Hurricane Sandy interrupted and prematurely ended last weekend’s meet for the ISU women’s golf team, wrapping up the season for Iowa State.

The Landfall Tradition in Wilmington, N.C., was scheduled to run Friday, Oct. 26 to Sunday, Oct 28, but was cut short due to the hurricane. The team finished its season ranked No. 26 in the nation after its four meets in the fall.

Iowa State started off its season with what many players considered the highlight of the fall season. The team finished first in its opening meet, the Dick McGuire/Branch Law Firm Invitational.

“It was a wonderful way to set the pace of how we want to see ourselves — knowing that we could do it from the first tournament and beating some of the top teams in the country,” said junior golfer Prima Thammaraks. “Going up against them again, we knew we could do it.”

The Cyclones went into the next meet feeling confident despite going up against the current No. 1- and No. 2-ranked teams in the nation. The ISU women’s golf team started out strong, but a weak finish in the third round put the team in fifth place in the meet.

The Cyclones headed next to Knoxville, Tenn., for the Mercedes-Benz Women’s Collegiate and its third season meet. Junior Sasikarn On-iam had her best meet of the season, but Iowa State did not have as strong a meet overall.

The team finished in seventh place and found itself ranked 14th in the nation.

The final meet of Iowa State’s fall season was the Landfall Tradition. Although the teams only were able to finish one round due to the cancellation, the ISU team ended the first round tied for 10th.

“Even though we only played nine holes in the second round, we played really [well] in tough conditions,” On-iam said. “I think that is good because we know we can play in every condition, and I think that next spring we may have more conditions like this … It’s built a confidence that we can play well even in bad conditions.”

Iowa State had moved into fourth place before the meet had to be cut short, but because the second round went unfinished, scores from that round were thrown out.

This rounded out the fall season for the ISU women’s golf team, who will continue this spring.

“I am really looking forward to the spring knowing that we are a good team,” Thammaraks said. “I think everyone has stepped up when we have to. … I know that my team is going to step up for me. It doesn’t matter much about the score, we know that we have the potential to do it, and now we just need the opportunity.”

The team will resume play Feb. 3 in West Palm Beach, Fla., with the beginning of the spring season.

“We will have a lot more tournaments in [the spring season] and golf is a sport where the more you practice, you will become better and better,” said Punpaka Phuntumabamrung. “We just need to come back from the break fresh.”