The Bulls will compete in the second tournament of the Fall schedule
Tournament: Pat Bradley Invitational
Schedule/Dates: September 30-October 1
Location: Miami, Fla.
Course: Trump National Doral
Follow: Live scoring | Twitter @USFWGolf
TAMPA, FLA., September 27, 2024 – The USF women’s golf team will tee off in the second event of the Fall slate when they compete in the Pat Bradley Invitational in Miami, Fla. The Bulls are led by AJ Newell in her first year as the Bulls head coach.
In the first action of the season senior Leonor Medeiros paced the Bulls with a third-place finish as the team finished 13th in the Badger Invitational.
USF will compete in a 14-team field featuring Barry, Cincinnati, Daytona State, Florida Gulf Coast, host FIU, Georgia State, Jacksonville, Palm Beach State, Seminole State College Florida
South Alabama, South Dakota, Stetson, and Texas at El Paso
Competing for the Bulls are returning senior Léonor Medeiros, along with freshman Cherry Marley, graduate student Kenzie Heba, freshman Valentina Bosselmann, and junior Alice Webb. Junior Annabel Collis will compete as an individual.
The Bulls
Head coach AJ Newell has announced the following lineup for USF:
- Léonor Medeiros (Sr./Palmela, Portugal)
- Cherry Marley (Fr./York, England)
- Kenzie Heba (Gr./St. Augustine, FL)
- Valentina Bosselmann (Fr./Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
- Alice Webb (Jr./Bournemouth, England)
Individual: Annabel Collis (Fr./Wales)
Quoting Head Coach AJ Newell
“Our team has put in a lot of good, focused work in the lead up to this event. We have a competitive group who has made some adjustments coming off of Wisconsin’s event and we have seen that progress show in our last qualifier. Cherry will get her first start in our lineup, and I am excited for this opportunity for her.”
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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