Valparaiso University women's golf senior Anna Fay (Ada, Mich. / Forest Hills) posted the team's top Round-3 score, pacing the Beacons over the final 18 holes of the WMU Bronco Classic, which concluded on Tuesday at the par-72, 6085-yard Moors Golf Club in Portage, Mich. Sophomore Bella Campos (Honolulu, Hawaii, IMG Academy) turned in the team's top 54-hole score this week. Cool temperatures and foggy conditions early in the day gave way to bright sunshine by the middle of the round.
 
How It Happened

• Fay rose eight spots on the player leaderboard by shooting a team-best score of 78 (+6) in the final round of the 54-hole, two-day tournament. She enjoyed by far her best round of the tournament, improving by five strokes each round and golfing 10 strokes better than her Round-1 score in Round 3.
• Fay started the round on the par-3 eighth hole and drilled a birdie putt, and also birdied the par-3 13^th hole. She hit even par on five straight holes from Hole 15 to Hole 1 and was one over for the day through 12 holes. The senior finished the tournament in 37^th of 62 with a 249 (+33).
• Valpo's other sub-80 score in Round 3 came courtesy of Campos, who elevated 10 spots on the player leaderboard with a 79 (+7), finishing 26^th overall at 244 (+28), the team's top score in the tournament. Campos started on Hole 8 and shot even on each of her first five holes. She was at two over for the day through her first 10 holes.
• Senior Madison Keil (LaGrange, Ind. / Lakeland) finished second on the team for the tournament behind Campos with a 246 (+30), tied for 30^th on the player leaderboard.
• As a team, Valpo shot 328 (+40) on Tuesday and 977 (+113) for the tournament. The Beacons defeated Cleveland State, Northern Kentucky and Eastern Illinois in the nine-team field, placing sixth.
• CSU Northridge beat Ohio by five strokes for the team title with a 924, while Grace Piar of CSU Northridge shot a 221 (+5) to take medalist honors.

Inside the Rounds

• Valpo's best scores overall came on Par 5s at 5.55 (fifth of nine teams), while the Beacons averaged 3.48 (eighth of nine) on Par 3s for the tournament.
• Campos tied for the most holes of exactly even par of any golfer in the tournament with 34.
• As a team, the Beacons birdied eight holes, led by Keil and fellow senior Katie Schreiner (Fenton, Mo. / Summit) with three apiece.
• Campos became the third different Valpo player to lead the team in a tournament this season, joining Keil (twice) and Fay. The Beacons have had a different team leader in each of the last three tournaments.

Up Next
The Beacons will close out the fall season at the Braun Intercollegiate hosted by Evansville which begins on Monday, Oct. 21 at Oak Meadow Country Club. A link to live scoring will be available on ValpoAthletics.com.