Monday, October 7
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Loyola Parkinson Invitational
Women’s Golf Heads To Loyola Parkinson Family Invitational
October 03, 2024 | Women's Golf
MUNCIE, Ind. - - The Ball State women's golf team returns to action Monday (Oct. 7) with the first two rounds of the Loyola Parkinson Family Invitational at the Merit Club in Libertyville, Illinois.
The two-day, 54-hole event begins at 9:30 a.m. ET / 8:30 a.m. CT with a shotgun start and continuous play for the first 36 holes on the 72-par, 6,041-yard Merit Club course. The final round will follow on Tuesday (Oct. 8) with another 9:30 a.m. ET / 8:30 a.m. CT shotgun start.
The Cardinals are one of 13 teams scheduled to take part in the tournament, along with host Loyola, Bowling Green, Butler, Cal Baptist, Creighton, Dayton, Illinois State, Omaha, South Dakota, St. Thomas, UIC and Utah Tech.
The Loyola Parkinson Family Invitational will be the fourth event for the Cardinals this season, and the first since a 10th-place showing at the 50th Lady Paladin Invitational (Sept. 20-22). That event finished off a string of six tournament rounds in seven days for Ball State, which included team and individual victories in the third annual Brittany Kelly Classic (Sept. 16-17).
Set to represent the Cardinals at the Merit Club are Brittany Kelly Classic individual champion junior Jasmine Driscoll, along with sophomore JJ Gregston, junior Sarah Gallagher, freshman Sophie Korthuijs and junior Madelin Boyd.
In addition, sophomore Jenna Estravillo will once again compete as an individual for Ball State.
Fans unable to make their way to the Loyola Parkinson Family Invitational can follow the action with live results here: https://scoreboard.clippd.com/tournaments/233082/scoring/participants
Last season, the Cardinals placed eighth among the 12 teams at the Loyola Parkinson Invitational with a team score of +86 (950). Driscoll led the way at +10 (226), while Gregston was not far behind at +17 (233). Driscoll's effort tied for fifth among the 80-golfer field, while Gregston tied for 13th.
NEWS & NOTES:
- Ball State earned its first tournament win of the season by capturing its second straight Brittany Kelly Classic (Sept. 16-17) team title … The Cardinals held a 17-stroke advantage over the tournament field after the first two rounds and cruised to an 11-stroke victory … Ball State finished at +14 (878) with Mid-American Conference rival Ohio placing second at +25 (889).
- Ball State has now won three events under third-year head coach Cameron Andry … In addition to wining each of the last two Brittany Kelly Classics (2023 & 2024), the Cardinals took top billing at last season's Lady Jaguar Invitational.
- The Ball State women's golf program returns eight of nine golfers from last season's squad which produced a new program standard for scoring average at 303.61 strokes … They also helped the team establish program records for lowest team round (285 / -3), lowest 36-hole total (580 / +4) and lowest 54-hole total (865 / +1).
- In fact, five of the returners - Jasmine Driscoll, JJ Gregston, Sarah Gallagher, Madelyn Young and Madelin Boyd - helped the Cardinals break the lowest 36-hole total for the third time in the last two seasons combining for a 579 (+3) over the opening two rounds of the 2024 Brittany Kelly Classic … The previous 36-hole record was 580 (+4) set at the Diamante Intercollegiate (Oct. 22-24, 2024), just ahead of the 584 (+8) set at the 2023 Brittany Kelly Classic (Sept. 18-19, 2023).
- Three events into the 2024-25 season, and the Cardinals are already threating to break last season's scoring average record … Ball State currently has a 301.00 stroke average, with its golfers owning nine rounds at-or-below par so far this year … Three events into last season, the Cardinals maintained a 301.33 stroke average.
- Junior Jasmine Driscoll enters the Loyola Parkinson Family Invitational with a 76.18 career scoring average … It is currently the second-best individual career average in program history trailing only Kiah Parrott's (2021-24) mark of 76.06 … She is just ahead of Brittany Kelly's (2008-11) career average of 76.43 … She has played 11 career rounds at-or-below par, with a career-low round of 68 in the third round of the 2023 Boilermaker Classic and in the second round of the 2024 Brittany Kelly Classic.
- Junior Sarah Gallagher is not far behind with a 76.56 average … Gallagher earned Second Team All-MAC honors and MAC All-Tournament Team accolades after placing fourth at the 2023-24 MAC Championships with a score of +9 (225) … She has played eight career rounds at-or-below par, with a career-low round of 70 in opening round of the 2024 Brittany Kelly Classic.
- Sophomore JJ Gregston has shined through the first three events of the season, tying for the team lead with 28 total birdies over her 126 holes played … She is also second on the squad with a 75.00 stroke average, including a career-low round of -3 (69) in the second round of the 2024 Brittany Kelly Classic, one of her six collegiate rounds at-or-below par.
- Freshman Sophie Korthuijs made her collegiate debut at the Boilermaker Classic, including firing Ball State's second-lowest round of the tournament with a +4 (76) in the second round … She finished the event tied for 53rd at +18 (234) and led the Cardinals with 34 pars over her 54 holes.
- Junior Madelin Boyd fired a season-low round of +1 (73) in the second round of the 50th Lady Paladin Invitational … It tied as the second-lowest round for a Ball State golfer during the event and was BSU's lowest score of the round … Boyd owns a career-low round of -3 (69) in the first round of the 2023 Diamante Intercollegiate.
- Sophomore Jenna Estravillo made some noise at the 2024 Brittany Kelly Classic, leading the field's 12 individual players by placing 13th overall with a score of +6 (222) … The effort ties as the lowest 54-hole score of her collegiate career and started with a season-best round of E (72) … Estravillo shot a career-low round of -2 (70) to open the 2023 Brittany Kelly Classic.
- Sophomore Madelyn Young took her first turn in the Ball State lineup this season at the 2024 Brittany Kelly Classic and scored a career-low +1 (73) in the second round … The effort helped her finish with a career-low 54-hole score of +17 (233), which she would tie at the 50th Lady Paladin Invitational.
INDIVIDUAL 2024-25 LOW ROUNDS:
Jasmine Driscoll: 68 (-4) in the second round of the Brittany Kelly Classic (Sept. 16)
JJ Gregston: 69 (-3) in the second round of the Brittany Kelly Classic (Sept. 16)
Sarah Gallagher: 70 (-2) in the first round of the Brittany Kelly Classic (Sept. 16)
Payton Bennett: 72 (E) in the third round of the Brittany Kelly Classic (Sept. 17)
Jenna Estravillo: 72 (E) in the first round of the Brittany Kelly Classic (Sept. 16)
Madelyn Young: 73 (+1) in the second round of the Brittany Kelly Classic (Sept. 16)
Madelin Boyd: 73 (+1) in the second round of the 50th Lady Paladin Invitational (Sept. 21)
Sophie Korthuijs: 76 (+4) in the second round of the Boilermaker Classic (Sept. 2)
TEAM 2024-25 LOW ROUNDS:
289 (+1) in the second round of the Brittany Kelly Classic (Sept. 16)
290 (+2) in the first round of the Brittany Kelly Classic (Sept. 16)
299 (+11) in the third round of the Brittany Kelly Classic (Sept. 17)
The two-day, 54-hole event begins at 9:30 a.m. ET / 8:30 a.m. CT with a shotgun start and continuous play for the first 36 holes on the 72-par, 6,041-yard Merit Club course. The final round will follow on Tuesday (Oct. 8) with another 9:30 a.m. ET / 8:30 a.m. CT shotgun start.
The Cardinals are one of 13 teams scheduled to take part in the tournament, along with host Loyola, Bowling Green, Butler, Cal Baptist, Creighton, Dayton, Illinois State, Omaha, South Dakota, St. Thomas, UIC and Utah Tech.
The Loyola Parkinson Family Invitational will be the fourth event for the Cardinals this season, and the first since a 10th-place showing at the 50th Lady Paladin Invitational (Sept. 20-22). That event finished off a string of six tournament rounds in seven days for Ball State, which included team and individual victories in the third annual Brittany Kelly Classic (Sept. 16-17).
Set to represent the Cardinals at the Merit Club are Brittany Kelly Classic individual champion junior Jasmine Driscoll, along with sophomore JJ Gregston, junior Sarah Gallagher, freshman Sophie Korthuijs and junior Madelin Boyd.
In addition, sophomore Jenna Estravillo will once again compete as an individual for Ball State.
Fans unable to make their way to the Loyola Parkinson Family Invitational can follow the action with live results here: https://scoreboard.clippd.com/tournaments/233082/scoring/participants
Last season, the Cardinals placed eighth among the 12 teams at the Loyola Parkinson Invitational with a team score of +86 (950). Driscoll led the way at +10 (226), while Gregston was not far behind at +17 (233). Driscoll's effort tied for fifth among the 80-golfer field, while Gregston tied for 13th.
NEWS & NOTES:
- Ball State earned its first tournament win of the season by capturing its second straight Brittany Kelly Classic (Sept. 16-17) team title … The Cardinals held a 17-stroke advantage over the tournament field after the first two rounds and cruised to an 11-stroke victory … Ball State finished at +14 (878) with Mid-American Conference rival Ohio placing second at +25 (889).
- Ball State has now won three events under third-year head coach Cameron Andry … In addition to wining each of the last two Brittany Kelly Classics (2023 & 2024), the Cardinals took top billing at last season's Lady Jaguar Invitational.
- The Ball State women's golf program returns eight of nine golfers from last season's squad which produced a new program standard for scoring average at 303.61 strokes … They also helped the team establish program records for lowest team round (285 / -3), lowest 36-hole total (580 / +4) and lowest 54-hole total (865 / +1).
- In fact, five of the returners - Jasmine Driscoll, JJ Gregston, Sarah Gallagher, Madelyn Young and Madelin Boyd - helped the Cardinals break the lowest 36-hole total for the third time in the last two seasons combining for a 579 (+3) over the opening two rounds of the 2024 Brittany Kelly Classic … The previous 36-hole record was 580 (+4) set at the Diamante Intercollegiate (Oct. 22-24, 2024), just ahead of the 584 (+8) set at the 2023 Brittany Kelly Classic (Sept. 18-19, 2023).
- Three events into the 2024-25 season, and the Cardinals are already threating to break last season's scoring average record … Ball State currently has a 301.00 stroke average, with its golfers owning nine rounds at-or-below par so far this year … Three events into last season, the Cardinals maintained a 301.33 stroke average.
- Junior Jasmine Driscoll enters the Loyola Parkinson Family Invitational with a 76.18 career scoring average … It is currently the second-best individual career average in program history trailing only Kiah Parrott's (2021-24) mark of 76.06 … She is just ahead of Brittany Kelly's (2008-11) career average of 76.43 … She has played 11 career rounds at-or-below par, with a career-low round of 68 in the third round of the 2023 Boilermaker Classic and in the second round of the 2024 Brittany Kelly Classic.
- Junior Sarah Gallagher is not far behind with a 76.56 average … Gallagher earned Second Team All-MAC honors and MAC All-Tournament Team accolades after placing fourth at the 2023-24 MAC Championships with a score of +9 (225) … She has played eight career rounds at-or-below par, with a career-low round of 70 in opening round of the 2024 Brittany Kelly Classic.
- Sophomore JJ Gregston has shined through the first three events of the season, tying for the team lead with 28 total birdies over her 126 holes played … She is also second on the squad with a 75.00 stroke average, including a career-low round of -3 (69) in the second round of the 2024 Brittany Kelly Classic, one of her six collegiate rounds at-or-below par.
- Freshman Sophie Korthuijs made her collegiate debut at the Boilermaker Classic, including firing Ball State's second-lowest round of the tournament with a +4 (76) in the second round … She finished the event tied for 53rd at +18 (234) and led the Cardinals with 34 pars over her 54 holes.
- Junior Madelin Boyd fired a season-low round of +1 (73) in the second round of the 50th Lady Paladin Invitational … It tied as the second-lowest round for a Ball State golfer during the event and was BSU's lowest score of the round … Boyd owns a career-low round of -3 (69) in the first round of the 2023 Diamante Intercollegiate.
- Sophomore Jenna Estravillo made some noise at the 2024 Brittany Kelly Classic, leading the field's 12 individual players by placing 13th overall with a score of +6 (222) … The effort ties as the lowest 54-hole score of her collegiate career and started with a season-best round of E (72) … Estravillo shot a career-low round of -2 (70) to open the 2023 Brittany Kelly Classic.
- Sophomore Madelyn Young took her first turn in the Ball State lineup this season at the 2024 Brittany Kelly Classic and scored a career-low +1 (73) in the second round … The effort helped her finish with a career-low 54-hole score of +17 (233), which she would tie at the 50th Lady Paladin Invitational.
INDIVIDUAL 2024-25 LOW ROUNDS:
Jasmine Driscoll: 68 (-4) in the second round of the Brittany Kelly Classic (Sept. 16)
JJ Gregston: 69 (-3) in the second round of the Brittany Kelly Classic (Sept. 16)
Sarah Gallagher: 70 (-2) in the first round of the Brittany Kelly Classic (Sept. 16)
Payton Bennett: 72 (E) in the third round of the Brittany Kelly Classic (Sept. 17)
Jenna Estravillo: 72 (E) in the first round of the Brittany Kelly Classic (Sept. 16)
Madelyn Young: 73 (+1) in the second round of the Brittany Kelly Classic (Sept. 16)
Madelin Boyd: 73 (+1) in the second round of the 50th Lady Paladin Invitational (Sept. 21)
Sophie Korthuijs: 76 (+4) in the second round of the Boilermaker Classic (Sept. 2)
TEAM 2024-25 LOW ROUNDS:
289 (+1) in the second round of the Brittany Kelly Classic (Sept. 16)
290 (+2) in the first round of the Brittany Kelly Classic (Sept. 16)
299 (+11) in the third round of the Brittany Kelly Classic (Sept. 17)
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