Women’s Golf Finishes Fifth in First Fall Tournament of 2025

MARION, Iowa – Baker women's golf kicked off the fall portion of their 2025-26 season by competing at the Mustang Fall Invite this past weekend at Hunters Ridge Golf Course in Marion, Iowa.

The Wildcats (+93) placed fifth in a competitive 14-team field that featured three additional conference teams in Park, Clarke and Mount Mercy (+62), who hosted the tournament and had the highest finish amongst the Heart teams with a third-place showing. Park (+105) finished right behind BU in sixth, while Clarke (+115) took eighth.

In her sophomore debut, Izabelle Backstrom led the Wildcats after shooting 160 for the tournament with a 79 in Saturday's opening round to place her 12th overall. Reagan Kauth (+18) logged back-to-back scores of 81 and finished two strokes behind Backstrom to round out the top-15, individually.

Newcomers Kate Braden (+25) and Bailey Anshutz (+34) closed out the scoring for BU with Braden finishing in 26th, while Anshutz came in 45th. Both golfers are in their first year at Baker with Braden transferring from Metropolitan CC and the freshman Anshutz coming over from nearby Santa Fe Trail HS.

With the women's team competing by themselves this past weekend, the BU men will open up their fall campaign with a standalone tournament and compete at the Crestview Invite, hosted by Friends, on Sept. 15-16 in Wichita, Kan.

Both teams will compete for the first time together towards the end of the month with the Central Plains Invitational on Sept. 22-23 in Newton, Kan.

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