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UNI finishes 8th at MVC Championship

After dealing with some challenging weather conditions for stretches of the Missouri Valley Conference Championship tournament, the Northern Iowa women’s golf team finished in eighth place on the final day of play. Though unable to build on the momentum they gained from their third-place finish at the Indiana State Invitational, the Panthers rallied late and climbed up one more spot from the ninth-place spot they were sitting at on day two.

The team’s overall score of 927 was only two strokes behind seventh-place Evansville. Wichita State took home first-place honors with a score of 900, hitting sub-300 scores for two of the three rounds.

Sarah Boss capped a strong season with another top-10 tournament finish. Her 223 overall gave her a tie for seventh place individually. Kaylee Benson followed Boss on the scorecard with a 233 overall score, which awarded her 31st place.

Taylor VanDyke shot a 236 overall, which included a round-three score of 75 — a career best. Her overall score landed her in 33rd place. Behind VanDyke was Allison Rollinger, who earned 38th place. She recorded an overall score of 239. Sonja Przybylski rounded out the Panthers with a score of 242 overall. She finished the tournament in a tie for 40th place.

The conclusion of the MVC tournament brings the 2013-14 women’s golf season to a close, and the Panthers will be bidding farewell to seniors Boss and Amanda Braun. Plenty of youth remains on the Panther roster, however. Next year’s team will sport a heavy junior and sophomore squad likely led by Benson, a current sophomore.

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