NORMAL, Ill. – The Illinois State women's golf team climbed two spots in the team standings with an eight-over 296 – the team's top round of the tournament – as the Redbirds took eighth overall in the 16-team field at the 57th Redbird Invitational.
Eastern Kentucky won the event with a tournament-record 54-hole total of 861, while IUPUI took second with an 870. Northern Illinois (887), Butler (894), Bradley (897), Drake (904), and Ball State (905) finished just ahead of Illinois State's 906. UNI (910), Southern Illinois (913), Bowling Green (914), Ohio (916), Loyola Chicago (918), Indiana State (926), Valparaiso (931), and Western Illinois (935) rounded out the teams in the strong field.