KENOSHA, WI ---  The Prairie Stars opened the 2016-17 season with a third place finish at the Parkside Fall Invitational at the Club at Strawberry Creek in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Talon Supak, the reigning UIS Male Athlete of the Year, opened with a second place finish, one stroke behind medalist Braden Bently of Lewis University.

As a team, the Prairie Stars finished in third place in the six team, all GLVC team, field. UIndy and Lewis tied for first, six strokes ahead of UIS, who shot a 594 total.

Supak fired an opening round 72 (E) before closing the tournament with a 70 (-2) to outlast three other players who also shot even par on the first day. Trevor Flota shot 73-76-149 to crack the top-ten with a T-10 finish. Louis Bagur, playing in his first tournament for UIS shot 75-77-152 to edge out teammate Erik Thulien who carded a 76-77-153. They placed T-20 and T-24, respectively. Cole Kempinski rounded out the UIS competitors with a 162 total and a T-38 finish.

Supak led the entire field in par-three scoring over the tournament, scoring two-under for the tournament and was fourth in par-four scoring at one-over. Thulien ranked second in the field in par-three scoring at one-under while Flota ranked fourth in par-five scoring over the weekend, playing them at five-under. He also had one of 11 eagles on the weekend.

The Prairie Stars will head to the Midwest Regional #1 on September 25-27 at Harborside International Golf Course, which will be hosted by Lewis.