Hawkeyes Win Nashville Invitational

OLD HICKORY, Tenn. – The University of Iowa women’s golf team fired a final round 301 to claim the team title at the Nashville Invitational, which was being played at Hermitage Golf Course.  The Hawkeyes finished with a 54-hole total of 893 (294-298-301) – two shots better than Washington State. 

The 893 team total was the team’s second-best 54-hole score of the season. 

It is Iowa’s second team title of the year, as the Hawkeyes won the Diane Thomason Invitational in Iowa City in October.  It is the first time since the 1999-00 season that Iowa has won two tournaments in a single season. 

The Hawkeyes got a career round from freshman Lily Huether on Tuesday, as she fired a one-over par 73 – a career-best – to lead the team.  Huether finished the tournament with a 226 total (77-76-73) to finish in 20th place, improving 12 spots from Round 2 to Round 3. 

She fired her career-best 18-and 54-hole totals during the tournament to record the top finish of her career. 

Sophomores Ximena Benites and Maura Peters led the team, both notching top 10 finishes.   

Benites fired a final round 75 to finish with a three-round total of 219 (72-72-75) to tie for fourth place, which ties the highest placing of her career.  She has two top 10 and seven top 20 finishes this season. 

Peters finished in a tie for seventh place – the best finish of her career – after finishing with a 54-hole total of 221 (73-74-74).  The score is a career best and it is her first top-10 showing. 

Cal State Fullerton’s Louise Dahl was the medalist, finishing with an even par 216.   

IOWA LEADERBOARD  
T4. Ximena Benites 72-72-75= 219  
T7. Maura Peters 73-74-74= 221  
20. Lily Heuther 77-76-73= 226
T27. Paula Miranda 74-76-79= 229 
T56. Riley Lewis  75-81-81= 237
1. IOWA 294-298-301=893

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The Hawkeyes return to action April 7-8, traveling to Dallas, Texas, for the 2025 Veritex Bank Challenge.  It is the final tournament prior to the Big Ten Championships.