Pioneers finish 9th at IWU

UW-Platteville shaved 13 shots off its first-day score and moved up two places to finish ninth in the 19-team Illinois Wesleyan Spring Fling Sunday.

The Pioneers recorded a 335 on Sunday, with three of the five golfers bettering their Saturday scores. Tricia Pawelski fired the team's low round with a 79 Sunday and tied with Kellsey Welter for weekend team honors and 19th place overall with 163. Welter followed up her 80 Saturday with a solid 83 Sunday.

Kelsey Lieving dropped from 91 to 87; Kerrie Liske went from 94 to 86; and Ellyn Subak put together two rounds of 93 for Coach Peter Reif's squad.

DePauw University won the team title.