SAN ANTONIO -- The University of the Incarnate Word's women's golf team finished ninth in the Mayrb S. Kauth Invitational Tuesday, but the emergence of freshman golfer Iliana Stowers, playing in her first collegiate tournament, highlighted the weekend for the Cardinals.
 
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HOW IT HAPPENED

• Stowers shot rounds of 75 and 79 during the 36-hole, weather-shortened tournament. Monday's play was cancelled because of rain and wind.
• Lauren Mancha finished second among UIW golfers, shooting rounds of 77 and 84.
• Charlotte Davis, Gracie Aday, Stirling Phillips, and Makenna Davidson also played for the Cardinals.
• Marshall University teammates Shelby Brauckmuller and Kerri Parks, and TCU's Sabrina Iqbal, finished in a three-way tie for first place – each with two-round totals of 143.
• TCU won the team title, seven strokes ahead of Marshall.

COACH HOWARTH SAID
"Iliana played a good first round and followed it up with a decent score in some tough conditions. She had a great attitude all week and I'm looking forward to her growth over the next few years."
 
NEXT UP
UIW concludes the fall portion of its schedule Monday and Tuesday, Oct. 22-23, in the UT Arlington Invitational at Walnut Creek Country Club in Mansfield, Texas.
 
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