On the final day of the Mountain View Collegiate, the Missouri State women's golf team held steady at 14th. The Bears showed resilience in round three, coming back to shoot 301-315-303--919. Once again, Missouri State stayed ahead of Wyoming in the standings. As a team, Illinois regained control of the lead, finishing with 875 strokes. San Jose State (884) stayed in second, nine strokes behind Illinois, while Missouri (885), Kansas (889), and Central Arkansas (890) rounded out the top five.
Stine Pettersen successfully led the Bears in all three rounds, carding 74 on Sunday. The senior shot 73-76-74--223 to finish tied for 19th, a season low score and best finish this year. Her four birdies contributed to a two-over par finish where she went even on the back nine. Ashley Childers struggled with round three, finishing with 75-77-79--231 and falling to 52nd in the individual standings. Rachel Johnson and Verena Gimmy tied for 58th carding a total of 233 with 74-84-75 and 79-78-76 respectively. Bridget Shulte shot her best round of the tournament with 78. She carded 81-86-78--245 on the weekend.
Pulling ahead in the individual standings, Abegail Arevalo of San Jose State broke the four-way tie for sole possession of first place at three-under par, 213. Two Illinois golfers jumped up to take second with fellow Spartan Alexandra Cooper taking fourth ahead of a three-way tie for fifth.
The women's golf team is back in action in two weeks for the Dale McNamara Invitational from April 9-10 in Tulsa, Oklahoma.