Saturday, March 15
Forest Hills Golf Course (Augusta, Ga.)
Michigan State University
at
Valspar Augusta Invitational
Spartans Back to the Course this Weekend in the Augusta Invitational
3/13/2025 4:37:00 PM | Women's Golf
East Lansing, Mich. – Coming off a team win the last time out, Michigan State's women's golf team will play in the Valspar Augusta Invitational this weekend at Forest Hills Golf Club in Augusta, Ga.
The two-day, 54-hole tournament will be held on Saturday, March 15 and Sunday, March 16. Teams tee off on Saturday morning at 8 a.m.
THE LINEUP
1. Brooke Biermann
2. Paula Balanzategui
3. Ana Sofia Murcia
4. Katie Lu
5. Catalina Monroy
IND. Shannon Kennedy
LIVE SCORING
Live scoring will be available via Golfstat.
THE VALSPAR AUGUSTA INVITATIONAL FIELD
The 13-team field includes five teams ranked among the top-75 teams in the country in the latest NCAA rankings, including host Augusta, Coastal Carolina, Emory, Furman, Georgia Southern (38), Michigan (63), Michigan State (23), North Florida, Northern Illinois, South Florida, Texas Tech (66), UCF (31) and Yale.
LAST TIME OUT
Senior Katie Lu fired a 7-under par 65 to help Michigan State fire a tournament-best 12-under par 276 and come back from a tie for sixth place entering the final round to win the team title at the Spartan Sun Coast Invitational on Feb. 17 … The Spartans finished the two-day, 54-hole tournament with a score of 4-under par 860 (297-287-276), tied for first place with Ohio State (285-291-284), who entered the final round in second place … Michigan State was crowned the team champion by a tiebreaker between each team's 5th score in the final round (Brooke Biermann of MSU shot an even-par 72, while Ohio State's fifth score was a 76) … The Spartans' team score of 12-under par 276 was a tournament-best and team-best for the year, as well as the tied for the second-lowest 18-hole team score in program history … Lu was the team leader in the final round, starting out on the back nine and firing five birdies and finishing her round with seven birdies and 11 pars for a bogey-free round … Her 7-under par 65 was not only a personal best, but it was tied for the fourth-best 18-hole score in program history … Biermann was the top finisher for the Spartans, finishing in eighth place at 2-under par 214 (71-71-72) … Juniors Taylor Kehoe and Paula Balanzategui tied for 13th place at even-par 216. Kehoe closed out with a 1-under par 71 for her 216 (73-72-71), while Balanzategui carded a 2-under par 70 (76-70-70) … Sophomore Ana Sofia Murcia had her best round of the tournament on Monday with a 2-under par 70 and tied for 55th place at 9-over par 225 (77-78-70) … The team win is the 45th tournament win in program history under Head Coach Stacy Slobodnik-Stoll.
The two-day, 54-hole tournament will be held on Saturday, March 15 and Sunday, March 16. Teams tee off on Saturday morning at 8 a.m.
THE LINEUP
1. Brooke Biermann
2. Paula Balanzategui
3. Ana Sofia Murcia
4. Katie Lu
5. Catalina Monroy
IND. Shannon Kennedy
LIVE SCORING
Live scoring will be available via Golfstat.
THE VALSPAR AUGUSTA INVITATIONAL FIELD
The 13-team field includes five teams ranked among the top-75 teams in the country in the latest NCAA rankings, including host Augusta, Coastal Carolina, Emory, Furman, Georgia Southern (38), Michigan (63), Michigan State (23), North Florida, Northern Illinois, South Florida, Texas Tech (66), UCF (31) and Yale.
LAST TIME OUT
Senior Katie Lu fired a 7-under par 65 to help Michigan State fire a tournament-best 12-under par 276 and come back from a tie for sixth place entering the final round to win the team title at the Spartan Sun Coast Invitational on Feb. 17 … The Spartans finished the two-day, 54-hole tournament with a score of 4-under par 860 (297-287-276), tied for first place with Ohio State (285-291-284), who entered the final round in second place … Michigan State was crowned the team champion by a tiebreaker between each team's 5th score in the final round (Brooke Biermann of MSU shot an even-par 72, while Ohio State's fifth score was a 76) … The Spartans' team score of 12-under par 276 was a tournament-best and team-best for the year, as well as the tied for the second-lowest 18-hole team score in program history … Lu was the team leader in the final round, starting out on the back nine and firing five birdies and finishing her round with seven birdies and 11 pars for a bogey-free round … Her 7-under par 65 was not only a personal best, but it was tied for the fourth-best 18-hole score in program history … Biermann was the top finisher for the Spartans, finishing in eighth place at 2-under par 214 (71-71-72) … Juniors Taylor Kehoe and Paula Balanzategui tied for 13th place at even-par 216. Kehoe closed out with a 1-under par 71 for her 216 (73-72-71), while Balanzategui carded a 2-under par 70 (76-70-70) … Sophomore Ana Sofia Murcia had her best round of the tournament on Monday with a 2-under par 70 and tied for 55th place at 9-over par 225 (77-78-70) … The team win is the 45th tournament win in program history under Head Coach Stacy Slobodnik-Stoll.
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