Bowling Green State University Athletics
Women's Golf Opens Spring Season on Friday
March 02, 2009 | Women's Golf
March 2, 2009
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio -
Complete Release With Round-by-Round Scores 
The Bowling Green State University women's golf team opens their spring season on Friday as they travel to Rio Verde, Arizona, for the 2009 Duramed Collegiate Invitational at Rio Verde, hosted by Western Michigan University. The three-day event takes places from March 6-8.
Competing with the Orange and Brown this weekend will be Akron, Arkansas-Little Rock, Ball State, Bowling Green, Bradley, Cincinnati, Eastern Michigan, Illinois State, Kansas, Kansas State, Minnesota, Missouri State, Northern Arizona, Northwestern, Ohio, Southern Illinois, Toledo, Western Michigan (host), Wisconsin and Xavier.
The Falcons, who averaged 322.93 through 15 rounds this past fall, are currently on pace to smash the school record for team average (323.36), had one of their best fall campaigns in recent memory. BGSU finished tied for second at the Huskie Classic, sixth at the Laker Fall Classic and seventh at the Zippy Invitational, all strong finishes this fall.
The Falcons, of fourth-year head coach Stephanie Young, bring a young squad into the Rio Verde, led by two juniors, three sophomores and a freshman.
BGSU is led by sophomore Lauren Glew, who averaged 80.80 this fall. She had two top-10 finishes this year, finishing 10th at both the Zippy Invitational (78-82-78) and the Huskie Classic (80-82). She also finished 16th at the Nittany Lion Invitational, posting three straight sub-80 rounds (77-76-79).
Junior Megan Gormley is having the best season of her career, averaging 80.80 through 15 rounds this fall. Gormley finished fifth at the Huskie Classic (77-80) and 18th at the Laker Fall Classic (83-74). Gormley has improved her stroke average in each of her three years, finishing with a 90.63 average as a freshman and 86.57 her sophomore campaign.
Marisa Glew, who ranks third on the team with an 81.26 average, finishes 16th at the Zippy Invitational (78-78-84) and 30th at the Cardinal Classic (77-78). Glew has improved her scoring average by over three strokes a round after finishing her freshman season with an 84.75 average.
Fourth on the team is sophomore Megan Bader, who averaged 83.33 through 15 rounds this fall. Bader's top performance of the season came in the first tournament of the year where she finished 23rd, but did shoot a career-best 71 in round two at the Laker Fall Classic, the second-lowest score in school history. Bader also nearly won medalist honors at the Huskie Classic after finishing second (79-77).
Hannah Lambert, much like many of her teammates, is having the strongest campaign of her career. Lambert finished 34th at the LPGA International (79-74-82) and 13th at the Huskie Classic (86-78), but the most impressive part of her resume is the improvement she has made. Lambert averaged 97.20 as a freshman and 85.17 her sophomore campaigns, while averaging a career-low 84.40 this season.
Completing the Falcon lineup is lone freshman Paula DiFrancesco. The freshman is averaging 84.60 through 15 rounds this fall. She shot a career-best 78 at the Cardinal Classic and finished 20th at the Huskie Classic (81-85).
The History: Originally known as the East/West Rio Verde Invitational, the event is in its seventh year. Two-thousand nine is the first year with a tournament sponsor and is proud to have Duramed Pharmaceuticals on board. Western Michigan won the inaugural invitational in the spring of 2003 with a score of 614. The event moved from a 36-hole to a 54-hole format in 2005. Last year's team champion was Notre Dame (294-290-291=875) and the individual medalist was the Notre Dame's So-Hyun Park (72-70-70=212). Notre Dame is not in the 2009 field.
Special Relationships: The residents of Rio Verde C.C. have graciously opened their homes to house the over 125 golfers, coaches and team staff who are making the trip for this year's event.
Rounds: Three rounds - one 18-role round each day, beginning on Friday, March 6 through Sunday, March 8. Practice round will take place on Thursday (March 6).
Course: Rio Verde Country Club (Quail Run Course) - www.rioverdecc.com
Yards: 6,260
Par: 71
Format: 20-team competition, consisting of 54 holes - 18 holes on Friday, 18 holes on Saturday, 18 holes on Sunday with a practice round on Thursday. Six players on each team with four scores counting.
Tee-Times (Shot gun start on each day):
Thursday (Practice Round): 1 p.m.
Friday (Round 1): 1 p.m.
Saturday (Round 2): 8 a.m.
Sunday (Round 3): 8 a.m.
Records
Lowest Winning Team Score -- Three Rounds: 875 (Notre Dame, 2008)
Highest Winning Team Score (against par) -- Three Rounds: 900 (Michigan, 2005)
Largest Margin of Victory (Team) -- Three Rounds: 19 strokes (Michigan, 2005)
Lowest Single Round (Team): 290 (Notre Dame, 2008 - second round)
Lowest Winning Individual Score (against par) -- Three Rounds: 212 (-4) -- So-Hyun Park (ND), 2008; Allison Martin (BU), 2007 Highest Winning Individual Score (against par) -- Three Rounds: 218 (+5) -- Laura Olin (UM), 2005 Largest Margin of Victory (Individual) -- Three Rounds: 4 strokes -- So-Hyun Park (ND), 2008 Lowest Single Round (Individual) (against par): 68 (-4) -- Hillery Wilson (UC), 2007 - third round
Most Wins by a Team: 1 -- There has never been a repeat team champion Most Wins by an Individual: 1 -- There has never been a repeat individual medalist
School with Most Individual Medalists (total): Michigan - 2 School with Most Individual Medalists (successive): Michigan - 2 (2005, 2006)
