RICHMOND, Kentucky - The Cleveland State women's golf team strung together an impressive final round of the Colonel Classic on Tuesday, moving up two spots on the leaderboard to finish tied for 10th place with Ohio University. The Green and White finished the two-day tournament with a final score of 311-304-306, 921 (+57).
Kaylee Neumeister recorded her second straight top-15 finish of the season, leading the Vikings on the leaderboard finishing tied for 14th of 81 total golfers. Neumeister finished the tournament with an overall score of 75-73-75, 223 (+7). In two tournaments thus far, the senior is leading the Vikes in scoring averaging 75.1 on the season.
Madison Butler ended her time at the Colonel Classic tied for 38th place with a two-day, 54-hole, score of 79-77-75, 231 (+15). Butler saw improvement by two strokes from the Nevel Meade Invitational last week to the Colonel Classic this week.
Lexi Knight (80-76-77, 233) finished two strokes behind Butler, while Ashley Knight finished only one stroke behind her sister Lexi (77-78-79, 234).
The Green and White will compete in just under two weeks at the at Dolores Black Falcon Invitational on Saturday, April 10 and Sunday, April 11.
QUOTE TO NOTE
"Our team played hard today in windy conditions, we really did it by committee this week, everyone contributed and stayed into their rounds for 54 holes. We were able to move up the board today which is always nice. We improved this week and have to continue this trend as our season progresses." - Head Coach Taylor Riggs
CLEVELAND STATE LEADERBOARD
T14) Kaylee Neumeister: 75-73-75, 223
T38) Madison Butler: 79-77-75, 231
T45) Lexi Knight: 80-76-77, 233
T50) Ashley Knight: 77-78-79, 234
COLONEL CLASSIC TEAM LEADERBOARD
1) Eastern Kentucky: 286-292-297, 875 (+11)
2) Northern Illinois: 294-300-299, 893 (+29)
3) Akron: 299-203-302, 894 (+30)
4) Cincinnati: 295-294-309, 898 (+34)
5) Butler: 306-287-310, 903 (+39)
6) Green Bay: 304-296-305, 905 (+41)
7) Belmont University: 306-297-303, 906 (+42)
8) Purdue Fort Wayne: 307-295-311, 913 (+49)
9) Ball State: 310-295-312, 917 (+53)
T10) Ohio: 301-305-315, 921 (+57)
T10) Cleveland State: 311-304-306 (+57)
12) Dayton: 304-306-316, 926 (+62)
T13) Tennessee Tech: 312-311-307, 930 (+66)
T13) Western Michigan: 312-309-309, 930 (+66)
