BLOOMINGTON, Ill. - The No. 21 Illinois Wesleyan University women's golf team used a strong back-nine to climb the leaderboard into a tie for fourth at the Kathy Niepagen Spring Fling Saturday, April 11, at Ironwood Golf Course. The Titans carded a 21-over 309 on the par-72, 5823-yard course.

Sophomore Grace Fagan (Kirkwood, Mo.-Visitation Academy) became the sixth Titan to card a sub-70 round and the second this spring with an opening round personal-best four-under 68. Using six birdies, Fagan sits atop the player leaderboard with a three-stroke lead following the personal-best. 

Junior Emily Gastrau (Wauwatosa, Wis.-Wauwatosa East) holds a share of 18th with a 18-hole score of five-over 77. 

No. 6 WashU leads the standings with an eight-over 296. No. 16 Carleton is in second-place with a 16-over 304 while UW-Stout is in third-place with a 19-over 307. Aurora and IWU share fourth-place with matching 21-over, 309s. 

The Titans look to climb the team leaderboard Sunday, April 12 at Ironwood Golf Course in the final round beginning at 9 a.m.

IWU Individual Standings
1. Grace Fagan - 68
T18. Emily Gastrau - 77
T32. Addison Krouse - 79
T40. Caroline Carr - 80
T45. Ashley Wells - 81
T53. Gigi Zera - 82
T53. Julia Henry - 82
T53. Nora Cerroni - 82
T70. Breanna Brown - 84
T88. Brooke Erhard - 86

Team Standings
1. WashU - 296
2. Carleton - 304
3. UW-Stout - 307
T4. Aurora - 309
T4. Illinois Wesleyan - 309
6. Grinnell - 311
7. St. Mary's - 312
8. Macalester - 313
9. Trine - 317
10. North Central - 320
11. UW-Whitewater - 322
12. Illinois Wesleyan 'B' - 324
13. Augustana - 327
14. WashU 'B' - 331
15. Millikin - 333
16. UW-Whitewater 'B' - 334
17. Wartburg - 336
18. Aurora 'B' - 338
19. Augustana 'B' - 346
20. UW-Platteville - 352
21. Joliet JC - 397