SPRINGFIELD, MO. – Led by a pair of top 20 individual finishes from Alex Nutter and Lexi Hanson, the University of Sioux Falls Women's Golf Team finished in a tie for 10^th in the team standings at Central Region Preview which finished on Tuesday (April 9) at the Rivercut Golf Course.  

With a second round total of 326, USF finished at 648 (322-326) at the highly competitive Central Region Meet. The Cougars finished tied with Central Missouri (320-328) and MIssouri Western State at 648 (329-319), just a shot back of ninth place Minnesota State at 647. USF, which will close the regular season at the Augustana Invitational, which due to weather issues this week has been rescheduled to April 13-14 at Prairie Green in Sioux Falls, was led by Alex Nutter who finished 16^th and Lexi Hanson, who was 19^th.

"The ladies competed well with the best competition we have seen all year," said USF Director of Men's and Women's Golf Sam Vosler. "We had a great opportunity to beat some of the teams ahead of us for regional competition. We knocked a few off which was fun," he said. "Unfortunately, the first day we didn't finish the way we wanted. Today, we improved our closing stats significantly which was a focus in our team meeting last night," added Vosler.

USF had the second lowest team score among NSIC schools as they just finished behind Minnesota State at 647 (323-324). Dallas Baptist captured the team title as they finished at 589 (296-293), and won by 20 shots.  In second place was Northeastern State at 609 (301-308) as they were led by Ebba Moberg, who finished at 145 (74-71), who was the individual champ, just edging Evelyn Arguelles of Dallas Baptist, who also finished 145. In third place was Central Oklahoma at 619 (3-4-315).

USF had a strong performance from Alex Nutter who finished tied for 16th after tying her career-best two-round total of 154 with rounds of 75 and 79. Nutter, whose opening day round of 75 was a career-best, had the best two-round total by an NSIC competitor. Hanson, who carded a first round total of 74, was 19^th after she had an 81 today for a total of 155. Also for USF sophomore Sydney Hubbard moved up from 68^th to a tie for  49 with a two round total of 164 as she finished strong. After opening with an 85, she came home with a six-shot improvement of 79.

"Alex has such a great tournament. I was really proud of her. The first day she was two under (par) going into the last three holes. She had tough finish. Today, was a completely different round and she had to grind it out and really fight for her second round in the 70s," said Vosler. "As for Lexi (Hanson), she had a very solid tournament. Sydney (Hubbard) had a big performance for the team which was huge. She played really good golf for us and she is starting to peak at the right time," he said.

Also making improvement from day one to the final round was sophomore Lexi Jonas, who moved up from 89^th to a tie for 82^nd. Sophomore Kyleigh Moran finished at 179 after rounds of 88 and 91 allowed her to tie for 86^th.