The Valparaiso University women's golf team received a pair of solid rounds by freshmen, while senior Taylor Skibinski (Michigan City, Ind. / Michigan City) closed out her team-leading tournament performance on Tuesday's final day of Ball State's Brittany Kelly Classic at the par-72, 6291-yard Players Club at Woodland Trails in Yorktown, Ind.
 
How It Happened

• Skibinski shared the team lead in Round 3 by carding a 77, her third straight sub-80 score this week and tied with her Round-2 score for the best by a Beacon this season. She hit par on 13 of the 18 holes on Tuesday. Skibinski's team-best 54-hole score of 233 helped her finish in the top half of the field, 21^st of 50.
• Freshman Katie Estridge (Biloxi, Miss. / Biloxi) shared the team lead on Tuesday, also posting a 77, her best round of the season so far. She improved with each round of the tournament this week, using a pair of birdies on Holes 2 and 12 to her advantage on Tuesday.
• Fellow freshman Nora Meek (Beavercreek, Ohio / Beavercreek) also enjoyed her best collegiate round yet on Tuesday, turning in an 80, improving her previous best by four strokes and her score from each of the first two rounds in this event by six strokes. Early in her round, Meek delivered back-to-back birdies on Holes 1 and 2 after starting on 17.
• The Beacons shot a season-best 324 as a team on Tuesday, finishing eighth in the tournament at 982. The host Cardinals won the tournament at 888, while Ball State individual Sarah Gallagher was the medalist at 218.

Thoughts from Head Coach Jill McCoy
"Katie and Nora are settling in. Those were great scores from two of the freshmen."  
 
Up Next
The Beacons will return to the course on Sunday, Sept. 28 for the Fighting Irish Classic hosted by Noter Dame at Warren Gold Course.