LOUISVILLE, Ky. – South Dakota closed out its fall campaign with a 54-hole total of 943 at the Cardinal Cup on the University of Louisville Golf Club on Sunday afternoon, taking 15th place in the team standings.
The Coyotes (315-309-319) faced one of their strongest fields of the season, as host as No. 42 Louisville claimed the team title by eight strokes over No. 20 Kentucky. On the player leaderboard, Sera Tadokoro took home individual medalist honors by two shots over Louisville's Mairead Martin.
Emma Sabbagh (72-79-81 – 232) finished atop the South Dakota card after 54 holes and was followed by
Julia Hall, just two strokes back at 234 (77-76-81) for the event.
Megan Munneke (84-76-75 – 235) fired the low round for the Coyotes on Sunday, carding a 75 for her second-best round of the fall and besting her score on Saturday by one shot.
Rounding out the quintet of South Dakota golfers were
Laerke Jensen (82-78-82 – 242) and
Elizabeth Duncan (86-90-84 – 260). Duncan's 84 on Sunday was her top round of the fall.
South Dakota will take the winter off from competition before returning to the course on March 2-3 at the Gunrock Invitational hosted by UC Davis to kick off their spring season.