{"id":194657,"date":"2025-10-07T04:11:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T04:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/194657\/"},"modified":"2025-10-07T04:11:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T04:11:10","slug":"dean-paces-womens-golf-on-day-1-in-kansas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/194657\/","title":{"rendered":"Dean Paces Women’s Golf on Day 1 in Kansas"},"content":{"rendered":"

LAWRENCE, Kan. – – Led by freshman\u00a0Skylar Dean<\/a>, the Ball State women’s golf team was one of eight teams to complete the opening two rounds of the Marilynn Smith Sunflower Invitational Monday.
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\nOn the 71-par, 6,068-yard Lawrence Country Club course, Dean turned in a pair of rounds at +5 (76) to lead the Cardinals over the first 36 holes of competition. At +10 (152), Dean is currently tied for 44th among the talented 76-player field which includes six teams which were ranked in the top 86 nationally last season.
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\nSenior\u00a0Sarah Gallagher<\/a>\u00a0turned in Ball State’s lowest round of the day, shooting +2 (73) in her first tour around the course. She is currently tied for 46th overall at +11 (153), as is sophomore\u00a0Sophie Korthuijs<\/a>\u00a0who turned in a +3 (74) in her opening round.
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\nSenior\u00a0Sabrina Langerak<\/a>\u00a0led the Cardinals over the final 18 holes, shooting +4 (75) in her second round and is currently tied for 56th at +14 (156). Rounding out the Ball State lineup is senior\u00a0Jasmine Driscoll<\/a>\u00a0who is tied for 62nd at +16 (158).
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\nOverall, Korthuijs led the squad with five birdies on the day, while Gallagher recorded four and Deam added three. Gallagher was also one of the top players on the course’s par-4s, playing them at +2 (4.09) which is tied for ninth among the field.
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\nOverall, host Kansas leads the 14-team field at -7 (561). Ball State is currently 12th at +43 (611), but six teams and 18 total golfers have yet to finish their second rounds.
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\nOver at the Golfweek Put Me In Coach Invitational at the Delaware Country Club, junior\u00a0JJ Gregston<\/a>\u00a0turned in Ball State’s best overall round of the day with a -2 (70) in her second round of the day. Combined with an opening-round +4 (76), Gregston is currently tied for fourth among the 14-golfer field at +2 (146).
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\nGregston’s two tours around the Par-72, 6,008-yard course included seven total birdies and she played both the course’s par-3s and par-4s at even on the day. She is currently six strokes off the lead held by Angela Heo of Texas at -4 (140).
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\nSenior\u00a0Madelin Boyd<\/a>\u00a0registered a pair of +3 (75)s on the day and is currently tied for seventh overall at +6 (150). Junior\u00a0Jenna Estravillo<\/a>\u00a0tallied the Cardinals’ second-lowest round of the event, with her second-round +1 (73) including two of her five total birdies Monday.
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\nEstravillo is currently 11th overall at +8 (152), while junior\u00a0Madelyn Young<\/a>\u00a0is 13th at +16 (160).
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\nAction Marilynn Smith Sunflower Invitational is set to pick up again tomorrow morning at 9 a.m. and will use the same pairings as the opening two rounds. While other teams finish their holes, the Cardinals are set to tee off at 10 a.m. ET \/ 9 a.m. CT back on hole 10.
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\nAt the Golfweek Put Me In Coach Invitational, action is scheduled to get underway at 8:30 a.m. with another shotgun start.
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