Sullivan and Ready both finish in the top-10 at Missouri Valley

MARSHALL, MO – Addison Sullivan secured a third-place finish and landed a spot on the All-Tournament Team at the Missouri Valley Fall Invitational carding a three-round total of 240, 11 strokes off the lead. That effort coupled with another top-10 performance from UHSP sophomore Harper Ready helped the Eutectics to a fifth place finish out of the seven teams in the field.

HIGHLIGHTS:

• Sullivan had a pair of birdies in round one as she was even over the back-nine birdieing 13 and 18. Round two got off to a rough start for Sullivan as she bogeyed the first three holes. She finished ten over for the round while not recording a birdie in the round. In round three, she birdied the 333-yard par-4 second, a hole she bogeyed in the prior two rounds. She followed that up with a birdie on the par-3 fourth and finished even at the turn. An 8-over on the back nine gave her an 80 on the day.
• Harper Ready saved her best for last. After an opening round 91 followed by an 88 in round two, Ready was birdie-free heading to the final round. She shaved five strokes off her best score to that point and birdied the par-3 12^th hole in her final round. Ready was tied for 16^th overall after the completion of round two and her final round 83 moved her up eight spots as she finished eighth overall in her first collegiate event as a Eutectic.
• Zoe Lopez tied Madison Mills of Missouri Valley for 24^th overall. Lopez carded two birdies over the course of the tournament with her second-round score of 91 being her best of the tournament.
• Grace Wilkinson also had a tournament-best score of 91 in her final round. Wilkinson scored one birdie in each round. She was 30^th overall after two rounds and ended moved up four spots on the final day, ending up in 26^th place.
• Gabriana Franco of William Penn on the tournament with a 13-over 229. She finished six strokes in front of Missouri Valley's Hanna Rieker who finished second and had a three-round total of 235.
• William Penn won the team title with a 999 (+135), 25 strokes ahead of their nearest chasers. The next three teams were separated by 26 strokes as Missouri Valley was second (+160), William Woods was third (+174) and Central Methodist was fourth (+186). UHSP was comfortably in fifth at 1071 (+207) while Missouri Baptist finished sixth, but were well behind the Eutectics at 1149 (+285). North Central rounded out the field with a 1237 (+373).

UP NEXT:

The Eutectics head west again at the end of the month when they head to Fulton, MO for the William Woods Fall Invitational on September 29-30. UHSP will have three fall tournament following that in the month of October.