DEARBORN, Mich. – The UIndy women's golf team is moving on at the 2021 NCAA DII Championships, earning a spot in one of four quarterfinal matches on Thursday. Led by national runner-up Pilar Echeverria, the Greyhounds finished 54 holes of stroke play in fourth place with team scores of 309-290-304.
 
The format shifts to a medal/match play for the remaining quarterfinals, semifinals and final. The Hounds will be matched up with fifth-seeded Dallas Baptist tomorrow morning. Both squads' five players will be paired up in twos, with the lowest 18-hole score from each pair earning one point for their team. The first team to three points will advance to the national semifinals tomorrow afternoon.
 
Senior Pilar Echeverria (71-71-70) added to an already unparalleled resume with her performance in stroke play. She secured individual runner-up status by finishing at -4, a full seven strokes ahead of third place and just two back of medalist Helen Kreuzer (71-71-68) of Lynn.
 
The remaining four Hounds finished between +15 and +20. Junior Cailyn Henderson shared 26th place, one shot ahead of sophomore Hunter Nugent in 28th. Senior Anna Kramer landed in 31st while junior Elyse Stasil settled at 42nd place among 72 of the nation's best golfers.

WEDNESDAY RECAP
Bolstered by another under-par round by now-co-leader Pilar Echeverria, the UIndy women's golf team (+23) jumped three spots into third place at the 2021 NCAA DII Championships, held at TPC Michigan in Dearborn, Mich. Just 18 holes remain in stroke play, with the top eight teams advancing to the medal/match-play quarterfinals on Friday.
 
Echeverria engineered her second straight round of 71 and now shares first place with Lynn's Helen Kreuzer at -2. The Guatemala City native strung together four birdies over one five-hole stretch to help her remain under par. She will be in contention Thursday to became the program's third individual national championship.
 
Elsewhere, a number of Greyhounds improved their scores Wednesday as UIndy finished at +2 as a team. Junior Cailyn Henderson moved up nine spots on the individual leaderboard, carding a one-over 73 in round two to settle into a tie for 20th. Senior Anna Kramer (+11, T-28th) and junior Elyse Stasil (+12, T-35th) also made upward moves today, highlighted by the latter's even-par 72. Sophomore Hunter Nugent is also at +12 to share 35th with Stasil.

UIndy will be in the final groups for Thursday's final round of stroke play and will be pairing up with team-leader Limestone (+10) and second-place Lynn (+14). Tee times will start at 9:22 a.m. ET. Follow live results here.

TUESDAY RECAP
Senior Pilar Echeverria fired a one-under 71 Tuesday to open the 2021 NCAA DII Championships, leading the Greyhounds into sixth place after 18 holes at the year's biggest tournament. With the Hounds teeing off from hole No. 10, Echeverria shook off a couple of earlier bogeys to shoot three-under over her final 15 holes, including a two-under 34 on the front nine. The two-time DII Player of the Year is just one stroke back of leader Camilia Madariaga (-2) of Lynn.
 
Sophomore Hunter Nugent put together a late charge of her own, birdying two of her final four holes to climb to 25th at +6. Regional-medalist Cailyn Henderson is one back of Nugent in a 10-way tie for 29th, while Anna Kramer (+9) and Elyse Stasil (+12) are tied for 45th and 62nd, respectively.