The Basics
Event: The Johnie Imes Invitational
Location: The Club at Old Hawthorne (Par 72) / Columbia, Missouri

COLUMBIA, Mo. – For the second-straight year, Sarah Bell won The Johnie Imes Invitational as the Oral Roberts women's golf team claimed fourth in Columbia Missouri Wednesday.

News and Notes
- The Golden Eagles finished fourth with an 897 (+33) score. The team shot 11 strokes better from round one to round and shot 38 total birdies. ORU finished 20 strokes behind winner, Missouri.

- Veteran Sarah Bell claimed the individual championship for the second straight year. Bell led the field and her team with a 212 (-4) scorecard. In the final round, she shot a 73 (+1). In round two, she recorded seven birdies to finish with a 67 (-5). After a double bogey on no. 5, Bell made six birdies with five being on the back nine holes. She had 13 birdies total in the tournament. It is her first individual championship of the season.

- Newcomer Kate Strickland finished 16^th overall. She had a 74 (+2) in round one, 72 (E) in round two and a 77 (+5) in the final round. Strickland had a 223 (+7) scorecard and made eight birdies total.
 
Up Next
ORU will compete in the Golf Iconic Classic October 3-5 in Las Cruces, New Mexico.
 
ORU Individual Results
1 Sarah Bell 72-67-73—212 (-4)
16 Kate Strickland 74-72-77—223 (+7)
T42 Cristina Riu 79-77-75—231 (+15)
T47 Malene Arildsen 78-76-78—232 (+16)
75 Megan Lee 82-81-77—240 (+24)
 
T42 Katelyn Rika 79-74-78—231 (+15)
T73 Lydia Swan 84-75-80—239 (+23)
81 Vanessa Campos 85-81-82—248 (+32)

Team Results
1 Missouri 290-294-293—877 (+13) 
2 Lipscomb 292-288-308—888 (+24) 
3 Northern Illinois 303-287-301—891 (+27) 
4 Oral Roberts 303-292-302—897 (+33) 
5 Eastern Kentucky 303-295-300—898 (+34) 
T6 Florida International 297-298-304—899 (+35) 
T6 California Baptist 301-296-302—899 (+35) 
8 South Dakota 312-292-303—907 (+43) 
T9 Bradley 310-296-307—913 (+49) 
T9 Arkansas State 306-313-294—913 (+49) 
11 Illinois State 299-300-315—914 (+50) 
12 Wichita State 308-306-301—915 (+51) 
13 Missouri State 313-300-308—921 (+57) 
14 Drake 311-304-309—924 (+60) 
15 Missouri State (B) 326-307-308—941 (+77) 

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