JONESBORO, Ark. – The Austin Peay State University women’s golf team competed in the 2023 Lady Red Wolves Classic over on Monday and Tuesday. The team came in sixth in the two-day tournament, led by fifth place individual finisher, junior Erica Scutt.
This is the fourth time the Governors have played in the Lady Red Wolves Classic, having three consecutive team wins at the tournament since the 2019-2020 season. The tournament was cancelled for the 2020-2021 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
While their streak came to an end this year, APSU competed well in the field of 16 teams and 15 individual competitors. The Governors were tied with Morehead State University for seventh place after the initial two rounds, with a one shot lead on fellow ASUN team, the University of Central Arkansas.
APSU moved up a spot in the final round for their sixth place final standing and led the tournament in par-threes thanks in part to efforts by Scutt and junior Kaley Campbell.
APSU shot a 306 in the opening round, followed by two five-over 293s in the last two rounds, earning a combined total 28-over 892. This landed the Governors ahead of multiple ASUN teams, including two strokes over Eastern Kentucky University, six strokes over Central Arkansas and 17 strokes over the University of North Alabama. They also led rival Murray University by 34 shots.
Finishing fifth on the leaderboard, Scutt also came in third for par-four scoring and seventh in eagles. Scutt shot rounds consisting of a three-over 75, a three-under 69 and a final even par at 72.
Campbell tied for 21st in the tournament with a five-over 77 and a three-over 75 on Monday, with a one-under 72 to wrap up with the best round of the day on Tuesday.
Following Scutt and Campbell for the Governors were graduate student Kady Foshaug (226), junior Maggie Glass (230) and freshman Jillian Breedlove (233).
Foshaug tied for 32nd place after a 14-place pickup in the final round, Glass finished in 63rd place and Breedlove rounded out APSU with a tie at 70th after picking up 12 spots in the second round on Monday.
In the final team results, tournament hosts Arkansas State University (868) took the lead, followed in order by the University of Louisiana Monroe (880), Samford University (883), the University of Arkansas at Little Rock (888), Troy University (891), APSU (892), the University of Memphis (893), Eastern Kentucky (894), Central Arkansas (898), Morehead (900), Missouri State University (903), North Alabama (909), Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi (915), the University of Texas at Arlington (917), Texas A&M University–Commerce (919) and Murray (926).
The Governors’ final tournament of the fall semester will take place against Murray in the Battle of the Border at the Hopkinsville Country Club in Hopkinsville, Kentucky over the course of October 30-31.
