IOWA CITY, Iowa – Senior Danielle Lemek (Doniphan, Neb./Doniphan-Trumbull) had the low round of the day for the Braves with a final round 78 to tie for 13th, while the Bradley women's golf team finished 10th in the team standings at the Diane Thomason Invitational Sunday.
Lemek missed the 25th top-10 finish of her career by one shot, finishing in a tie for 13th at 228 after wrapping up play at the par-72 Finkbine Golf Course with a six-over 78. Playing the 94th round of her collegiate career, Lemek fired her 86th career sub-80 round which is one short of tying Kelly Amundrud's (2008-12) school record of 87.
Sophomore Ally Scaccia (Arlington Heights, Ill./Prospect) was the only other Bradley player to shoot in the 70's on the final day, finishing out play with a 79 to tie for 43rd overall at 236. Fellow sophomore Grace Henderson (Peachtree Corners, Ga./Blessed Trinity) finished one shot behind Scaccia in a tie for 46th (237) after a third-round 81.
Senior Allison Walsh (Mt. Prospect, Ill./Mt. Prospect) carded an 83 Sunday and tied for 62nd (245), while freshman Frankie Saban (Orland Park, Ill./Carl Sandburg) completed the team scoring for the Braves with an 86 to finish 68th (250).
Sophomore Abby Wellens (Cincinnati, Ohio/Ursuline Academy) played as an individual and turned in the lowest 54-hole score of her career. Wellens, who shot a final-round 86, was 59th overall at 243.
Bradley entered the day ninth and shot 321 as a team to slip into 10th in the final team standings. Tournament-host Iowa ran away with the title by 18 shots, finishing at 888. Iowa's Jessica Ip claimed top individual honors with a four-under total of 212 to help power the Hawkeyes.
Rutgers was second overall at 906, followed closely by Delaware (3rd - 907) and Harvard (4th - 908). South Dakota State took fifth in the field at 921, with Wichita State and North Florida tying for sixth (923). Missouri State was eighth overall at 924 and in-state Northern Illinois placed ninth (934). Bradley was 10 shots back in 10th at 944, edging Boston (11th – 948) and Bowling Green (12th – 953).
Bradley returns to action Saturday at the UIC Fall Shootout at Cog Hill in Lemont, Ill.
