BROKEN ARROW, Okla. – October 15, 2024 – The USF Women’s Golf team completed the third of four Fall tournaments with a 15th-place finish at the Dale McNamara Invitational.
The Bulls were led by freshman Cherry Marley who posted her first top-25 finish as a Bull, shooting 225 (+12) to finish tied for 25th. In the second round, Marley recorded four birdies to shoot 69 (-2), tied for the best round of the season for the Bulls and her lowest round at USF. Marley tied for 5th with 10 birdies in the 54-hole tournament
Each of the Bulls provided scoring rounds. Leonor Medeiros opened with a 77 (+8), her low round of the tournament, followed by scoring rounds of 78 (+9) and 79 (+10). Valentina Bosselmann opened with a 76 (+7) and posted scoring rounds of identical 81’s (+12) in the second and third rounds. Kenzie Heba shot her low round of the tournament with a 78 (+7) in the second round and contributed a scoring round of 81 (+12) in the third round. Alice Webb opened with 82 (+13) which included three birdies.
The Bulls will close out the Fall slate at the Landfall Invitational on October 25-27 in Wilmington, N.C.
ABOUT USF WOMEN’S GOLF
Tampa native AJ Newell, a former LPGA Tour Player and NCAA All-American, was named head coach of USF women’s golf by Vice President for Athletics Michael Kelly on June 3, 2024.
Newell will look over leadership of the Bulls’ program following a successful three-year stint as assistant coach at the University of Michigan, where she helped lead the Wolverines to three-straight NCAA Regional appearances, a 2022 Big Ten title, and the 2022 NCAA Championship Finals.
In the record-setting 2023-24 campaign, the Bulls won three times and finished in the top four in nine of 10 events. The three wins are the most in a season since four 2011-12. USF finished third in the American Athletic Conference Championship, which equals the best finish in the tournament in program history. In 2022-23 and 2023-24, the Bulls played in back-to-back NCAA Regionals for the first time since 2001-02. Senior standout Melanie Green, the AAC Conference Player of the Year in 2023-24, an all-conference performer in each of her four seasons, was named to the WGCA 2023-24 Division I All-American second team. Green qualified for the 2022 NCAA Regional as an individual and was named a 2023 All-American Honorable Mention. Green and the Bulls reached the NCAA Regional as a team in 2023, marking the program’s first postseason appearance in 11 years. Follow @USFWGolf on Twitter for the latest information concerning the program.
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