YPSILANTI, Mich. - Though falling short of its goal to make the cut for the first time, Midway still has a lot to celebrate from its performance at the 2025 NAIA Women's Golf National Championships.

Making their sixth national appearance, the Eagles ended day two in 22nd, which would be the best finish in program history. That effort was led Kasey Cameron, who concluded her excellent freshman season by shooting the best two-round score ever recorded by a Midway player at the National Championships.

Midway's previous best finish was a 23rd-place showing in 2017.

As a team, the Eagles shot 70-over par with a 646. This was the second-best national team score in program history, behind only the 640 shot in 2021.

But after two days, the four-day, 30-team field is cut in half, and Midway ultimately finished 22 strokes shy of keeping its season alive.

"We hit the ball extremely well," head coach Otis Smith said. "A lot of things we worked on around the greens (we did well), hit a lot of good chip shots. If we had a few more putts fall here and there, we'd (have maybe made the cut).

Just two weeks removed from being named River States Conference Golfer of the Year, Cameron shot nine-over par for a final score of 153.

She had the ninth-best score of any player of the opening round, recording three birdies on the back nine to finish with a 75 (+3). She followed that up with a 78 in round two.

That final tally topped the previous two-round program national record of 157, set by Emilee Hill in 2021.

Oddly enough, Cameron was the only Midway player to play both days and not shoot better on the second.

Maryssa Phillips cut two strokes to shoot a 79 on Wednesday, finishing with a two-day score of 160 (+16).

Savannah Salchli and Bree Smith both shot 82 on Wednesday after shooting 86 and 89 respectively in the opening round.

Inserted into the lineup as a Wednesday replacement, Anna New had the third-best score of any Eagle in the second round, shooting an 81 (+9). New recovered nicely after shooting five-over par on the first two holes, going just four-over on the ensuing 16.

While hoping to continue into later rounds, coach Smith says he was still satisfied to see his team end the season back at the national tournament after being unable to qualify in the previous three seasons.

"Obviously that was the biggest goal when we started the season was to get to nationals," he said. "(I was) very excited about getting back here. I think it's been a long time coming. Missing out by a few shots the last (three years) has been painful, for lack of a better way of saying that.

"But these young ladies did everything I asked them to do this year. They played themselves into this tournament. We're here and reaping the benefits of our work."