COAL VALLEY, Ill. – Led by a pair of All-GLVC performances, the UIndy women's golf team wrapped up stroke play at the GLVC Championships Saturday, capturing the No. 1 seed heading into tomorrow's medal/match play semifinals. The Greyhounds pulled away in the third and final stroke play round, topping the field by 21 strokes.
 
Individually, senior Matilda Cederholm captured medalist honors while freshman Jess Haines joined her in the top five.
 

???????? Medalist honors on lock ??@UIndyHoundsGolf's Matilda Cederholm takes first place in stroke play with a total score of 2??2??6??, including a tournament-low 72 in the third round!#GLVCwgolf | #GLVCchamps pic.twitter.com/pN3yFQQPVk

— Great Lakes Valley Conference (@GLVCsports) April 27, 2024

 
Held at the at Oakwood Country Club in Coal Valley, Ill., the Championships have been whittled down to four teams, with UMSL, Drury and Maryville also surviving to Sunday's semifinals. UIndy/Maryville pairings will tee off from hole No. 1 at 9 ET, with UMSL/Drury simultaneously starting from hole 10. The winners will face off in the afternoon finals with the GLVC trophy on the line.
 
SATURDAY
Cederholm (+13) saved her best round for last, carding a one-over 72 in the final round—good for the lowest stroke-play round of the tournament. The Lomma, Sweden native fired consecutive birdies on 15, 16 and 17 to earn a six-stroke win. The finish marked the seventh time in the last eight GLVC Championships that a Greyhound earned medalist honors.
 
Haines (+21) took sole possession of fourth place to garner All-GLVC First Team accolades in her conference championship debut. Junior Anci Dy climbed 20 spots on the leaderboard over the final two rounds to take sixth place and finish one stroke out of all-conference status.
 
ALL-GLVC*
1. Matilda Cederholm, UIndy (+13)
2. Wilma Zanderau, Missouri-St. Louis (+19)
3. Elaine Grant, Illinois-Springfield (+20)
4. Jess Haines, UIndy (+21)
5. Taryn Overstreet, Drury (+24)
_{*Five more student-athletes will be added via coaches vote at a later date}
 
Sophomore Macey Brown shared 11th at +28. Caroline Whallon and Ava Ray split time in the final lineup spot, with Ray's final-round 74—and even-par back nine—on Saturday afternoon among the highlights of the week.

FRIDAY
Battling cold, rainy and windy conditions—as well a lengthy lightning delay— the Hounds got off to a slow and found themselves in the bottom half of the leaderboard early. UIndy clawed back with a strong back nine, as Caroline Whallon shot even par on the back and Anci Dy strung together five straight pars coming in.
 
But it was Matilda Cederholm that had the most consistent round, finishing with a six-over 77 to lead the field by two strokes. Whallon and fellow-freshman Jess Haines sit at +9 to share ninth place. Macey Brown sits at T-20, while Dy's late push positioned her in a tie for 26th.
 

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— Great Lakes Valley Conference (@GLVCsports) April 26, 2024