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Bowling Green State University Athletics
Bowling Green State University
Falcon Invitational
Women’s Golf Finishes Fifth at Falcon Invitational; Grunden Records Top-5 Finish
April 18, 2010 | Women's Golf
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The Bowling Green State University women's golf team improved by seven shots on Sunday afternoon, carding a 326 at Stone Ridge Golf Club in Bowling Green, Ohio. Combined with its 333 on Saturday, BGSU finished fifth at the Falcon Invitational.
Toledo won the event with a team score of 618, followed by Western Michigan (635), Ohio (651) and Northern Illinois (652) to round out the top five.
Top highlight of the weekend was freshman Susy Grunden, who made one final push to be recognized as the Mid-American Conference Freshman of the Year. The Krum, Texas, native carded a 76 on Sunday, four shots better than her 80 in the opening 18 holes. Overall, Grunden finished in a tie for fifth (156), her third top-10 finish of the year. She now has a scoring average of 78.78, just .24 behind the all-time seasonal scoring average by Jenny Schnipke in 2003-04.
While Grunden made the most noise on day two, the four other Falcons either improved upon or matched their day one score. Lauren Glew carded an 81, after firing and 84 on Saturday. Overall the junior finished in a tie for 17th, here third-best finish of the season.
Amy Ruthenberg carded an 84, one shot better than her 85 on day one. The freshman finished in a tie for 32nd in the 66-player field.
Also competing for the Orange and Brown were Marisa Glew (85-85--170, T-36th) and Hannah Lambert (89-86 -- 175, T-48th).
Other Falcons, Jen Blanchard (90-91 -- 181, T-55th) and Paula DiFrancesco (94-90 -- 184, T-57th) competed as individuals.
Up next for the Falcons are the MAC Championships in Fisher, Ind., on Apr. 23-25.
TEAM SCORES
1 Toledo 317 301 618 +42
2 Western Michigan 330 305 635 +59
3 Ohio University 334 317 651 +75
4 Northern Illinois 334 318 652 +76
5 Bowling Green 333 326 659 +83
6 Eastern Illinois 332 330 662 +86
7 Detroit Mercy 345 323 668 +92
8 SIU Edwardsville 347 329 676 +100
9 Cleveland State 359 319 678 +102
10 Valparaiso 393 378 771 +195
11 Niagara University 416 412 828 +252
