellar day en route to the team victory.  The Salukis placed three golfers in the top seven as they finished with a 601.  They wrapped up the two rounds five strokes ahead of runner-up SIU Edwardsville and 17 shots ahead of Indiana State, who came in third.  SIU posted the lone sub-300 round of the day, opening up with a 299 in the first 18.
 
The Salukis' second team (624) tied for fourth place while Austin Peay (629) and Evansville (636) rounded out the top six. 
 
On the individual side, Mattie Linder of SIU and Alison Gorman of SIUE finished in a tie atop the leaderboard.  Linder carded the low round of the event – a 1-under 71 – before tallying a 75 to finish with a 146.  Gorman notched rounds of 74 and 72.
 
Evansville's ladies take next weekend off before returning to action on Oct. 6 for the Butler Intercollegiate.  The 2-day tournament will be played at Highland Country Club in Indianapolis.