NORMAL, Ill. – Eastern Kentucky women's golf completed their first weekend of the 2022-23 season finishing as runner-up in the Redbird Fall Invitational as a team while garnishing a second-place individual finish Monday afternoon at the Weibring Golf Club.
 
"We were definitely disappointed to not come out on top today, but overall we did a lot of good things this week," said head coach Mandy Moore. "The conditions were pretty tough, both days with some rain and wind, but they fought hard. It was a back-and-forth today and unfortunately we didn't finish as well as we would have liked, but we will learn from it and be better for it at the next one."
 
As a team, the Colonels carded rounds of 300, 297, 302 for a total of 899. Eastern Kentucky finished one-stroke behind first-place Butler (898) and four strokes better than third-place Loyola-Chicago (903).
 
Junior Rylea Marcum tied for second overall at the event with a 54-hole total of 218 (+2). R-Junior Alice Daag individually entered the invitational, she placed sixth overall with a three-round score of 223 (+7).
 
Seniors Maddie Hensley and Elisa Orduna Shackleton finished top-25 in the field. Hensley placed T20th with a score of 227 and Orduna Shackleton placed 24th shooting 228.
 
Junior Mattie Jo Neeley and freshman Elizabeth Tucci tied for 42nd with a three-round score of 239. 
 
EKU is back in action this weekend, September 17-18 as the team travels to the Nittany Lion Invitational hosted by PSU at the Penn State Blue Course in State College, Pa.
 
Results
2. Eastern Kentucky | 300-297-302 = 899
T2. Rylea Marcum | 73-73-72 = 218
6. Alice Daag | 76-76-71 = 223 (Individual)
T20. Maddie Hensley | 75-75-77 = 227
24. Elisa Orduna Shackleton | 77-77-74 = 227
T28. Elizabeth Tucci | 77-75-79 = 231
T28. Mattie Jo Neeley | 75-74-82 = 231
 
Team Results
1. Butler (898)
2. Eastern Kentucky (899)
3. Loyola-Chicago (903)
4. Northern Illinois (908)
5. Bowling Green (910)
6. Illinois State (911)
7. IUPUI (919)
8. Bradley (922)
9. Drake (923)
10. Ball State (933)
11. Evansville (944)
T12. Northern Iowa (960)
T12. Indiana State (960)
14. Valparaiso (978)
15. Southern Indiana (998)