Women’s Golf: Ohio Northern (4-0 Overall) at Olivet (Mich.) Invitational
Friday-Saturday, Sept. 10-11, 2021, 2 pm/8:30 am - The Medalist Golf Club, Marshall, Mich.
| Tournament site | The Medalist Golf Club site |
This Weekend's Tournament: The Ohio Northern women's golf team travels to Michigan this week for the two-day Olivet Invitational at The Medalist Golf Club in Marshall on Friday and Saturday … The tournament gets underway with a 2 p.m. shotgun start on Friday and will finish play with an 8:30 a.m. shotgun start on Saturday … Joining ONU in the tournament are Adrian (Mich.), Albion (Mich.), Alma (Mich.), Aquinas (Mich.), Calvin (Mich.), Cleary (Mich.), Cornerstone (Mich.), DePauw (Ind.), Hope (Mich.), Kalamazoo (Mich.), Lordes, Olivet (Mich.), Saint Mary's (Ind.), Siena Heights (Mich.), Trine (Ind.) and Westminster (Pa.) … The Polar Bears have gotten off to a great start this season by winning each of their first two events in the Polar Bear Classic and ONU Invitational, both of which were held at Colonial Golfers Club in Harrod on Sunday and Monday, respectively … Sophomore Grace Honigford highlighted the first weekend with her school-record 1-under par 71 at the ONU Invitational, as she became the first Ohio Northern women's golfer to break par in tournament action … Honigford's performance broke the previous school record of a 1-over par 73 set in 2008 by Meagan Brennan at the Illinois Wesleyan Spring Fling … Honigford has now won Medalist honors eight times in 13 tournaments in her career … Honigford was selected as the Ohio Athletic Conference Women's Golfer of the Week for last week, giving her the third such honor of her career … Also at the ONU Invitational, sophomore Isabella Orofino tied her career-low with a 79 while freshman Rhianna Firmstone shot a career-low 80 … Northern's team total of 325 in the Invitational was the sixth-best team score in program history.
ONU Statistical Leaders:
Average | ||
1. | Honigford | 74.5 |
2. | Firmstone | 82.5 |
3. | Burger | 83.0 |
T.Smith | 83.0 |
ONU head coach Chad Bucci: Bucci is in his ninth season at ONU with a 252-228-2 record, a winning percentage of .524.