Led by Kincardine, Ontario native Brianna Cooper's third place finish, the Illinois State women's golf team finished in eighth position at the Johnie Imes Invitational at The Club at Old Hawthorne in Columbia, Missouri. The Redbirds team score of 911 (308-298-305) was the highest amongst other Missouri Valley Conference participants including Bradley, Missouri State and Wichita State. Cooper shot 70-72-74 and finished at even par for the tournament.

Junior Katie Jean finished the third round at even-par which put her at 17-over-par for the tournament (81-80-72), and finished in a tie for 50th place. Sophomore Jordyn Wyzgowski finished the third round with a 9-over-par (81) performance which put her at 18-over-par (80-73-81) for the tournament and a tie for 53rd place. Sophomore Rachel Powers finished the tournament at 19-over-par (80-77-78) after carding a 6-over-par (78) in the final round Tuesday. Her score put her in a tie for 57th. Senior Hannah Bachman finished the three day tournament in a tie for 62nd after shooting 11-over-par (83) today, and an overall score of 21-over-par over the three-round event.

"Although we had a bright spot with Brianna's third place finish, and Katie's even par comeback, we still need to work on our finish as a team," head coach Darby Sligh states on the school‘s website. 

"Big numbers are plaguing our team scores. This is something we will continue to work on leading into Indiana."

The tournament wrapped up on Oct. 4.

The team is back in action at the Hoosier Invitational in Carmel, Ind. Oct. 17-18.