The women’s golf team took second place in the Little Rock Invitational on Tuesday after three days of competition. The Braves finished the weekend with a 299, the second time in school history that a Bradley team shot 300 or below in all three rounds of a tournament.
“To finish second in that great field was a fantastic showing and I could not have been prouder of them,” head coach Halley Morell said.
Bradley senior Taylor Ledwein led the Braves by shooting par or better in each round, finished tied for second overall at 3-under-par.
It was an all-around team effort. Sophomore Megan Welch earned her second career top-20 finish, freshman Mara Flaherty posted a 77.6 stroke average, tying for 26th and senior Megan Medinger tied for 39th, but carded her first two rounds at 1-over-par combined.
Welch set back-to-back career lows in the first and par in the second round.
The second-place finish puts a stamp on the fall season.
“I think it went as well as it could have possibly went,” Morell said of her first year at the helm of the program.
This golf team goes beyond the course, as the tight-knit group helped push each other to have a very successful season, according to Flaherty.
“They are all my best friends and they have always been pushing me to be a better player,” Flaherty said.
Going forward, the team will get some time off to reflect on the season. They look to continue their success in February when the spring season tees off.
