COAL VALLEY, Ill.— After advancing to the medal match play tournament at the Great Lakes Valley Conference championship, Drury fell in the semifinals to defending league and national champion Indianapolis 4-1 at the Oakwood Country Club in Coal Valley, Illinois, on Sunday.
The Panthers were seeded third after their third place finish in the 54-hole stroke play competition on Friday and Saturday. The top four teams advanced to the medal match play round on Sunday.
Drury won the first match-up as senior
Isabelle Thrall defeated Macey Brown by seven shots. Thrall posted a five-over par 76 against Brown's +12, 83, to win the number one draw in the five-player competition.
Abby Stone from Indianapolis won the number two match-up, defeating Drury's
Grace Stafford by four strokes. Stone shot a +5, 76 to Stafford's 80.
In the number three match-up,
Jade Carter took the GLVC medalist champion to the wire and lost by one shot. Carter fired a +6, 77 to Wallon's 76. The score was tied through 15 holes and Wallon took a shot lead 16
th, and hung on to win by one.
Indianapolis' Ava Ray defeated
Elizabeth Adkisson by eight shots, 88-80 in the number four match-up.
Taryn Overstreet fell to Indianapolis' Ellen Caton as Caton shot a +9, 80 to Overstreet's 12-over par 83.
Indianapolis advanced to the conference championship round to face top-seeded and 18
th ranked Missouri-St. Louis.
Drury's third-place finish matches their best finish at the conference championship in the last 11 years and marks the fourth year in a row the Panthers have advanced to the medal match play tournament.
The Panthers will await a potential bid to the NCAA-II Regional Tournament, May 5-7, at The Meadows Country Club in Allendale, Michigan. Team and individual bids will be announced on Monday.
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