Women's Golf Advances to Rust Buster Championship Match

Monday, February 10

Clermont, FL

8 a.m.

Ball State University

4.5

1.5

UNI

Women's Golf Advances to Rust Buster Championship Match

February 10, 2025 | Women's Golf

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CLERMONT, Fla. - - The Ball State women's golf team dispatched of both Northern Iowa (4.5-1.5) and Mid-American Conference rival Toledo (4.0-2.0) Monday to advance to the championship match of the Rust Buster Match Play.

"I am really proud of the way we competed today," head coach Cameron Andry said. "We had to deal with some adversity with Jasmine being a late scratch this morning due to illness, but everybody stepped up in a big way."

In its first spring competition of the season, the event co-host Cardinals used big performances from junior Sarah Gallagher and sophomore Jenna Estravillo to win the opening match versus the Panthers.

"Jenna was fantastic in her opening match," Andry said. "She came through clutch, especially considering she didn't know she was competing until an hour before it started."

Meanwhile, it was the final four in the lineup which earned clutch victories on the 6,003-yard, par-72 Kings Ridge Golf Club course to seal the victory over the Rockets.

Junior Madelin Boyd and sophomore Madelyn Young each picked up a pair of wins on the day, while freshman Sophie Korthuijs clinched the final match with a par on her 16th hole for a 4&2 victory.

Boyd had the longest day for Ball State, playing all 36 holes and battling to win both her matches 1Up, while Young earned a pair of 3&2 victories.

"Boyd came through with two big wins," Andry exclaimed. "She was a great competitor and just found a way to get a point on the board in both matches. Young is a fierce competitor and match play brings out the best in her. She just has a refuse to lose attitude, and it shows."

The Ball State women's golf team will battle Omaha tomorrow at 8 a.m. for the Rust Buster Match Play title. The top-seeded Mavs advanced to the championship match with a 6-0 win over Western Illinois and a 4-2 victory over co-host Murray State.

No. 2 Ball State 4.5 - No. 7 Northern Iowa 1.5
MATCH 2 (BSU 1 POINT): Gallagher was the first Cardinal off the course, turning in a dominating 6&5 victory, needing just 13 holes to dispatch of UNI's Victoria Hualde … Starting on hole four, she took a three-stroke lead into the course's turn, with wins on holes 6, 7, 9 … She started the back nine with a birdie on the par-5, 455-yard 10th to move up four, and added wins on holes 14 and 16 to seal the victory … Gallagher also birdied the par-4, 387-yard seventh hole.

MATCH 6 (BSU 1 POINT): Estravillo turned in a brilliant performance of her own, earning a 5&4 victory … She won her first two holes of the day, 7 and 8, and never looked back … On the back nine, Estravillo earned wins on holes 11, 14, 17, while UNI's Rylie Driskell claimed holes 12 and 18 to stay alive … However, Estravillo birdied the par-5, 483-yard first and used a par on hole 2 to claim the win.

MATCH 5 (BSU 1 POINT): Despite a birdie on the par-4, 334-yard eighth hole, Young found herself down one through her first eight holes (6-13) … However, a birdie on the par-3, 174-yard 14th evened the score and helped her pick up some momentum … Young closed the course's back nine with wins on the 17th and 18th, and won the first hole to build a three-stroke lead … She went on to win the match with a par on hole 3 … Her win on the par-4, 339-yard 18th featured her third birdie of the round.

MATCH 4 (BSU 1 POINT): Boyd secured the last full point for the Cardinals, earning a hard-fought 1Up win over UNI's Isabella Pettersen … The duo traded their first two holes, with Boyd picking up her win on the 7th … The score remained deadlocked after Pettersen won the 10th and Boyd answered with a par the claim the 13th … Boyd pulled ahead by two with pars on 16 and 17, and after dropping the 18th, tallied her first birdie of the round on the par-3, 153-yard second to reclaim the two-stroke edge … After dropping the fourth, Boyd sealed her win with a par on the pair's final hole.

MATCH 1 (BSU .5 POINTS): Sophomore JJ Gregston and UNI's Anna Jensen turned in a battle fitting of the No. 1 position, with each winning five holes on the round … Gregston won holes 6, 7, 10, 11 and 15, with her win on 10 coming thanks to a birdie … Starting on hole three, Jensen tied the match with a win on the 18th, while both players made par on the final two holes to halve the match.

MATCH 2: Despite suffering a 2&1 setback in her match, Korthuijs turned in a solid effort and held a one-hole lead after birding the 10th … Starting on hole five, she also won holes 7, 9, 12 and 17 in her collegiate match play debut.

No. 2 Ball State 4 - No. 6 Toledo 2
MATCH 6 (BSU 1 POINT): While she was credited with a 1Up victory, Estravillo did not have to swing a club to earn Ball State's first point as Toledo only had five active players on the roster … However, Estravillo was a last-minute addition to the Ball State lineup when No. 1 player Jasmine Driscoll was forced to withdraw due to illness, and her presence at the course was key to both Cardinals wins.

MATCH 5 (BSU 1 POINT): Young was the first Ball State competitor to put a point on the board, winning four of her first five holes to take an early three-hole edge … She won the starting hole, 12, and followed with victories on 14, 15 and 16 … Young would go 4Up on holes four and six, before using a bogey to win hole nine and take the match by three with two to go.

MATCH 3 (BSU 1 POINT): 3Up entering her 16th hole, and with Boyd behind her already assured of at least half a point, Korthuijs secured a 4&2 win for herself and the match victory for the Cardinals with a par on hole 7 … She started her round with a birdie on the 10th, and after falling behind by one, used a par on the 15th to even the match … After both her and Toledo's Yedam Lee birdied the 18th to stay all square, Korthuijs birdied the first to reclaim the lead … She then closed the match with six straight pars to claim wins on three of the final four holes (4-7) played.

MATCH 4 (BSU 1 POINT): After falling behind on the first hole (11), Boyd used her first of three birdies on the round to tie the score on the 17th … She then tallied back-to-back birdies on 2 and 3 to pull ahead … UT's Kyleigh Dull tied the score with wins on 6 and 7, only to see Boyd par hole 8 to reclaim a one-stroke lead … Boyd finished with back-to-back pars to secure the one-hole victory.

MATCH 2: After a dominating win in her opener, Gallagher suffered losses on four of the first six holes and could not recover in a 4&3 loss … She would par her final 11 holes of the round, but UT's Brooklyn Millard matched 10 of the 11, while winning the other with a birdie.

MATCH 1: Despite paring her first five holes (8-12), Gregston found herself down by three during the span … She would earn a birdie on hole 1, and win holes 17 and 2, but ultimately suffered a 5&4 setback.