RIO VERDE, Ariz. – Fresh off carding the lowest 54-hole score in program history, the Bradley women's golf team turned in its second lowest three-round total ever to tie for fifth at the 14th-annual Rio Verde Intercollegiate Sunday.
Bradley turned in a final round 302 Sunday at the par-72 Rio Verde Country Club to tie for fifth overall in the team standings. Toledo won the team title by 11 shots with a score of 885, with Wichita State, UMKC and Missouri State tying for second at 896. The Braves and Eastern Michigan were four shots back in a tie for fifth at 900, one shot better than seventh-place Northern Arizona (901).
Senior Danielle Lemek (Doniphan, Neb./Doniphan-Trumbull) and sophomore Grace Henderson (Peachtree Corners, Ga./Blessed Trinity) tied for 15th to pace the Braves with Henderson earning her second top-20 finish of the year.
Lemek, who moved into a tie for second in career rounds played at Bradley (110), carded a third-round 75 and tied for 15th at 224. She missed a top 10 finish by two strokes as she extended her streak of consecutive sub-80 rounds to 23.
Henderson matched Lemek for 15th at 224 for the lowest 54-hole score of her career, as she finished out play with a 78.
Senior Jenna Roadley (Winnipeg, Manitoba/Sturgeon Heights) carded the low round of the day for the Braves with a one-over 73 as she climbed into a tie for 28th (226) in the individual standings. Roadley became the ninth player in program history with 100 career rounds played and turned in her 50th career sub-80 effort Sunday.
Sophomore Ally Scaccia (Arlington Heights, Ill./Prospect) was the only Bradley individual to fire their lowest round of the tournament on the final day. Her two-over 74 Sunday helped her climb into a tie for 44th overall at 230, while freshman Chloe Horton (Coral Gables, Fla./Ransom Everglades) completed the scoring for Bradley with an 82 to finish at 238 and in a tie for 71st.
Bradley finished 10 shots ahead of Arkansas-Little Rock and Xavier, which tied for eighth (910) and 12 shots better than Northern Illinois and Arkansas State, who tied for 12th in the 18-team field.
The Braves return to action March 14 & 15 at the Stephen F. Austin/Oral Roberts Invitational in Trophy Club, Texas.
