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MSU Golf & Joyce Trus Earn 4th Place Finish At Saluki Invitational
3/29/2010 9:02:00 PM | Women's Golf
The Murray State women's golf program earned a fourth-place finish Monday at the Saluki Invitational at Hickory Ridge GC in Carbondale, Ill.
The Racers carded rounds of 315-319=634 and finished two shots behind third-place Ball State at 632. Indiana State came from 12 shots down and defeated Drake 617 to 618.
MSU's top finisher was Joyce Trus who came in fourth-place with scores of 75-79=154, while Andrea Downer had a 12th place showing with scores of 82-75=157. Morgan Cross and Alex Lennartsson each finished 24th. Cross had rounds of 78-86=164, while Lennartsson had 82-82=164.
Megan McKinney finished 30th with scores of 80-85=165, while Caroline Lagerborg was 54th after scores of 88-83=171.
MSU individuals Alex Hinteregger and Jilian Brake finished 50th and 80th. Hinteregger shot rounds of 86-84=170, while Brake carded scores of 91-89=180.
Bradley finished fifth at 637, while Western Illinois (641), host SIU (642), Eastern Kentucky (652), Austin Peay (665) and Belmont (673) rounded out the top-10 of the field of 15 teams.
Drake's Olivia Lansing won the medalist honor in the field of 93 players with scores of 71-74=145.
The Hickory Ridge course played to a par of 72 and 6,017 yards.
MSU's next challenge begins Friday at the Ole Miss Rebel Invitational in Oxford, Miss., at University GC. The Racers will play 18 holes each day through Sunday.
