Bowling Green State University Athletics
Glew is Better Than One
November 09, 2007 | Women's Golf
Nov. 9, 2007
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio - Don't ask Lauren and Marisa Glew how they're different, just take their word when they say they most definitely are.
But to the outside observer, the similarities of these two identical twins are easier to pick up on. Both are in their freshman year at BGSU, competing on the women's golf team. Both graduated from Mars Area High School, north of Pittsburgh, where both were also on the tennis team and members of the National Honors Society.
Both even major in business and live in the same hallway.
The differences, says BGSU coach Stephanie Young, come out on the course.
"Lauren stays more to herself and is quieter on the golf course while Marisa is more talkative," Young said. "Both are very competitive, they just go at a different way."
The two have been golfing since a very young age, when their dad cut down and modified golf clubs for the sisters. While they enjoyed the time spent with their dad, both agreed there were other motives behind all that time spent at the driving range.
"He used to take us to the driving range to get us out of the house," Marisa said.
"It was for our mom's benefit really," Lauren added.
As it turned out, the game of golf was in the sisters' best interests as well. After playing junior varsity golf on the boy's team their freshman year, Marisa and Lauren became the first members of a newly formed girl's team the following season.
The only problem came when it was time to fill out the rest of the team's roster.
"At first it was hard to get people to play," Lauren said. "Once you got people to realize they don't have to be a pro golfer, they tried it out."
It didn't take long for the sisters to bring the team to the top of the conference. The team finished with back-to-back undefeated seasons in their junior and senior years, garnering wins in sectional and regional play. Both Lauren and Marisa averaged less than 79.5 strokes per round, drawing the attention of Young.
Inevitably, the topic of whether the sisters would continue on together in college was an issue.
"At the beginning I said I'd go by myself," Marisa said. "But that changed."
Even Young viewed the sisters as two separate cases.
"Initially I didn't recruit them as a package," Young said. "I kind of looked at them as individual recruits."
After a campus visit, the two decided on BGSU as the next step in their athletic, social and academic careers - and so far, so good.
"I really like the golf," Marisa said. "I'm having a lot of fun this season on the course but I'm enjoying school and social aspects as well."
Each has already seen action in tournament play this fall, while Lauren was especially impressive after firing rounds of 77 and 74 in her collegiate debut. The 151 total was the lowest score in tournament play ever by a BGSU freshman.
Young has been impressed by the two's ability to adjust to the collegiate student-athlete lifestyle so quickly.
"The travel, the missing class, it's tough early on," Young said. "There's a lot to get used to and a lot to handle. But how they've handled it is a testament to their ability and the potential they have."
For all the sisters have to offer, in their own different ways, Young is excited to see what the future holds for Lauren and Marisa.
"As they mature and get more experience they'll be great leaders for the team," Young said.
