Eastern Michigan Athletics
Women's Golf Closes Out the Regular Season in Columbus
4/15/2008 1:31:16 PM | Women's Golf
The 28th Annual Lady Buckeye Spring Invitational set for April 19-20 in Columbus, Ohio
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WOMEN’S GOLF CLOSES OUT THE REGULAR SEASON IN COLUMBUS, OHIO: The Eastern Michigan University women’s golf team will wrap up its 2007-08 regular season when the Eagles compete at the 28th Annual Lady Buckeye Spring Invitational in Columbus, Ohio, April 19-20. The 54-hole tournament will tee off with two rounds on Saturday, April 19, beginning with a shotgun start at 8:30 a.m., before concluding on Sunday with a single round at 8:30 a.m. The 12-team field includes some of the top teams from the Big Ten Conference, including Ohio State, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan State, Minnesota, Penn State and Wisconsin, along with squads from Nebraska, Kent State and Toledo. The format gives the teams an opportunity to place six players in their lineups, while still counting the top four scores for each round. The Eagles will carry plenty of momentum with them to Ohio. The Eagles improved to 44-13 in four spring tournaments. Also, the squad’s four tournament wins overall are the most in a school year.
Stephany Fleet Selected MAC Women’s Golfer of the Week: Eastern Michigan University junior golfer Stephany Fleet was named Mid-American Conference Golfer of the Week for the period ending April 8. This marks the fifth time in her career and the second time this year she has collected the weekly award. Fleet made it a clean sweep at the EKU Spring Invitational Saturday, April 5, when she captured low medalist honors with a two-over 146 (73-73) for the two-round event. Fleet’s victory was the third of her career and her second this season. During the fall, Fleet won the Wolverine Invitational, Sept. 29-30, 2007, when she notched a 219 (72-70-77) to claim the prestigious title. Additionally, her first-place finish is her fourth top five finish of the year and the ninth of her stellar career.
EMU Dominant in Record-Breaking Win: The Eastern Michigan University women’s golf team not only made history at the EKU Spring Invitational Saturday afternoon, April 5, but it did so in resounding fashion by blowing away the rest of the seven-team field in the process. Eastern Michigan continued its outstanding campaign by dominating the field here at the par-72, 5,817-yard course Arlington Golf Club with a 20-shot victory - its record-setting fourth overall title during the 2007-08 season. The Eagles improved to 44-13 in four spring tournaments. The four tournament wins overall are the most in a school year. Second-place Winthrop finished with a 626, while Tennessee Tech (633) placed third followed by Eastern Kentucky (636), Evansville (636), USC Upstate (644) and Ohio (651). The win marks the 12th overall title in the program’s 14-year history and the eighth during head coach Sandy Wagner’s three-year tenure as head coach. Additionally, the victory is the second consecutive EKU Spring Invitational title for the Eagles, as the squad won the weather-shortened 2007 EKU Spring Invitational trophy with a 646 (324-322). Junior golfer Stephany Fleet made it a clean sweep when she captured low medalist honors with a two-over 146 (73-73) for the two-round event. Fleet’s victory was the third of her career and her second this season. During the fall, Fleet won the Wolverine Invitational, Sept. 29-30, 2007, when she notched a 219 (72-70-77) to claim the prestigious title. Additionally, her first-place finish is her fourth top five finish of the year and the ninth of her stellar career.Always steady senior Catherine Fortin also continued her exceptional play with a third-place finish. Fortin shot four-over 148 (73-75) for the tournament and notched her 17th career top 10 finish as well as her 14th top five showing. In addition to Fleet and Fortin’s fine play, standout Courtney Aili finished tied for fourth with a 152 (77-75), followed by Darby Peters (160) at 18th and Stephanie Bevington) (168) at 36th. Marjorie Thuot and Melissa Spalding played as individuals and finished tied for 27th and 33rd, respectively. The schedule originally called for two rounds on Friday and one round on Saturday, however heavy rain made it impossible to begin play until Friday afternoon.
