Drury advances to GLVC Match Play semifinals at conference championships

SMITHVILLE, Mo.— Drury will advance to the Great Lakes Valley Conference Match Play tournament on Sunday after finishing fourth in the league tournament’s 54-hole stroke play event at the Outlaw course at the Paradise Pointe Golf Complex in Smithville, Missouri, on Saturday.
 
The top four teams in the 11-team event advanced to the GLVC Match Play semifinals. The Panthers finished Saturday’s third and final round with an 82-over-par 946 and were 16 strokes ahead of fifth-place Maryville.
 
Indianapolis, ranked 11th in NCAA-II, finished first at 28-over-par and completed the third round with a 47-shot lead over second-place Missouri-St. Louis. Illinois Springfield was third at 79-over-par.
 
Shehna Akbary was fifth on the individual leaderboard and named to the All-GLVC team for her performance. The junior from Toronto, Ont., Canada, shot Drury’s best round in the tournament on Saturday with a one-over-par 73 and completed the 54-hole round with an 11-over-par 227.
 
Grace Stafford tied for 14th, shooting 20-over-par (236) in the tournament, while Carmen Fletcher came in tied for 18th (+24, 240). Isabelle Thrall finished 31 shooting a 32-over-par 248 and Abby Howard tied for 37th, posting a 37-over-par 253.
 
Katelyn Skinner from Indianapolis won GLVC medalist honors by eight shots as she finished even-par (70-75-71—216).
 
The Panthers are seeded fourth in the Match Play semifinals and will face top-seeded Indianapolis at 8 am on Sunday. The winner will advance to the GLVC Championship and play the winner of second-seeded UMSL and number three seed Illinois Springfield on Sunday afternoon at the Paradise Pointe Golf Complex. 
 

4 Drury 312 312 322 946, +82
5 Shehna Akbary (1) 76 78 73 227, +11
T14 Grace Stafford (5) 76 78 82 236, +20
T18 Carmen Fletcher (2) 78 80 82 240, +24
31 Isabelle Thrall (3) 87 76 85 248, +32
T37 Abby Howard (4) 82 86 85 253, +37

 
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