Women's Golf Splits For Pair of Meets Starting Monday

MUNCIE, Ind. - - All nine members of the Ball State women's golf program will be in action Monday and Tuesday, as the Cardinals split for a pair of meets to open the month of October.

On the team front, senior Jasmine Driscoll, senior Sabrina Langerak, sophomore Sophie Korthuijs, senior Sarah Gallagher and freshman Skylar Dean will compete in the Marilynn Smith Sunflower Invitational hosted by Kansas at the Lawrence Country Club.

Along with the Cardinals and host Jayhawks, the Arkansas State, Cal Baptist, Central Arkansas, Delaware, Drake, Missouri, Notre Dame, St. Thomas, Tarleton State, UC Davis, UC Fullerton and UC Irvine will compete on the 72-par, 6,085-yard course.

The first two rounds of the 54-hole event will start at 9 a.m. ET / 8 a.m. CT Monday with a double tee start. Dean will get things started for the Cardinals on hole 10 at 9 a.m. ET / 8 a.m. CT, with her four teammates following every 10 minutes.

On the individual front, senior Madelin Boyd, junior JJ Gregston, junior Jenna Estravillo and junior Madelyn Young will compete in the Golfweek Put Me In Coach Invitational at the Delaware Country Club.

A total of 18 women and 32 men are slated to compete in the individual event, with a 9 a.m. shotgun start on Monday for the first 36 holes of the 54-hole event.

NEWS & NOTES:
- The Cardinals have excelled on par-5s so far this season, playing them at a combined +4 (5.02) over the first three tournaments … The effort includes two of the team's three eagles, with one each from Sabrina Langerak and Sarah Gallagher.

- Over the first three tournaments, Ball State owns a 298.89 stroke average … It is well ahead of the record 301.66 shot by the Cardinals over the course of the 2024-25 season … The team's lowest round of the year is a 289 shot in the second round of the Brittany Kelly Classic (Sept. 15) … Its highest is a 320 in the final round of the Red Raider Invitational (Sept. 24) which is the only round of the team's nine so far this season which is above its record stroke average from a year ago.

- Senior Sarah Gallagher collected her first collegiate tournament victory thanks to a 22-foot birdie putt on the fourth playoff hole to earn individual medalist honors at the Brittany Kelly Classic (Sept. 15-16) … She opened the 54-hole event with the lowest round of her collegiate career, shooting a -3 (69) … She followed with an E (72) in the second round, before forcing a playoff with birdies on two of her final five holes and shooting +5 (77) in a tough final round for the field … Overall, she tied for the tournament lead on the par-5s with a -5 (4.44) average, while ranking third on the par-4s at +4 (4.11) … She also tied for the tournament lead with 11 birdies and was tied for 16th among the 50-golfer field with 32 pars.

- As a team, the Cardinals won the Brittany Kelly Classic for the third straight season and the seventh time in program history … It was also the fourth event win under fourth-year head coach Cameron Andry … Andry's other win came at the 2024 Lady Jaguar Invitational (April 13-14).

- The number keeps getting lower for senior Jasmine Driscoll who is on pace to finish her career with the lowest stroke average in program history … Over 104 career rounds, she currently owns a 75.88 average which tops current record holder Kiah Parrott's (2020-24) average of 76.06 … Driscoll's mark includes 19 rounds at-or-below par and two tournament wins, including the 2025 Mid-American Conference Championships (April 20-22).

- Driscoll is not the only active Cardinals aiming for the stroke record, as senior Sarah Gallagher is not far behind with her 76.20 career stroke average currently ranking third … Gallagher has played 101 career rounds, playing 12 at-or-below par … Junior JJ Gregston has moved up to sixth with a 77.13 career average, including a 76.44 mark this season … Also in the top 10 among BSU's active players who have reached the minimum of 48 career rounds is senior Madelin Boyd in 10th at 77.84.

Ball State's Current Top 10 Scoring Average List (Minimum 48 rounds):
1. Jasmine Driscoll, 2022-Current, 104 rounds, 7891 strokes, 75.88 average
2. Kiah Parrott, 2020-24, 64 rounds, 4868 strokes, 76.06 average
3. Sarah Gallagher, 2022-Current, 101 rounds, 7696 strokes, 76.20 average
4. Brittany Kelly, 2007-11, 125 rounds, 9557 strokes, 76.46 average
5. Manon Tounalom, 2016-20, 118 rounds, 9074 strokes, 76.90 average
6. JJ Gregston, 2023-Current, 68 rounds, 5245 strokes, 77.13 average
7. Jenna Hague, 2011-15, 116 rounds, 8958 strokes, 77.22 average
8. Allison Lindley, 2014-17, 92 rounds, 7116 strokes, 77.35 average
9. Liz Kim, 2017-22, 131 rounds, 10135 strokes, 77.37 average
10. Madelin Boyd, 2022-Current, 82 rounds, 6383 strokes, 77.84 average

- Sophomore Sophie Korthuijs is also on pace to break into the top 10, with her career average of 75.59 over 29 rounds currently ahead Jasmine Driscoll's mark … Last season, Korthuijs turned in the 11th-best single-season scoring average in program history at 76.05 and started the 2025-26 campaign with a 74.56 average, including three rounds at or below par, already one more than she had during the 2024-25 campaign.

- The team turned in a solid start at the Boilermaker Classic (Sept. 1-2) turning in its three lowest rounds ever on the Kampen-Cosler Course at the Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex in West Lafayette, Indiana … Ball State started the season with a rounds of +11 (299), +8 (296) and +5 (293) to finish sixth among a highly talented field … The effort helped the Cardinals top a pair of NCAA Regional teams from a year ago, in Western Kentucky (+40; 904) and Georgia Southern (+42; 906).

- Ball State also picked up a head-to-head win over a current power conference program for the second straight season at the Boilermaker Classic (Sept. 1-2), topping Iowa (+29; 893) … Prior to last season's head-to-head win over Wisconsin at the Therese Hession Buckeye Invitational (April 12-13, 2025), Ball State had not topped a power conference school since the 2013-14 campaign.

Women's Golf Splits For Pair of Meets Starting Monday

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Players Mentioned

Madelin Boyd

Skylar Dean

Jasmine Driscoll

Jenna Estravillo

Sarah Gallagher

JJ Gregston

Sophie Korthuijs

Sabrina Langerak

Madelyn Young