SMITHVILLE, Mo. --- The Minnesota State women's golf team finished third at a soggy 2024 NSIC Championship after shooting a final round 324 Sunday afternoon. The Mavericks finished the three-day event with a 305-318-324—947.
 
The championships were held at the Paradise Pointe Outlaw course; a par-72 course that is playing to 5,950 yards. The average score on the course thru three rounds is 84.42, collectively, the five Mavericks averaged an 80.06 through their three rounds.
 
Winona State's Carly Moon won the event with a 72-72-77—221 while Augustana won the team event with a 300-310-300—910.
 
"The ladies battled," said head coach Alex Schmitz. "Unfortunately, the bounces didn't go our way, especially with the golf course as wet as I've ever seen. We'll learn from it. Now we wait to – and hope – for an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament."
 
Freshman Claire Schweim was the top Maverick individual at the event as she finished seventh with an 80-76-77—233. Senior Anna Cihak finished tenth with a 77-81-77—235 while fellow senior Kelly Winter was 18^th with a 76-82-82—241. Sophomores Ava Olson and Sammy Youngquist each finished in the top-30 as Olson was 20^th with a 76-80-87—243 and Youngquist was tied for 26^th with a 76-81-92—249.
 
As a team, Minnesota State finished second in par four scoring (4.40), third in par five scoring (5.38) and fourth in par three scoring (3.63). The Mavericks 149 pars was the second most in the field.
 
Individually, Olson was tied for third in par four scoring (4.27) while Cihak and Youngquist finished tied for fourth in par five scoring at 5.17. Schweim finished with 35 pars, which was tied for the second most in the event.
 
Minnesota State will now wait for the at-large selections for next month's NCAA Central Region tournament.