SPEARFISH, S.D.- Black Hills State University women's golf is coming off an okay performance at the Hardrocker Fall Invite in Rapid City, S.D. They will now have one last opportunity before the long break to get some more tournament experience. They finish their 2026 fall season in Elkhorn, Nebraska at the Indian Creek Shootout hosted by Wayne State.
 
KNOW BEFORE YOU GO
Dates: October 19-20
Location: Elkhorn, Neb. – Indian Creek Golf Club
Time: Monday: Tee Times 9:08 AM, Tuesday: Shotgun Start at 10 AM
Live Scoring: Use link above for live scoring
Par: Par 72
 
BLACK HILLS STATE STORYLINES

• Black Hills State is coming off a rough tournament at Red Rocks, BHSU finished eight with a 696 (+120) over two days and had no golfers shoot a round in the 70s for the second time this year. The Yellow Jackets were not the only team to struggle at Red Rocks in Rapid City as most teams shot their worst rounds of the season over the two days to the rough conditions. BHSU will look to get back on track this weekend in Elkhorn.
• Black Hills State had the best single tournament performance at the Yellowjacket Fall Invite.. Not only did they break the team 54-hole record by 52 shots with a 968 (+104) over the three days, but on day two, they posted a top five 18-hole program score with a 324 (+36), on day three, they broke the team 18-hole program record with a 315 (+27) by five shots and shot their first ever sub-320 round as a team. 968 was the first time BHSU has ever broken 1000 in a 54-hole tournament, and they beat two RMAC schools by more than five shots in the final round. They also set several individual records with two separate rounds making it into the individual 18-hole score top 10 and four of the six golfers posted 54-hole scores that all made the top 10 list.
• Black Hills State has never played this golf course and it is the first time since spring of 2024 that BHSU has played in a Wayne State tournament, but that one was at a different course than this.
• The Yellow Jackets were projected to finish ninth this year in the RMAC Preseason Coaches' Poll receiving 18 points. They are currently ahead of Adams State and just behind the tie of South Dakota Mines and Fort Lewis.
• BHSU has a very new team this year. Outside of Shelbi Gardner, no other player on the roster competed at the RMACs last year. Ava Kalanek is the only other veteran on the team, but only played in two rounds last year, so this team will be a lot of new faces with one transfer and three freshman all getting significant playing time this 2026-27 season.
• Gardner will be the leader for the Yellow Jackets this season and will be teeing off as the #1 this tournament. She had the single best freshman season of all time this past year. Her 83.4 scoring average was the sixth lowest in BHSU D2 history. It is also the lowest by a freshman in BHSU single season history. She is only the third golfer since BHSU joined D2 to play more than 15 rounds and finish with a scoring average under 84. She joins Amanda Johnson and Katie Jorgenson in that group. She broke out at the Yellowjacket Fall Invite with the single best tournament performance in program history. After an 82 (+10) on the first day, Gardner followed it up with a 77 (+5) and a 75 (+3) in days two and three to post the 10^th lowest score and the third lowest score in program history. Her 234 (+18) was the lowest 54-hole score in program history by nine shots and it placed her inside the top 10 in the tournament. She finished tied for first on the team and shot 168 (+24) over the two days with an 81 (+9) on day one that put her in the top ten heading into the second round at Red Rocks.
• Cheyenne Shade, a junior college transfer from Central Wyoming, is one of the new faces on this roster. Last week, she had her best tournament as a Yellowjacket. Shade shot 247 (+31) with an 82 (+10), 82 (+10), 83 (+11) over the three days. Her 54-hole score put her in a tie for 18^th in tournament and posted the fifth lowest 54-hole score in program history. Shade tied for third on the team at the Hardrocker with a 181 (+37) and an 89 (+17) on day two.
• Megan Robb is in the three spot this tournament. Robb is coming off another great tournament, and it would have been the 54-hole program record if not for Gardner's 234. Robb shot a 242 (+26), which put her in a tie for 12^th at the Yellowjacket Fall Invite. She not only posted the second-lowest 54-hole score in program history, but she shot the lowest 18-hole score of her career with a 78 (+6) on day three two days after breaking 80 for the first time with a 79 (+7) in round one. She also shot a 181 (+37) in Rapid City as she shot an 87 (+15) on day two.
• Madison Brown, the first member of the 2026 signing class is fifth. Brown had a solid debut and has now improved every single round since her first round. Brown started the Yellowjacket Fall Invite with an 89 (+17) in round one and then found another gear after that breaking her career-low by seven shots with an 80 (+8) in round two and then broke it again with a 79 (+7) in round three. Brown shot a 248 (+32) to finish 20^th place and post the sixth lowest 54-hole score in program history. She tied Gardner for first on the team at the Hardrocker Fall Invite as she shot a 168 (+24) and also shot the exact same round scores as Gardner with an 81 (+9) on day one.
• Reagan Hatling is representing BHSU as an individual this weekend. Hatling has continued to improve every round she plays and has now posted a career-low under 90. Hatling shot a 286 (+70) over the three days and improved her score by 15 shots over the three rounds that included an 88 (+16) on day three, where she shot a 41 (+5) on the back nine. She broke her streak of five straight rounds finishing better than the previous one during the first round in Rapid City, but she has started a new streak as she improved by four shots from day one to day two at the Hardrocker.
• Randy Doran is entering his fourth season for the Yellow Jackets. In the D2 era, his players currently hold seven top-ten marks in 18-hole score, two in 36-hole score, and eight in 54-hole score. His teams have eight top-ten marks in 18-hole score, the top five 36-hole scores, and six of the top ten 54-hole scores. His team continues to improve and inch closer to the RMAC pack.

 
BLACK HILLS STATE TEAM LINEUP
 

Position	Name	Tee Time
1.	Shelbi Gardner	9:40 a.m.
2.	Cheyenne Shade	9:32 a.m.
3.	Megan Robb	9:24 a.m.
4.	Madison Brown	9:16 a.m.
5.	Reagan Hatling	9:08 a.m.