SPRINGFIELD, MO. – The South Dakota Women's Golf completed its 2026 fall slate on Tuesday with a third-place finish at the MSU/Payne Stewart Memorial at Twin Oaks Country Club in Springfield, MO. 

All nine Coyote golfers participated in the 54-hole event, competing as two different teams.

Team A finished in 3rd place both days while Team B finished in 10th after ending Day 1 in 8th.

THE FIRST DAY
The first round was the best team round of the season for Team A, who finished the first 18 holes at the top of the leaderboard.

Three Yotes finished the first round in the top 10 in the 66-golfer tournament. Senior Ava Schroeder finished the round even, good enough for sole possession of third while junior Eva Greenberg was one stroke behind her in fourth. Morgan Rupp was one shot behind the younger Greenberg, sitting in fifth at +2. 

The team score of 291 at the end of the round was the best round of the season and best since the final round of the 2026 Summit League Championships. 

Freshman Siena Stovall had a good first round, shooting a 75 in her second appearance of the fall. 

The second round of the day wasn't as productive as the morning session. Rupp finished with the best score of all Yotes, shooting a 75 in her final round of the day. She finished in a tie for seventh with Schroeder while the Greenberg sisters finished tied for 11th. 

Team A finished the day in 3rd. Team B finished the day in 8th.

THE SECOND DAY
Round three on Tuesday went like the second round on Monday.
After a difficult start on the Front 9 with two birdies to 15 bogeys, Team A utilized a strong Back 9 to hold their third-place position to the end of the tournament. 

Ella Greenberg matched her best round of the tournament, making three birdies en-route to a 74 and a 12th place finish. 

Like Team A, Team B had its struggles with the first nine holes of the course but made four birdies as a group to finish the tournament in 10th.

ENDING THE FALL STRONG
Though the week didn't end at the top of the leaderboard, the Yotes put up their best performance of the 2026-27 season. 

Team A's score of 291 at the end of the round was the best round of the season and best since the final round of the 2026 Summit League Championships. '

Its three-round score of 899 was the best team score of the tournament, 13 strokes better than the previous low at the Redbird Invitational in September. The three-round average of 299 marked the first time the season the Yotes averaged below 300 in a three-round event.

Ella Greenberg led the Yotes with a trio of top 10 finishes in the fall. Ella Greenberg, Kaylynn Jorgensen and Ava Schroeder each had one, respectively. 

NEXT UP
In 129 short days, the Coyotes return to action in the desert where they will compete in the Rio Verde Collegiate Invitational hosted by Western Michigan at the Rio Verde Country Club in Rio Verde, Ariz. 

The event will begin on Friday, Feb. 19, and run through Sunday, Feb. 21.