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Women's Golf Begins Spring Season with Match Play Challenge
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No. 3-seeded Eagles open two-day tournament with a first round bye
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LAKEWOOD RANCH, Fla. (EMUEagles.com) — The Eastern Michigan University women's golf team returns to action for its spring stanza Monday, Feb. 3, when it travels to Lakewood Ranch, Fla. to tee off in the Mid-American Match Play Challenge. The Mid-American Match Play Challenge is just the seventh time the squad will participate in a match play format tournament. The tournament is hosted by Bowling Green State University and takes place at Lakewood Ranch Golf & Country Club.
The two-day event will consist of 54 holes of match play competition. Teams are seeded one through 12 based upon the Golfstat rankings and then placed into a bracket. All teams are guaranteed three matches with losing teams from the first and second rounds continuing to compete in a consolation bracket. Each team match will consist of five individual matches.
The first round will begin Monday at 7:50 a.m. followed by the second round at approximately 12 p.m. The third and fourth-round matches will be played Tuesday, Feb. 4, with a 7:50 a.m. start.
There will be a total of seven Mid-American Conference teams participating in the tournament, including Akron, BGSU, Central Michigan, EMU, Northern Illinois, Ohio, and Western Michigan. Also joining the action is Florida Gulf Coast, Illinois State, Purdue Fort Wayne, and Western Illinois.
In the first round, the third-seeded Eagles will have a bye and will await the winner of No. 6 WMU and No. 11 WIU.
Last year, the sixth-seeded Eagles cruised past No. 11 Purdue Fort Wayne, 5-0, in the opening round before being upended by No. 3 Bowling Green, 3-2. In the consolation bracket finale, EMU advanced past Illinois State on tiebreakers to wrap up the tournament in fifth-place with a 1-1-1 mark.
Live scoring and tournament results will be available at GolfStat.com.
12 Teams: Seeded, Match Play format
1. Florida Gulf Coast
2. Northern Illinois
3. Eastern Michigan
4. Akron
5. Illinois State
6. Western Michigan
7. Morehead State
8. Purdue Fort Wayne
9. Central Michigan
10. Bowling Green
11. Western Illinois
12. Ohio
No. 3 EMU Participants
1. Julia Stevenson (Milford, Mich.-Milford)
2. Preaw Sripatrprasite (Bangkok, Thailand-Siam International)
3. Natai Apichonlati (Bangkok, Thailand-The Regent's International School)
4. Maria Connelly (Waterville, Ohio-Anthony Wayne)
5. Katelin Lawson (LaSalle, Ontario-Ridge Community-Tampa)
Past Champions:
2014 – University of Toledo
2015 – Northern Illinois University
2016 – Kent State University
2017 – Lamar University
2018 – Kent State University
2019 - Florida Gulf Coast University
First Round: Tee offs at holes No. 1 and No. 10 at 7:50 a.m. Monday, Feb. 3
Second Round: Begins immediately following round one (approx. 12 p.m.)
Third Round: Tee offs at holes No. 1 and No. 10 at 7:50 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 4
Fourth Round: Begins immediately following round three (approx. 1 p.m.)
LAKEWOOD RANCH, Fla. (EMUEagles.com) — The Eastern Michigan University women's golf team returns to action for its spring stanza Monday, Feb. 3, when it travels to Lakewood Ranch, Fla. to tee off in the Mid-American Match Play Challenge. The Mid-American Match Play Challenge is just the seventh time the squad will participate in a match play format tournament. The tournament is hosted by Bowling Green State University and takes place at Lakewood Ranch Golf & Country Club.
The two-day event will consist of 54 holes of match play competition. Teams are seeded one through 12 based upon the Golfstat rankings and then placed into a bracket. All teams are guaranteed three matches with losing teams from the first and second rounds continuing to compete in a consolation bracket. Each team match will consist of five individual matches.
The first round will begin Monday at 7:50 a.m. followed by the second round at approximately 12 p.m. The third and fourth-round matches will be played Tuesday, Feb. 4, with a 7:50 a.m. start.
There will be a total of seven Mid-American Conference teams participating in the tournament, including Akron, BGSU, Central Michigan, EMU, Northern Illinois, Ohio, and Western Michigan. Also joining the action is Florida Gulf Coast, Illinois State, Purdue Fort Wayne, and Western Illinois.
In the first round, the third-seeded Eagles will have a bye and will await the winner of No. 6 WMU and No. 11 WIU.
Last year, the sixth-seeded Eagles cruised past No. 11 Purdue Fort Wayne, 5-0, in the opening round before being upended by No. 3 Bowling Green, 3-2. In the consolation bracket finale, EMU advanced past Illinois State on tiebreakers to wrap up the tournament in fifth-place with a 1-1-1 mark.
Live scoring and tournament results will be available at GolfStat.com.
12 Teams: Seeded, Match Play format
1. Florida Gulf Coast
2. Northern Illinois
3. Eastern Michigan
4. Akron
5. Illinois State
6. Western Michigan
7. Morehead State
8. Purdue Fort Wayne
9. Central Michigan
10. Bowling Green
11. Western Illinois
12. Ohio
No. 3 EMU Participants
1. Julia Stevenson (Milford, Mich.-Milford)
2. Preaw Sripatrprasite (Bangkok, Thailand-Siam International)
3. Natai Apichonlati (Bangkok, Thailand-The Regent's International School)
4. Maria Connelly (Waterville, Ohio-Anthony Wayne)
5. Katelin Lawson (LaSalle, Ontario-Ridge Community-Tampa)
Past Champions:
2014 – University of Toledo
2015 – Northern Illinois University
2016 – Kent State University
2017 – Lamar University
2018 – Kent State University
2019 - Florida Gulf Coast University
First Round: Tee offs at holes No. 1 and No. 10 at 7:50 a.m. Monday, Feb. 3
Second Round: Begins immediately following round one (approx. 12 p.m.)
Third Round: Tee offs at holes No. 1 and No. 10 at 7:50 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 4
Fourth Round: Begins immediately following round three (approx. 1 p.m.)
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