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Women's Golf Opens Season Monday at Boilermaker Classic
September 02, 2023 | Women's Golf
MUNCIE, Ind. - - The Ball State women's golf team opens the 2023-24 season Monday, when it heads to the Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex in West Lafayette, Indiana, for the opening two rounds of the Boilermaker Classic hosted by Purdue.
The Cardinals will be one of 15 teams competing on the 6,299-yard, 72-par Kampen-Cosler Course, which will have student-athletes teeing off at 9 a.m. in a shotgun start and continuous play for two rounds on the first day of competition. The final round will be played Tuesday with another 9 a.m. shotgun start.
Teams joining the Cardinals and host Boilermakers include Alabama, Charlotte, Georgia Southern, Indiana, James Madison, Long Beach State, Louisville, Mercer, Minnesota, Notre Dame, Old Dominion, Rutgers and Western Kentucky.
"I'm excited for a number of reasons as we get set to kick off our season at the Boilermaker Classic," second-year head coach Cameron Andry said. "First, I'm excited to see our returners back in action after the work they've put in over the summer. We've seen growth and improvement from everybody so it will be fun to see them in action. Second, it's an honor for us to compete in this event and face such a strong field on a fantastic golf course. We know the field is strong but it's a great opportunity for our players to see where we stack up and where we need to improve moving forward. We will never shy away from playing a demanding schedule and this event is a great start."
Representing Ball State in the opening tournament of the season will be sophomore Jasmine Driscoll, sophomore Sarah Gallagher, sophomore Madelin Boyd, senior Kiah Parrott and junior Sabrina Langerak. Ball State's golfers are slated to start on holes 10-13 and will be paired with Georgia Southern and Long Beach State.
It is a solid starting five for a Ball State squad which steadily improved over the course of the 2022-23 season. Parrott led the squad with a 74.78 average a year ago, while Driscoll was BSU's top performer at the MAC Championship, tying for 24th. Gallagher was second on the squad with a 77.19 average last season, followed by Driscoll (77.22) and Boyd (78.50).
Langerak joins the Cardinals this season as a transfer from Taylor University where she was the 2022 Crossroads League Tournament Champion and Newcomer of the Year. She racked up four tournament victories and was an All-Crossroads League selection.
The familiarity will give the Cardinals an early edge from where they started last season with a young squad and head coach in his first year with the program.
"It was nice to be able to hit the ground running this fall compared to last fall where we were really figuring things out as we went," Andry said. "Our returners know how our program operates, they have embraced the standards, and they have worked to meet the challenge. All four of our newcomers are talented and will certainly contribute and our returners have taken ownership of not only their personal results but our collective results as well."
With the in mind, the Cardinals have lofty goals to compete hard and set new standards for the program.
"I want to see us compete with focus and passion every single day," Andry said. "We have goals of accomplishing things our program has never achieved before but we also know the only way to achieve anything significant is to fall in love with the daily process. Our motto for the year is "Chop Wood, Carry Water" which is our way of saying do the small, ordinary things well day in and day out and trust that the results will come."
Following the Boilermaker Classic, the Cardinals host the annual Brittany Kelly Classic Sept. 18-19 at The Players Club at Woodland Trails.
The Cardinals will be one of 15 teams competing on the 6,299-yard, 72-par Kampen-Cosler Course, which will have student-athletes teeing off at 9 a.m. in a shotgun start and continuous play for two rounds on the first day of competition. The final round will be played Tuesday with another 9 a.m. shotgun start.
Teams joining the Cardinals and host Boilermakers include Alabama, Charlotte, Georgia Southern, Indiana, James Madison, Long Beach State, Louisville, Mercer, Minnesota, Notre Dame, Old Dominion, Rutgers and Western Kentucky.
"I'm excited for a number of reasons as we get set to kick off our season at the Boilermaker Classic," second-year head coach Cameron Andry said. "First, I'm excited to see our returners back in action after the work they've put in over the summer. We've seen growth and improvement from everybody so it will be fun to see them in action. Second, it's an honor for us to compete in this event and face such a strong field on a fantastic golf course. We know the field is strong but it's a great opportunity for our players to see where we stack up and where we need to improve moving forward. We will never shy away from playing a demanding schedule and this event is a great start."
Representing Ball State in the opening tournament of the season will be sophomore Jasmine Driscoll, sophomore Sarah Gallagher, sophomore Madelin Boyd, senior Kiah Parrott and junior Sabrina Langerak. Ball State's golfers are slated to start on holes 10-13 and will be paired with Georgia Southern and Long Beach State.
It is a solid starting five for a Ball State squad which steadily improved over the course of the 2022-23 season. Parrott led the squad with a 74.78 average a year ago, while Driscoll was BSU's top performer at the MAC Championship, tying for 24th. Gallagher was second on the squad with a 77.19 average last season, followed by Driscoll (77.22) and Boyd (78.50).
Langerak joins the Cardinals this season as a transfer from Taylor University where she was the 2022 Crossroads League Tournament Champion and Newcomer of the Year. She racked up four tournament victories and was an All-Crossroads League selection.
The familiarity will give the Cardinals an early edge from where they started last season with a young squad and head coach in his first year with the program.
"It was nice to be able to hit the ground running this fall compared to last fall where we were really figuring things out as we went," Andry said. "Our returners know how our program operates, they have embraced the standards, and they have worked to meet the challenge. All four of our newcomers are talented and will certainly contribute and our returners have taken ownership of not only their personal results but our collective results as well."
With the in mind, the Cardinals have lofty goals to compete hard and set new standards for the program.
"I want to see us compete with focus and passion every single day," Andry said. "We have goals of accomplishing things our program has never achieved before but we also know the only way to achieve anything significant is to fall in love with the daily process. Our motto for the year is "Chop Wood, Carry Water" which is our way of saying do the small, ordinary things well day in and day out and trust that the results will come."
Following the Boilermaker Classic, the Cardinals host the annual Brittany Kelly Classic Sept. 18-19 at The Players Club at Woodland Trails.
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