Maryville, Mo. – The Missouri Southern women's golf team moved up a spot on the final day and the Lions placed 7^th today at the Midwest Fall Classic, hosted by Northwest Missouri State University at Mozingo Lake Golf Course.
 
Iratxe Fernandez-Cano Aldasoro led the way for the Lions after improving five strokes from round one to shoot a 78 in the final 18 and finish 11^th at 161. Lily Allman improved three strokes and was tied for 25^th at 167, while Mia Scrimgeour shot a 170 and was tied for 30^th.
 
Julianna Washka improved by three strokes from round one to two and shot 175, while Lucy Moss improved by eight strokes to shoot a 190.
 
The Lions shot a 341 in round one and a 332 in round two to finish at 673 for the tournament.
 
Augustana took the team title by 14 strokes over second-place Central Missouri. Nebraska-Kearney was third, followed by Missouri Western, Northwest Missouri, Oklahoma Baptist, the Lions, Southwest Minnesota, Concordia-St. Paul, William Jewell, Wayne State, Fort Hays State, Truman, Newman, Mary, Sioux Falls and MSU Moorhead to round out the team scores.
 
Southern will be back in action next week when the Lions travel to Tulsa to take part in the Tulsa Cup hosted by Rogers State at Forest Ridge and Indian Springs.