April 5, 2008

URBANA, Ill. - The Bowling Green State University women's golf team had a promising day two at the Illini Spring Classic, improving dramatically between the two-day event. After carding a 354 on Friday, the Falcons rallied back to shoot 322-319 on day two to finish 13th at the Illini Spring Classic with a 54-hole score of 995. Illinois won the tournament with a score of 924.

Illini Spring Classic Final Results

All five Falcons had much better day two scores, highlighted by senior Jessica McCann. The Mason, Ohio native went 88-79-79 to finish in a tie for 46th. Fellow classmate Carley Hrusovsky matched McCann's pace, firing a 246 (87-81-78).

Also competing for the Falcons were senior Lindsey Jonkhoff (88-81-79--248, 48th), senior Amanda Bader (91-81-87--259, 67th) and freshman Lauren Glew (94-84-83--261, 68th).

Up next for the Orange and Brown is the Cardinal Classic, set to begin on April 13-14.

Team Scores
1  Illinois            319 311 294 924
2  Cincinnati          325 312 296 933
   Southern Illinois   321 308 304 933
4  Bradley             328 304 307 939
5  Toledo              322 311 309 942
6  Western Michigan    336 302 322 960
7  Indiana State       330 320 316 966
8  Northern Illinois   334 320 313 967
9  Ferris State        334 317 318 969
10 Grand Valley State  331 316 323 970
11 Indianapolis        330 313 328 971
12 Eastern Illinois    345 315 318 978
13 Bowling Green       354 322 319 995
14 Loyola              362 336 336 1034
15 Western Illinois    358 343 335 1036

In other news four Falcons traveled to Angola, Ind., to compete in the Thunder Invitational, hosted by Tri-State, with the Falcons finishing second with a team score of 342.
The Falcons were led by Marisa Glew, who finished third at the event with a 79.
Other Falcon competitors included Megan Bader (87), Megan Gormley (87) and Hannah Lambert (89).