Lainey Jackson shot her career-low at Shadowood Golf Course on Tuesday afternoon, but her Seymour teammates were unable to score enough birdies and pars to keep the Owls from placing third behind Bedford North Lawrence and Jennings County.

The girls played on the front nine, and Jackson scored a 38 for medalist honors. BNL scored 177, Jennings County 197 and Seymour 203.

“Lainey had a great round,” Seymour coach Jim Hoffman said. “As well as Liza (Stuckwisch) and Katie (Cottrill) played (Monday) night, I thought we could get (below 200). We’re edging closer and closer. Every match seems to come down a little bit. We’ve just got to put it all together.”

Jackson and Stuckwisch shot 45s and Cottrill 51 when the Owls scored 202 Monday at Otter Creek.

On Tuesday, Stuckwisch scored 52, Cottrill 55, Emmy Followell 58, Emily Windley 68 and Maria Ruiz 72.

For Windley, a sophomore, this is just her second season playing golf.

She got a late start to this season because of COVID-19.

“I was out a little while just getting back from vacation and I got COVID, so it took a little while to get back into the groove,” she said.

Windley feels like she is fully recovered now.

“I think I’m used to swinging the club more and getting back into things,” she said. “I love how (Shadowood) is pretty flat and pretty smooth. A lot of the fairways are pretty straight and open, and the trees make it pretty, too, and the greens are really nice. I think I’m starting to like the back nine a little bit more.”

She said she has confidence with her irons.

“My irons have definitely improved a lot from last year, and I think that is what has helped me a lot with my strokes,” she said. “My distance off the tee has gotten a lot better. I’m hitting between 150 and close to the 200 mark. I think I need to improve on my drives more because that has been a little on and off and my chipping.”

She said her goal by the end of the season is to break 50.

She played in the Franklin Invitational on Saturday for her first tournament of the season.

“I think I did pretty well at that tournament. When I hit my first driver of the day, I just had a really good feeling about it, and the rest of the day played out pretty well,” she said. “Golf is a very mental game, so if you do hit a bad ball or something, it’s just good to keep a positive mindset and keep your head in the game.”

Hoffman hopes the team can get down in the 300s for 18 holes near the postseason.

“We have two girls play good one match and not the next match,” he said. “We’ll put it all together. I like how we’re playing, I like how we’re moving down and getting better. With the practices we’ve had, we’re starting to improve in some areas, and I really think our attitudes are getting better. If you have a bad hole, you’ve got to forget it. The mental side of this game is probably the toughest part, but I think we’re getting there, and I like where we’re trending.”

He said improved iron play is at the top of the list.

“We’ve got to improve around the greens. We lose so many shots around the greens,” he said. “Our putting is hit or miss. We putt well in practice and then we come out here and we leave a few too short or a little too long, so we’ve really got to improve on our distance control, and just get up and down a little better. We can probably knock off 15 strokes just by doing that.

“That was Emmy’s third round, and Lily (Combs-Smith) didn’t play tonight and she has basically played three rounds in her high school career,” he said. “We’ve got some youth behind us, and I like where we’re trending.”

The Owls will play in the Mooresville Invitational on Saturday starting at 8 a.m.