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EVANSVILLE, Ind. – The Bellarmine University women’s golf team heads to the Indiana for their second consecutive event.
Event: Charles Braun Jr. Intercollegiate
Host: Evansville
Dates: Monday, October 20 and Tuesday, October 21
Times: TBA
Course: Oak Meadow Country Club
Location: Evansville, Ind.
Schedule of Play: 2 rounds
Par: 72
Yardage: 6,195
Course Rating: 74.2 (via BlueGolf.com)
Slope Rating: 139 (via BlueGolf.com)
Participants (12): Alabama-Birmingham, Bellarmine, Belmont, Evansville, Eastern Illinois, Illinois-Chicago, Indiana State, Indian Hills Community College, Southern Indiana, Tennessee State, Valparaiso and Western Illinois.
Bellarmine Starters: Geriann Ackermann (sophomore), Rozlyn Rooke (senior), Piper Davis (senior), Abigayle Buchanan (sophomore) and Raquelle Nelson (sophomore) plus Taylor Dunkle (freshman) as an individual.
About the Knights: Ackermann earned ASUN Golfer of the Week honors following her performance at the Butler Fall Invitational. She tied for ninth out of 82 golfers at +10 and led the Knights with seven birdies. The Assumption product has been the Knights’ top finisher in the last two events and is the only Knight to finish in the top half of the field in all three events this fall. Rooke was Bellarmine’s top finisher in the season-opening event at A-Ga-Ming, tying for 32nd out of 79. She tied for 29th at Butler. Davis, Buchanan and Ackermann are the only three Knights who will have started the first four events. Nelson is making her third start this season and fourth overall appearance. Her best finish this fall was at +14, tying for 36th out of 79 at A-Ga-Ming. Dunkle tied for 66th at Butler in her second career appearance and first career start.
About the Course: “Oak Meadow Country Club, located on Evansville’s north side, boasts a championship caliber 18-hole golf course in a country setting where members have an opportunity to play one of Indiana’s finest courses. … Oak Meadow Country Club is a traditionally designed par 72 golf course with tree-lined fairways, strategically placed bunkers and fast, undulating and tilted greens. The many lakes at Oak Meadow come into play on 10 of the 18 holes.” –OakMeadowCC.com
Last Time Out: Bellarmine placed 11th out of 14 at the Butler Fall Invitational. The Knights posted a team-best +18 (298) in the third round.
Last Time at Event: Last year, the Knights placed ninth out of 14 team at the Braun at +74, with all six players finishing within an 11-shot range of each other. Ackermann (+20) tied for 44th out of 85 while Nelson (+24) tied for 53rd and Buchanan (+26) tied for 60th.
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