SANDESTIN, Fla. - The No. 18 Illinois Wesleyan University women's golf team sits in seventh after its 21-over par 309 second round at the Golfweek October Classic Monday, Oct. 19. The TItans go into the final round with a 52-over par 628 two-day total at the par-72, 5601-yard Links Golf Club at Sandestin.

The Green and White has two members inside the top-15 after 36 holes with freshman Natalie Ocheltree (Normal, Ill.-University High) and senior Emily Gastrau (Wauwatosa, Wis.-Wauwatosa East) leading the charge. Junior Grace Fagan (Kirkwood, Ill.-Visitation Academy) bounced back in round two with a four-over 76. Fagan rolled in two birdies, one on each nine for a 36 on the front and 40 on the back. The junior is tied for sixth in par three scoring average with 3.00 and Ocheltree is tied for fifth in par four scoring average at 4.20

Ocheltree fired a second round of three-over 75 to climb two spots on the leaderboard to T11. The freshman recovered well after a bumpy start with six pars on the front nine for a 39. Ocheltree found her groove on the second nine, picking up a birdie on 13 to shoot even-par into the clubhouse. Gastrau birdied holes three and 13 to shoot 38 and 40 for her 78 and is in a tie for 14th.

Illinois Wesleyan has taken advantage of par threes, leading the field in scoring average with 3.15. The Titans are ninth in par four scoring average at 4.56 and fifth in par five average at 5.35. After making 52 pars yesterday, Illinois Wesleyan made the same amount today for 104 total and third in the field. 

No. 15 Mary Hardin-Baylor remains at the top of the leaderboard, improving in round two with a 298 for a 599 total score. Nineteenth-ranked UC Santa Cruz fired a 13-over par 301 to remain in second place and 14 strokes back of UMHB. Macalester jumped up five spots to third with the round of the day, an eight-over 296. Trinity improved one spot to fourth with its 303 and UW-Eau Claire dropped two spots to fifth with a two-day total of 620. Sewanee is four strokes ahead of IWU in sixth with a 624. 

Olivia Lew of UC Santa Cruz broke out of the tie an even-par 72 to hold a one-shot lead over UMHB's Claire Smith and Huntingdon's Yvette Gorden. Smith shared the low round of the day with Lew as Gorden dropped a spot with her second straight 73. 

The Golfweek October Classic concludes tomorrow with the final trip around The Links Golf Club at Sandestin. Tee times, when made available, can be found here.

IWU Individual Standings
T11. Natalie Ocheltree 78-75
T14. Emily Gastrau 76-78
T42. Nora Cerroni 81-80
T53. Grace Fagan 87-76
T63. Julia Henry 84-81

Team Standings
1. Mary Hardin-Baylor 301-298
2. UC Santa Cruz 312-301
3. Macalester 320-296
4. Trinity (Texas) 316-303
5. UW-Eau Claire 315-305
6. Sewanee 318-306
7. Illinois Wesleyan 319-309
8. Huntingdon 315-317
9. Centre 323-319
10. Gustavus Adolphus 331-320
11. Southwestern 330-323
12. Rhodes 330-324
13. Carleton 334-321
14. Oglethorpe 338-319
T16. East Texas Baptist 337-323
T16. Augustana 339-321
15. Hardin-Simmons 341-317
T18. Ohio Northern 341-323
T18. Piedmont 347-317
T20. Berry 337-329
T20. Susquehanna 347-319
22. UW-Whitewater 341-333
23. Millikin 357-333
24. Mississippi University for Women 354-362