Indiana State women’s golf head coach Greg Towne announced the team’s Spring 2025 schedule.
Indiana State is set to compete in five total tournaments this spring, opening with back-to-back tournaments in Florida. They begin at the Butler Don Benbow Invitational in South Tampa from March 9-11 at the Ardea Country Club, then head to Palm Coast from March 12-14 to play in the PFW Hammock Beach Invitational. The squad returns to the Midwest but play the next tournament at the Ozarks National Invitational in Hollister, Mo. from March 24-26.
You can catch the Sycamores in action here in Terre Haute for the Indiana State University Invitational at the Country Club of Terre Haute on April 6-7. The home tournament is the final one before heading to the MVC Championships in Waterloo, Ill. at the Annbriar Golf Course on April 13-15.
Indiana State seeks to keep the momentum flowing from a strong fall showing, capping the fall season with both a team victory and an individual victory at the Braun Intercollegiate. The team won the Braun Intercollegiate for the second-straight year, highlighted by a Yang Tai first-place finish.
Briana LeMaire and Alana Gilbert joined Tai placing in the top five in Evansville. Tai finished shooting three-over and LeMaire and Gilbert tied in fifth place with a two-day nine-over score.
As a team, the Sycamores shot a 301 and 310 in the two rounds for a two-round score of 611. This beat last season’s score of 619. Indiana State (+35) defeated Belmont (second place, +45), Evansville (+50), UIC (+59), Valparaiso (+82), and Evansville B Team (+104). Seven of the eight golfers all recorded their best finishes of the fall to lead the team to victory.
The Indiana State golfers consistently improved throughout the fall. Tai, a junior, dropped her stroke average from the 2023-24 season to the fall by 4.96 from an 80.5 to 75.54. Twelve of her 13 rounds were 79 or better, and she finished as the low player for the Sycamores in three-of-five tournaments.
LeMaire, a junior, tied Tai with the lowest round shot of the fall, a 71. LeMaire recorded 11-of-13 rounds shooting 80 or better. She dropped her average from last season by .63 strokes.
Eliza Baker, a third junior on the team, averaged an 84 through her first three tournaments but capped her season with a season-low 78.
Rosalie DiNunzio improved her stroke average from her freshman year by 3.22, the second-best of the five returners. She shot a new career low of 72 at the Roseann Schwartz Invitational leading to her first top 10 finish.
Sophomore Sophia Florek dropped her stroke average by 2.6 strokes. Florek averaged a 78.5 in her first six rounds then 77.7 in the last seven rounds.
Gabby Cone opened her collegiate career with a 91 but continued to finish with a better score in almost every tournament after. She improved all the way through the end, ending her fall with her low round of 79.
Nicole Feistl made a tremendous jump in between the two halves of her first season. In her first two tournaments, she averaged an 85.6 but dropped 4.8 strokes off her average in her last two, down to an 80.8.
Alana Gilbert made an immediate impact as a freshman on the squad. She played in each of the five tournaments. She averaged an 82.83 in first six rounds then 77.29 in last seven rounds. She got off to a slow start, with only one of her first six rounds better than 80. Gilbert flipped the switch and finished her final seven rounds with an 80 or better in each.
