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Women's Golf Returns To Action Monday at EKU Colonel Classic
March 30, 2024 | Women's Golf
MUNCIE, Indiana - - After nearly a month to focus on training, the Ball State women's golf team opens its stretch run to the Mid-American Conference Championships on Monday when it begins play in the EKU Colonel Classic.
Following an Eastern Sunday practice round on the Gibson Bay Golf Course, the Cardinals will tee off at 8:30 a.m. Monday for the first two rounds of the 54-hole event. The final round on the 6108-yard, 72-par course will start at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday. All three rounds will feature be shotgun starts.
In addition to the Cardinals and host Colonels, Bellarmine, Belmont, Bradley, Butler, Cleveland State, Dayton, Eastern Michigan, Georgia State, Illinois State, IUPUI, Morehead State, Northern Illinois and Western Michigan will compete in the 15-team field.
In all, 90 golfers are slated to battle for the EKU Colonel Classic title, including five Ball State student-athletes.
Set to represent the Cardinals in the lineup are sophomore Sarah Gallagher, freshman JJ Gregston, sophomore Madelin Boyd, sophomore Jasmine Driscoll and junior Sabrina Langerak. In addition, freshman Jenna Estravillo will be competing as an individual.
For the opening two rounds Monday, the Cardinals will be starting on holes 7-9, while Estravillo will tee off on 16.
CARDINALS SOARING LIKE EAGLES:
Ball State's golfers have been carding eagles at a record pace this season, having already tallied 14 on the year. According to the team's GolfStat Record Book heading into the season, the program record for eagles a single year was seven set by the 2016-17 squad.
Of the 14 eagles, five have been scored by junior Payton Bennett which is two more the than the previous individual single-season record of three set by both Sydney Anderson and Allison Lindley during the 2016-17 campaign.
In addition, junior Sabrina Langerak has three eagles of her own, while sophomore Sarah Gallagher, sophomore Jasmine Driscoll and freshman JJ Gregston have two apiece.
BALL STATE IS ON A RECORD PACE:
The Cardinals are also on pace to break the program's single season team scoring average of 306.59 set by the 2020-21 squad.
Ball State enters the EKU Colonel Classic with a scoring average of 302.21, which is over four strokes ahead of the previous mark.
The effort includes three golfers with averages which would rank in the top six in program history. Sophomore Jasmine Driscoll leads the squad with a 75.04 average which is currently the third best in program history.
Senior Kiah Parrott is currently at 75.08, which would be the fifth best, while junior Sarah Gallagher is at 75.50, which would be the sixth best.
Last season, Parrott finished with the second-best average in program history at 74.78.
MAC GOLFERS OF THE WEEK:
So far this season, Ball State has claimed four of the league's 15 Mid-American Conference Golfer of the Week honors … Senior Kiah Parrott earned the honor twice in the fall, while junior Sabrina Langerak and Sarah Gallagher have each claimed the award so far this spring.
Sept. 21, 2023 - Kiah Parrott
Oct. 26, 2023 - Kiah Parrott
Feb. 16, 2024 - Sabrina Langerak
Feb. 29, 2024 - Sarah Gallagher
54-HOLE RECORDS:
The 2023-24 Ball State women's golf squad has posted the two-lowest 54-hole records in program history so far this season. The first came at the 2023 Brittany Kelly Classic (Sept. 18-19, 2023) at The Players Club at Woodland Trails in Yorktown, Indiana, when the team finished the two-day event with a program record 54-hole score of 875 … The effort was seven strokes better than the previous mark of 882 set at the 2021 Spring Break Shootout (March 15-16, 2021) at Lake Jovita in Dade City, Florida.
The Cardinals would better the team mark by 10 strokes to close the fall campaign, shooting an 865 (+1) at the Diamante Intercollegiate (Oct. 22-24, 2023) at the Diamante Country Club in Hot Springs Village, Arkansas.
INDIVIDUAL 54-HOLE MARKS:
On an individual front, senior Kiah Parrott has posted BSU's two lowest 54-hole scores of the season, with her 209 (72-69-68) at the Diamante Intercollegiate ranking as the second lowest in program history, two shots off her mark of 207 (67-68-72) when she won the 2022 Brittany Kelly Cardinal Classic (Sept. 19-20, 2022).
Parrott also tallied a 215 (74-69-72) at this season's Brittany Kelly Classic, which ties as the fourth-lowest 54-hole score in program history.
Sophomore Sarah Gallagher would tie BSU's second-lowest mark of the season last time out with her 215 (71-72-72) at the Rio Verde Collegiate Invitational.
Sophomore Jasmine Driscoll was not far behind with BSU's fourth-lowest round of the season with her 216 (71-72-73) at the Diamante Intercollegiate, which ties as the eighth-lowest 54-hole score in program history.
36-HOLE DAY RECORDS:
The Cardinals also set a new 36-hole day record on the opening day of the 2023 Brittany Kelly Classic (Sept. 18, 2023) with a 584, taking one stroke off the previous record of 585 set on the opening day of the 2019 Spring Break Shootout (March 11, 2019).
On an individual front, senior Kiah Parrott turned in a 143 (74-69) on the 36-hole day of the Brittany Kelly Classic, which ties as the ninth-best 36-hole score in the Ball State record book.
2023-24 LOW ROUNDS:
Sophomore Jasmine Driscoll and senior Kiah Parrott currently own the lowest round of the season for the Cardinals, with Driscoll firing a 68 in the final round of the Boilermaker Classic (Sept. 4-5) and Parrott doing the same in the final round of the Diamante Intercollegiate (Oct. 22-24) … It ties as the third-lowest round in program history and is just two strokes off the program-record of 66 set by Jenna Hague at the 2013 Hoosier Fall Invitational.
The Cardinals also have four rounds of 69 this season, with Parrott achieving the total twice; once in the second round of the Brittany Kelly Classic (Sept. 18-19) and once in the second round of the Diamante Intercollegiate (Oct. 22-24) … Driscoll also shot a 69 in the final round of the Brittany Kelly Classic, while sophomore Madelin Boyd carded one in the opening round of the Diamante Intercollegiate … The scores of 69 tie as the seventh-lowest round in program history.
Individual 2023-24 Low Rounds:
Jasmine Driscoll - 68 in the final round of the Boilermaker Classic (Sept. 4-5)
Kiah Parrott - 68 in the second round of the Diamante Intercollegiate (Oct. 22-24)
Madelin Boyd - 69 in the second round of the Diamante Intercollegiate (Oct. 22-24)
Sabrina Langerak - 70 in the second round of the Brittany Kelly Classic (Sept. 18-19)
JJ Gregston - 70 in the opening round of the Brittany Kelly Classic (Sept. 18-19)
Jenna Estravillo - 71 in the opening round of the IU East Fall Invitational (Oct. 13-14)
Sarah Gallagher - 71 in the third round of the Diamante Intercollegiate (Oct. 22-24) and in the first round of the Rio Verde Collegiate Invitational (Feb. 23-25)
Payton Bennett - 73 in the third round of the Diamante Intercollegiate (Oct. 22-24)
Madelyn Young - 75 on three occasions, most recently in the opening round of the IU East Fall Invitational (Oct. 13-14)
Following an Eastern Sunday practice round on the Gibson Bay Golf Course, the Cardinals will tee off at 8:30 a.m. Monday for the first two rounds of the 54-hole event. The final round on the 6108-yard, 72-par course will start at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday. All three rounds will feature be shotgun starts.
In addition to the Cardinals and host Colonels, Bellarmine, Belmont, Bradley, Butler, Cleveland State, Dayton, Eastern Michigan, Georgia State, Illinois State, IUPUI, Morehead State, Northern Illinois and Western Michigan will compete in the 15-team field.
In all, 90 golfers are slated to battle for the EKU Colonel Classic title, including five Ball State student-athletes.
Set to represent the Cardinals in the lineup are sophomore Sarah Gallagher, freshman JJ Gregston, sophomore Madelin Boyd, sophomore Jasmine Driscoll and junior Sabrina Langerak. In addition, freshman Jenna Estravillo will be competing as an individual.
For the opening two rounds Monday, the Cardinals will be starting on holes 7-9, while Estravillo will tee off on 16.
CARDINALS SOARING LIKE EAGLES:
Ball State's golfers have been carding eagles at a record pace this season, having already tallied 14 on the year. According to the team's GolfStat Record Book heading into the season, the program record for eagles a single year was seven set by the 2016-17 squad.
Of the 14 eagles, five have been scored by junior Payton Bennett which is two more the than the previous individual single-season record of three set by both Sydney Anderson and Allison Lindley during the 2016-17 campaign.
In addition, junior Sabrina Langerak has three eagles of her own, while sophomore Sarah Gallagher, sophomore Jasmine Driscoll and freshman JJ Gregston have two apiece.
BALL STATE IS ON A RECORD PACE:
The Cardinals are also on pace to break the program's single season team scoring average of 306.59 set by the 2020-21 squad.
Ball State enters the EKU Colonel Classic with a scoring average of 302.21, which is over four strokes ahead of the previous mark.
The effort includes three golfers with averages which would rank in the top six in program history. Sophomore Jasmine Driscoll leads the squad with a 75.04 average which is currently the third best in program history.
Senior Kiah Parrott is currently at 75.08, which would be the fifth best, while junior Sarah Gallagher is at 75.50, which would be the sixth best.
Last season, Parrott finished with the second-best average in program history at 74.78.
MAC GOLFERS OF THE WEEK:
So far this season, Ball State has claimed four of the league's 15 Mid-American Conference Golfer of the Week honors … Senior Kiah Parrott earned the honor twice in the fall, while junior Sabrina Langerak and Sarah Gallagher have each claimed the award so far this spring.
Sept. 21, 2023 - Kiah Parrott
Oct. 26, 2023 - Kiah Parrott
Feb. 16, 2024 - Sabrina Langerak
Feb. 29, 2024 - Sarah Gallagher
54-HOLE RECORDS:
The 2023-24 Ball State women's golf squad has posted the two-lowest 54-hole records in program history so far this season. The first came at the 2023 Brittany Kelly Classic (Sept. 18-19, 2023) at The Players Club at Woodland Trails in Yorktown, Indiana, when the team finished the two-day event with a program record 54-hole score of 875 … The effort was seven strokes better than the previous mark of 882 set at the 2021 Spring Break Shootout (March 15-16, 2021) at Lake Jovita in Dade City, Florida.
The Cardinals would better the team mark by 10 strokes to close the fall campaign, shooting an 865 (+1) at the Diamante Intercollegiate (Oct. 22-24, 2023) at the Diamante Country Club in Hot Springs Village, Arkansas.
INDIVIDUAL 54-HOLE MARKS:
On an individual front, senior Kiah Parrott has posted BSU's two lowest 54-hole scores of the season, with her 209 (72-69-68) at the Diamante Intercollegiate ranking as the second lowest in program history, two shots off her mark of 207 (67-68-72) when she won the 2022 Brittany Kelly Cardinal Classic (Sept. 19-20, 2022).
Parrott also tallied a 215 (74-69-72) at this season's Brittany Kelly Classic, which ties as the fourth-lowest 54-hole score in program history.
Sophomore Sarah Gallagher would tie BSU's second-lowest mark of the season last time out with her 215 (71-72-72) at the Rio Verde Collegiate Invitational.
Sophomore Jasmine Driscoll was not far behind with BSU's fourth-lowest round of the season with her 216 (71-72-73) at the Diamante Intercollegiate, which ties as the eighth-lowest 54-hole score in program history.
36-HOLE DAY RECORDS:
The Cardinals also set a new 36-hole day record on the opening day of the 2023 Brittany Kelly Classic (Sept. 18, 2023) with a 584, taking one stroke off the previous record of 585 set on the opening day of the 2019 Spring Break Shootout (March 11, 2019).
On an individual front, senior Kiah Parrott turned in a 143 (74-69) on the 36-hole day of the Brittany Kelly Classic, which ties as the ninth-best 36-hole score in the Ball State record book.
2023-24 LOW ROUNDS:
Sophomore Jasmine Driscoll and senior Kiah Parrott currently own the lowest round of the season for the Cardinals, with Driscoll firing a 68 in the final round of the Boilermaker Classic (Sept. 4-5) and Parrott doing the same in the final round of the Diamante Intercollegiate (Oct. 22-24) … It ties as the third-lowest round in program history and is just two strokes off the program-record of 66 set by Jenna Hague at the 2013 Hoosier Fall Invitational.
The Cardinals also have four rounds of 69 this season, with Parrott achieving the total twice; once in the second round of the Brittany Kelly Classic (Sept. 18-19) and once in the second round of the Diamante Intercollegiate (Oct. 22-24) … Driscoll also shot a 69 in the final round of the Brittany Kelly Classic, while sophomore Madelin Boyd carded one in the opening round of the Diamante Intercollegiate … The scores of 69 tie as the seventh-lowest round in program history.
Individual 2023-24 Low Rounds:
Jasmine Driscoll - 68 in the final round of the Boilermaker Classic (Sept. 4-5)
Kiah Parrott - 68 in the second round of the Diamante Intercollegiate (Oct. 22-24)
Madelin Boyd - 69 in the second round of the Diamante Intercollegiate (Oct. 22-24)
Sabrina Langerak - 70 in the second round of the Brittany Kelly Classic (Sept. 18-19)
JJ Gregston - 70 in the opening round of the Brittany Kelly Classic (Sept. 18-19)
Jenna Estravillo - 71 in the opening round of the IU East Fall Invitational (Oct. 13-14)
Sarah Gallagher - 71 in the third round of the Diamante Intercollegiate (Oct. 22-24) and in the first round of the Rio Verde Collegiate Invitational (Feb. 23-25)
Payton Bennett - 73 in the third round of the Diamante Intercollegiate (Oct. 22-24)
Madelyn Young - 75 on three occasions, most recently in the opening round of the IU East Fall Invitational (Oct. 13-14)
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