SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Omaha women's golf finished first of 12 teams Tuesday in the three-round Payne Stewart Memorial, hosted by Missouri State at Twin Oaks Country Club (par 71). The Mavericks carded a two-day total of 872, finishing nine strokes ahead of second-place finisher Oral Roberts. With the win, Omaha etches its first team title of the season.

The win marked the first for head coach Victoria Grasso in her new role.

Omaha's Katie Ruge captured the individual championship in the 67-player field by six strokes with a three-round total of 206 (-7). Ruge shot 69, 67 and 70 during the season-opening event. She recorded 14 birdies in 54 holes.

Emily Karmazin also finished in the top 10, shooting 220 for a T6 finish.
 

Player/Team	1	2	3	T	Par	F
Omaha	294	284	294	872	+20	1
Katie Ruge	69	67	70	206	-7	1
Emily Karmazin	72	74	74	220	+7	T6
Macarena Garcia	83	70	73	226	+13	T13
Elly Honnens	76	73	77	226	+13	T13
Lavinia Romito	77	77	78	232	+19	T32
Emma Kirvan*	82	78	79	239	+26	T50

*Independent

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Omaha women's golf returns to the links on Monday, Sept. 23 in the Johnie Imes Invitational hosted by Missouri in Columbia, Mo. at The Club at Old Hawthorne. The two-day event concludes on Tuesday, Sept. 24.