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COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Western Michigan women’s golf team closed out its regular season Saturday with an 11th place finish at the Therese Hession Buckeye Invitational.<\/p>\n
In a field full of Top 100 nationally ranked competition, the Broncos placed 11th of 14 teams after 54 holes in Columbus. WMU’s\u00a0best\u00a0round on the Scarlet Course of the Ohio State University Golf Club came on Friday afternoon as the team carded a 316 (+28). The Brown and Gold ended their last regular season tournament with a score of 957 (+93) after rounds of 324-316-317 through the weekend. Western Michigan did place ahead of fellow Mid-American Conference teams Ohio and Toledo in Columbus.<\/p>\n
The Broncos were led for the third straight tournament by senior Megha Vallabhaneni<\/a> as she placed 38th individually. Vallbhaneni carded two identical rounds of 80 Friday and Saturday while posting her best round of 76 on Friday afternoon for a score of 236 (+20). Vallabhaneni was followed by sophomore Lauren Lupinek<\/a> who finished the weekend in 44th with a strong round on Saturday of 78. Lupienk also had rounds of 78-82 to end the tournament with 238 (+22).<\/p>\n Having the best final round of the weekend was freshman Danielle Daniy<\/a>, who improved her individual standing by 11 places on Saturday. Daniy carded a tournament low of 77 while also having rounds of 85 and 79 for a final score of 241 (+25). Junior Macy Beeson<\/a> ended the weekend behind Daniy as she carded rounds of 83-81-82 for a score of 246 (+30). WMU also had senior Jenna Hayes<\/a> and freshman Lea Lemieux<\/a> compete this weekend with scores of 247 (+31) and 252 (+36) respectively.<\/p>\n Hosts Ohio State took the team title for the tournament, carding rounds of 295-294-301 for a final score of 890 (+26). Twenty fifth ranked Iowa State finished second in the team scores with rounds of 299-294-299 (+25). And fellow MAC team Kent State rounded out the top three teams as they had rounds of 302-290-302 (+30). Xavier’s Madison Reemsnyder\u00a0took home the invidual title in Columbus as one of only two players who finished the tournament under par. Reemsnyder had rounds of 73-72-68 for a score of 213 (-3) and was closely followed by Ohio State’s Nellie Ong at a score of 215 (-1).<\/p>\n The Brown and Gold now head into the postseason later this month. Six Western Michigan players will compete in the MAC Women’s Golf Championship from Sunday, April 26 to Tuesday, April 28. This year’s MAC Championship is being hosted by Kent State at the Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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