PEKIN, Ill. -- Sophomore Danielle Lemek shot a four-over par 76 Sunday in the final round at the Bradley Invitational to help the Bradley women's golf team move up to sixth in the final team standings Sunday.
Fellow sophomore Jenna Roadley was the top finisher for the Bradley women, tying for 17th to help lead the Braves in their annual home tournament. Missouri Valley Conference rival Southern Illinois won the team title with a two-round total of 617 and Evansville's Kayla Katterhenry captured individual medalist honors with a two-over 146 to take top honors by two strokes at the par-72 Pekin Country Club.
Bradley was four shots better on the second day of play with a 315, turning in the fourth lowest team score Sunday. Roadley tied for 17th overall at 157 after shooting an 80 to finish two shots out of the top 10.
Lemek had the low round of the day for Braves with her four-over 76 and was one shot behind Roadley in a tie for 20th at 158. The 20th-place finish snapped Lemek's streak of eight consecutive top-10 finishes which dated back to last year.
Like Lemek, sophomore Allison Walsh was six shots better Sunday, carding a 78 to close the tournament in a tie for 31st at 162. Freshman Paige Jordan shot 81 and was one shot behind Walsh in a tie for 34th at 163, while junior Katarina Mangieri rounded out the scoring for Bradley in a tie for 42nd (165) with a final round 87.
Southern Illinois and Northern Illinois shot the low round of the day at 308, with Southern Illinois winning the team title with a 36-hole score of 617. Butler was two shots back in second at 619 and NIU rounded out the top three at 622. Indiana State finished fourth in the team standings at 627, while Northern Iowa was three shots better than the Braves in fifth (631).
Bradley's final round 315 moved BU into sixth (634), with MVC rivals Loyola and Evansville tying for seventh at 635. Western Illinois was ninth in the field at 645 and Illinois-Chicago completed the field in 10th (676).
The Braves return to action April 13 & 14 at the Indiana State Spring Invitational in Terre Haute, Ind.
