Southeastern Places 12th at the Central Regional Fall Preview

BLUE SPRINGS, Mo. – Southeastern opens the year with a 12^th-place finish at the Central Regional Fall Preview, carding a two-round score of 623 (+47). The Savage Storm rounded out the day with a 26-over 314 in the second round.
 
Central Missouri held onto its top spot on day two to win the event with a score of 10-over 586. A trio of GAC teams helped fill in the top ten, with Henderson State finishing 5^th at 31-over 607, Harding in sixth at 33-over 609 and Arkansas Tech in ninth at 42-over 618. SE finished three strokes behind Oklahoma Baptist, and would end the event ahead of Southern Arkansas (14^th), Arkansas-Monticello (15^th) and Southern Nazarene (16^th).
 
Carley Button carried over her strong finish in round one into day two, as she was bogey-free through the first 13 holes of the day. Button turned in a birdie on hole one to set up a 1-under Par front nine before shooting 3-over on the back half to complete the round 2-over 74 for a final score of 5-over 149 to place tied for 14^th.
 
Karen Kim played a near-flawless back nine in round two with six pars and two bogeys after shooting 4-over Par on the front half. Kim, in two days of play, turned in a 36-hole score of 9-over 153 with four birdies across the two rounds to tie for 25^th individually.
 
Like Kim, Addison Oestreicher's best play came at the turn of the back nine, where she shot 2-over Par on her way to a 7-over 79. The freshman wrapped up her first collegiate tournament tied for 60^th with a combined score of 17-over 161. Kaeli Drake (T58th) would finish just ahead of Oestreicher with a 36-hole score of 16-over 160, following an 11-over 83 round two. Meredith Reid (83^rd) carded a 14-over 86 on the day to end the tournament 27-over 171.
 
Southeastern returns to the course on September 8-9 for the NSU Women's Golf Classic at the Page Belcher Golf Course in Tulsa, Okla., hosted by Northeastern State.