This week's Missouri Valley Conference golfers of the week include Evansville's Kate Petrova, Murray State's Patti Patterson, Southern Illinois' Anthony De Schutter, and Murray State's Trey Wall.




Six MVC women's programs (Drake, Evansville, Illinois State, Indiana State, UNI, Valparaiso) competed in the Redbird Invitational this past weekend.  The event was contested at the D.A. Weibring Golf Course on Illinois State's campus.  |  Redbird Invitational Results:  Click Here

Evansville's Kate Petrova was the highest individual finisher of any MVC participant . An even score of 72 in Monday's final round saw her come home in fourth on the individual leaderboard with a 3-round total of 218 (71-75-72). Her low round of the weekend was a 1-under in Sunday's opening 18 holes.  Three other MVC golfers were in the Top 10 individually - Illinois State's Elise Fennell (t5th, 220); Drake's Julie Huggins (t10th, 223); and Illinois State's Dani Grace Schrock (t10th, 223).

The Murray State women's golf placed fourth and Patti Patterson brought home a runner-up showing in the Racers' fall opener in The Total Athlete Collegiate at the Country Club of the North in Xenia, Ohio.  The Racers carded team scores of 297-293-312=902.  MSU's Patti Patterson was the runner-up on scores of 72-70-76=218, just two shots off the pace of medalist winner Sofia Perez Escarcena of Youngstown State at 216.

Four MVC men's programs (Bradley, Drake, UNI, Southern Illinois) competed at the Wildcat Invitational.  Anthony De Schutter became the 24th Southern Illinois men's golfer to win a tournament with his four-under par performance (72-70-70=212) at the event in Manhattan, Kan. The win was Southern's first since Edouard Cereto accomplished the feat at the Missouri Valley Conference Championships in 2024.  As a team, Southern Illinois' third-place finish was the best of four Valley teams in the tournament. The Salukis were well within striking distance of team champion and host school Kansas State (SIU's three-round 871 was six strokes behind the Wildcats' 865.)  The only other MVC individual to crack the top 15 was SIU's Ben Keil (t12th, 219).  |  Wildcat Invitational Results:  Click Here

Murray State's Trey Wall fired a three-round 66-66-73=205 to tie for second at the 2025 Joe Feaganes Marshall Invitational in Huntington, W.V.  The event was contested on the par-71, 6,523-yard Guyan Golf & Country Club.  The Racers finished second as a team with a three-round 280-271-286=837, 10 strokes off the pace of team champ Eastern Kentucky.