PEORIA, Ill. -- First-year Bradley women's golf head coach Mary Moan anticipates her Braves carrying over momentum from the team's finish at the Badger Invitational into this weekend's Butler Fall Invitational after her squad shot a season-best 301 Monday in Madison, Wis. The Butler Fall Invitational at the par-72 Pines Course at the Eagle Creek Golf Club in Indianapolis, Ind., starts Monday with 18 holes and concludes with one round of play Tuesday.
For the first time in program history a pair of Bradley women's golfers turned in rounds of 71 or better in the same round as the duo of Breanne Neufeld (Coaldale, Alberta/Kate Andrews) and Kelly Amundrud (Calgary, Alberta/Strathcona Tweedsmuir) both matched their career-best scores in the third round at the Badger Invitational.
Bradley's third-round 301 was the team's best score since last September's Payne Stewart Memorial and tied for the 10th lowest round in school history.
Amundrud, who tied for seventh in the field with a personal-best 54-hole score of 221, earned Missouri Valley Conference Golfer of the Week honors after her performance last outing. She followed up rounds of 73 and 77, by firing a one-under par 71. Amundrud owns a team-best 75.2 stroke average and has finished in the top 10 in both outings this season.
Neufeld did Amundrud one better in the final round, matching a career-best she set during her freshman year the Brickyard Invitational in Sept. 2007 with a two-under par 70. Her third-round 70 tied for the best round of the day and also tied for the fourth lowest round in school history. Neufeld owns a 76.0 stroke average on the year and finished in the top 20 in both tournaments this fall.
Senior Caitlin Deeken (California, Mo./California) is third on the team with a 79.7 stroke average, but owns a 78.6 average over her last five rounds.
