Eastern’s golf team made a valiant comeback Tuesday, rallying from four strokes behind in a rain-shortened Butler Women’s Spring Invitational to capture its first championship since hosting the 2000 Panther Invitational.

“It was finally nice to break through and win a tournament after three close runner-up finishes in the fall,” Eastern head coach Jay Albaugh said.

“We played pretty well today, considering the course was not in good shape.”

The tournament was called after 27 official holes as the Panthers outplayed the Musketeers by 10 strokes Tuesday on a course officially open to members for a week.

“We survived a rough start but finished the front nine strong, enabling us to catch and pass Xavier,” Albaugh said.

Individually, senior Tyra Frederick finished in second after posting a 124 (84-40), junior Brooke Pellock (81-46) and Amanda Minchin (87-40) finished tied for fifth after shooting a 127.

Minchin, a native of Saskatchewan, had the lowest Panther score of the nine-hole Tuesday round.

Other Panther finishers were Kristin Hoff shooting a 128 (86-42), Dale Morris 132 (90-42) and Kerry O’Connell rounding out the group with a 144 (100-44).