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Women’s Golf Closes Out Regular Season at Lady Buckeye Invitational
4/11/2024 11:00:00 AM | Women's Golf
East Lansing, Mich. – Michigan State's women's golf team plays its final tournament before the postseason starts this weekend, competing in the Lady Buckeye Invitational at the Scarlet Course in Columbus, Ohio.
The two-day, 54-hole tournament tees off on Saturday, April 13 on the par-72, 6,319-yard course on the Ohio State campus. The final round will be held on Sunday, April 14. Both days start with 8:30 a.m. shotgun starts. Each of the 12 teams will have six players competing and the lowest four scores count toward the team total.
Dates: Saturday, April 13 – Sunday, April 14
Course: OSU Scarlet Course, Columbus, Ohio
Live Scoring: Golfstat
Par/Yardage: 72 / 6,319 yards
Format: Stroke play, 54 holes, play five, count four
Schedule: Saturday – Rounds 1 & 2 (8:30 a.m. shotgun); Sunday – Round 3 (8:30 a.m. shotgun)
LINEUP
1. Katie Lu
2. Leila Raines
3. Shannon Kennedy
4. Brooke Biermann
5. Paula Balanzategui
6. Valentina Rossi
IND. Ella Weber
THE LADY BUCKEYE INVITATIONAL FIELD
In addition to No. 31 Michigan State, the 12-team field includes Illinois (No. 62), Indiana (No. 75), Iowa, Kent State (No. 66), Minnesota (No. 57), host Ohio State (No. 38), Nebraska (No. 69), Penn State, Purdue (No. 32), Rutgers and Wisconsin (No. 70).
LIVE SCORING
Golfstat
ABOUT THE SPARTANS
The Lady Buckeye Invitational will be the fifth event of the spring season for the Spartans, who have two top-5 finishes and four top-10 finishes.
Michigan State is coming off a fifth-place finish among 16 teams at the Clemson Invitational, with junior Katie Lu leading the way, tying for 10th place at 2-under par 214. The Spartans won the Briar's Creek Invitational on March 12, firing a 4-under par 860 as a team, with Lu and classmate Brooke Biermann sharing medalist honors at 5-under par 211.
Lu has enjoyed a strong season this year, leading the team in scoring average (71.00), with two individual wins and eight top-20 finishes in nine events. Biermann is second on the team with a 72.58 scoring average and five top-20 finishes, while senior Leila Raines carries a 73.00 average in 24 rounds with three top-20 showings.
The lineup this weekend also includes sophomore Paula Balanzategui, who carries a 74.62 scoring average, has posted one top-10 finish this year, Shannon Kennedy (75.50 scoring average), senior Valentina Rossi (75.93) and freshman Ella Weber, who will compete as an individual.
SPARTANS AT THE BRIAR'S CREEK INVITATIONAL
The Lady Buckeye Invitational has been good to the Spartans over the years, as Michigan State has won the tournament six times, the most of any school outside of host Ohio State. MSU's Lady Buckeye championships under head coach Stacy Slobodnik-Stoll have come in 2005, 2011, 2013 and 2017. MSU topped Texas by one stroke in the final round to win in 2017, finished third in 2018 and second in 2019. The Spartans finished as the runner-up in 2023, with Brooke Biermann tying for sixth place at 2-under par 214.
The two-day, 54-hole tournament tees off on Saturday, April 13 on the par-72, 6,319-yard course on the Ohio State campus. The final round will be held on Sunday, April 14. Both days start with 8:30 a.m. shotgun starts. Each of the 12 teams will have six players competing and the lowest four scores count toward the team total.
Dates: Saturday, April 13 – Sunday, April 14
Course: OSU Scarlet Course, Columbus, Ohio
Live Scoring: Golfstat
Par/Yardage: 72 / 6,319 yards
Format: Stroke play, 54 holes, play five, count four
Schedule: Saturday – Rounds 1 & 2 (8:30 a.m. shotgun); Sunday – Round 3 (8:30 a.m. shotgun)
LINEUP
1. Katie Lu
2. Leila Raines
3. Shannon Kennedy
4. Brooke Biermann
5. Paula Balanzategui
6. Valentina Rossi
IND. Ella Weber
THE LADY BUCKEYE INVITATIONAL FIELD
In addition to No. 31 Michigan State, the 12-team field includes Illinois (No. 62), Indiana (No. 75), Iowa, Kent State (No. 66), Minnesota (No. 57), host Ohio State (No. 38), Nebraska (No. 69), Penn State, Purdue (No. 32), Rutgers and Wisconsin (No. 70).
LIVE SCORING
Golfstat
ABOUT THE SPARTANS
The Lady Buckeye Invitational will be the fifth event of the spring season for the Spartans, who have two top-5 finishes and four top-10 finishes.
Michigan State is coming off a fifth-place finish among 16 teams at the Clemson Invitational, with junior Katie Lu leading the way, tying for 10th place at 2-under par 214. The Spartans won the Briar's Creek Invitational on March 12, firing a 4-under par 860 as a team, with Lu and classmate Brooke Biermann sharing medalist honors at 5-under par 211.
Lu has enjoyed a strong season this year, leading the team in scoring average (71.00), with two individual wins and eight top-20 finishes in nine events. Biermann is second on the team with a 72.58 scoring average and five top-20 finishes, while senior Leila Raines carries a 73.00 average in 24 rounds with three top-20 showings.
The lineup this weekend also includes sophomore Paula Balanzategui, who carries a 74.62 scoring average, has posted one top-10 finish this year, Shannon Kennedy (75.50 scoring average), senior Valentina Rossi (75.93) and freshman Ella Weber, who will compete as an individual.
SPARTANS AT THE BRIAR'S CREEK INVITATIONAL
The Lady Buckeye Invitational has been good to the Spartans over the years, as Michigan State has won the tournament six times, the most of any school outside of host Ohio State. MSU's Lady Buckeye championships under head coach Stacy Slobodnik-Stoll have come in 2005, 2011, 2013 and 2017. MSU topped Texas by one stroke in the final round to win in 2017, finished third in 2018 and second in 2019. The Spartans finished as the runner-up in 2023, with Brooke Biermann tying for sixth place at 2-under par 214.
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