Hoosiers Save Best for Last On The Way To A 21st-place Finish

Monday, May 20

Fayetteville, Ark.

7:00 A.M. (CT)

Indiana University

NCAA Women's Golf Championship (Round 3 Stroke Play)

Hoosiers Save Best for Last On The Way To A 21st-place Finish

5/20/2019 11:03:00 PM | Women's Golf

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Tournament: NCAA Championship
Location: Fayetteville, Arkansas
Course: Blessings Golf Club (Par 73)
Indiana team standing: T21st/24 teams – 944 (322-313-309; +68)
Top Indiana individual: T66th – Mary Parsons 234 (80-77-77; +15)
Online Scoring: Golfstat.com

CHIP-INS
• Following a weather delay in the afternoon, the leaders were not able to finish their final round before darkness. As a result, the individual positions listed below are not final/official. (UPDATE: the individual standings listed below are final after teams completed stroke play early Tuesday morning.)

• The six teams will return to the course to compete stroke play at 6:45 a.m. CT on Tuesday to finalize the eight teams that will advance.

• In their first NCAA Championship appearance since 2007, Indiana carded their best team round of the tournament with a score of 309 during Monday's third and final round. Their overall score of 944 put them in 21^st place, ahead of No. 8 Vanderbilt, No. 36 Tennessee and No. 43 UCF.

• Indiana was ranked 24^th out of the 24 teams in the field entering the tournament.

• The 21^st place finish is the best for IU at the national championship since a 13^th place showing in 1998. IU finished 24^th in 2007.

• Sophomore Mary Parsons continued her strong week by closing with a 4-over par 77 in her final round. Her overall score of 234 (+15) is currently tied for 66^th with a couple golfers still needing to finish their final round.

• Parsons T66 finish would be the best individual finish by an IU golfer since 1998 (Erin Carney – T20th).

• Another sophomore, Priscilla Schmid, also closed out a strong week with a 77 in her final round and is currently tied for 79^th with a score of 236. She played her first nine holes in 1-under par with two birdies and one bogey on the more difficult back nine.

• Graduate transfer Kari Bellville continued to play the best golf of her collegiate career and finished in a tie for 86^th at 18-over par after a 78 in her final round. She continued to play well on the front nine of the course, playing it in 1-over par on Monday.

• Senior Erin Harper closed out her stellar Indiana career with an 82 in the final round. Her total score of 242 (+23) is tied for 105^th.

• Freshman Alexis Miestowski continued to improve after a difficult first round, closing with a 77 in the final round, where she played the final five holes in 1-under par. Her overall score of 248 is currently tied for 122^nd.

BY THE NUMBERS
Pos.    Name                           R1        R2        R3        Total (To par)
T66     Mary Parsons               80        77        77        234 (+15)
T79     Priscilla Schmid            80        79        77        236 (+17)
T86     Kari Bellville                 81        78        78        237 (+18)
T105   Erin Harper                   81        79        82        242 (+23)
T122   Alexis Miestowski        89        82        77        248 (+29)

Team
21st    Indiana                         322      313      309      944 (+68)