Eastern’s women’s golf team struggled to finish a disappointing eighth place at the Southern Illinois Invitational at Stone Creek Golf Club.

The Panthers fell a combined 38 strokes behind Murray State, who won the meet with a 641 team score and earned a nine-stroke victory in the two-day, 36-hole meet. Eastern only had one competitor finish in the Top 20 individually, which was senior Tyra Fredrick. The Panthers’ top player posted a pair of 83s, which placed her 16 strokes behind the winner and tied for 15th overall.

Lee Ann Pace of Murray State took home the medalist’s winner by shooting a six-over-par 150 (77-73). Pace finished two strokes ahead of Southwest Missouri State’s Keeley Dolan.

Stone Creek Golf Club showed its teeth on Sunday and scores reflected the conditions, as the low score for the day was 77, but several scores reached the middle 80s. However, Sunday became even worse with only five scores under 80, which made Pace’s one-over 73 even more impressive.

The team standings behind Murray State were Arkansas State followed by Southern Illinois, Southwest Missouri State, and rounding out the top 5 was Bradley.

Eastern will take two weeks off before participating in the Illini Spring Classic on April 17-19.