The Valparaiso University women’s golf team bettered its team score on the second day of the Missouri Valley Conference Championship, hosted at the par-72, 6176-yard Annbriar Golf Course in Waterloo, Ill. Anna Fay (Goshen, Ind. / Concord) once again achieved the team’s top score.  

How It Happened

• Fay posted an 82 on Monday to complete the second round with a 36-hole total of 159. She is tied for 12^th in the 58-player field.
• The Beacons bettered their team score by six strokes as they posted a 336 on Monday to complete the day at 678. They are one stroke behind UIC for 11^th on the team leaderboard.
• The second-best Beacon showing came courtesy of Madison Keil (LaGrange, Ind. / Lakeland)¸ whose 83 helped her finish the round with a tournament total of 168 (t-36).
• Taylor Skibinski (Michigan City, Ind. / Michigan City) improved by one stroke, while Kelsey Eicheneaur (North Manchester, Ind. / Manchester) made a seven-stroke improvement and Emily Krzyzanowski (Scottsbluff, Neb. / Gering) was 10 strokes better on Monday than she was on Sunday.
• Missouri State sits atop the team leaderboard at 630 (+54), while Murray State’s Payton Carter is the leader in the race for medalist honors at 151 (+7).

Inside the Round

• Fay is thriving on par-4 holes with a 4.25 average.
• Valpo has six birdies in the tournament so far with Fay owning half of them.

Up Next

The final round of the event will take place on Tuesday with tee times beginning at 8:30 a.m. A link to live scoring via GolfStat is available on ValpoAthletics.com.