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Windy City Collegiate Championship
This Week in Michigan Women's Golf: Windy City Collegiate Championship
9/27/2019 10:05:00 AM | Women's Golf
» Michigan will send its starting five to Northwestern's Windy City Collegiate Championship.
» Three Wolverines will head to Eastern Michigan's Shirley Spork Invitational and compete as individuals.
» U-M enters the week following a season-opening runner-up finish at the Glass City Invitational.
» The Wolverines' starters posted five of 15 rounds under par in the season's first event.
THIS WEEK
Mon-Tue., Sept. 30-Oct. 1 -- at Windy City Collegiate Championship (Golf, Ill.)
Live Scoring | Glen View Club
Mon-Tue., Sept. 30-Oct. 1 -- at Shirley Spork EMU Invitational (Ypsilanti, Mich.)
Live Scoring | Eagle Crest Golf Club
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Next on the Tee: Windy City Collegiate Championship
In what will be the University of Michigan women's golf team's toughest test of the fall, the Wolverines head to Golf, Illinois, to play in a loaded field at Northwestern's Windy City Collegiate Championship, Monday and Tuesday (Sept. 30-Oct. 1) at Glen View Club. The 15-team, 54-hole event features 10 teams that are ranked among the top 25 in the nation by the Women's Golf Coaches Association (WGCA). The course will be set up for a par of 72 and 6,368 yards.
The Windy City Collegiate Championship Field
There will be 15 teams in the field at the Windy City Collegiate Championship, including No. 11 Arizona, No. 8 Arizona State, Augusta State, No. 9 Duke, No. 6 Florida, No. 34 Iowa State, No. 21 (tie) Michigan, No. 21 (tie) Northwestern, Ohio State, No. 23 Oklahoma State, No. 27 Purdue, No. 14 South Carolina, No. 4 USC, No. 3 Vanderbilt and No. 28 Virginia.
The Windy City Collegiate Championship Lineup
Michigan will bring a five-member starting squad to the Windy City Classic.
• Sophomore Sophia Trombetta (10th career start)
• Freshman Hailey Borja (second career start)
• Senior Hannah Ghelfi (16th career start)
• Senior Alisa Snyder (22nd career start)
• Sophomore Ashley Lau (13th straight start)
The Windy City Collegiate Championship Schedule
Saturday, Sept. 28 -- Travel Day
Sunday, Sept. 29 -- Practice Round (18), 11:30 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. CDT (tee times off Nos. 1 and 10)
Monday, Sept. 30 -- First Round (18), 7:30 a.m. CDT (tee times off Nos. 1 and 10)
Monday, Sept. 30 -- Second Round (18), continuous play following completion of first round
Tuesday, Oct. 1 -- Final Round (18), 7:30 a.m. CDT (tee times off Nos. 1 and 10)
History at the Windy City Collegiate Championship
• Michigan will makes its fourth visit to the Windy City Collegiate Championship.
• In 2008 at Evanston Golf Club, U-M posted a third-place finish (937) as Min Yean Tan tied for fourth (221). Ashley Bauer and Milena Savich both tied for ninth (224).
• In 2009 at Glen View Club, U-M tied for sixth (895) as a team, as Ashley Bauer was the runner-up (212, -4) and Min Yean Tan tied for 18th (230).
• In 2018 at Westmoreland Country Club, U-M finished 12th (908) as Hannah Ghelfi tied for 24th (222).
Also on the Tee: Shirley Spork EMU Invitational
While Michigan's starting five heads to Chicago, three Wolverines will play as individuals in Eastern Michigan's Shirley Spork Invitational, Monday and Tuesday (Sept. 30-Oct. 1) at Eagle Crest Golf Club (par 72, 6,164 yards). Junior Ashley Kim, freshman Anika Dy and freshman Mikaela Schulz (first career collegiate event) will join the 12-team field that includes Central Michigan, Chicago State, Cleveland State, Dayton, Detroit Mercy, Eastern Michigan, Green Bay, Northern Kentucky, Oakland, Ohio, Purdue-Fort Wayne and Western Michigan. The schedule is for 36 holes Monday (Sept. 30) with a shotgun start at 9 a.m., followed by 18 holes Tuesdsay (Oct. 1) starting at 9 a.m. At the 2018 Shirley Spork Invitational (Oct. 8-9), Sophia Trombetta tied for third with a 147 (70-77) total, while Jacqueline Young tied for 43rd at 163 (80-83) in an event reduced to 36 holes after a fog delay.
Wolverine Bites
• It was quite the season opener for the Wolverines at the Glass City Invitational (Sept. 16-17) as they posted a runner-up team finish with an 874 54-hole total. Sophia Trombetta led the Wolverines for the first time in her U-M career as she finished third with a career-low 216 (E) tally, which topped her prior best by 11 shots. Hailey Borja tied for fourth (217) in her collegiate debut, and Hannah Ghelfi helped give U-M three top-10 finishers as she tied for ninth (220).
• Hailey Borja's fourth-place tie at the Glass City Invitational is the best finish for a U-M freshman since 1995. The previous best was by Sharon Park, who finished fifth in her collegiate debut at Spartan Invitational (Sept. 16-17), exactly 24 years prior to Borja's performance.
• Overall, U-M posted eight rounds of par or better in the season-opening event, including five sub-par tallies. Sophia Trombetta tied her career low with a 70 (-2) in the first round and closed with a 71 (-1) in the final round. Hannah Ghelfi also tied her career best with a 70 (-2) in the first round, while Hailey Borja set a career low with a 71 (-1) in the first round, and Ashley Kim closed with a season-low 71 (-1).
• Ashley Lau begins her second season with the Wolverines following a stellar rookie campaign. She became just the third Wolverine in program history to lead the team in scoring (74.16), joining Kim Benedict (2000) and Grace Choi (2014). Lau started all 11 events and made a 12th start following her individual invitation to the NCAA Regional in East Lansing, Michigan. She led U-M in five total events last season, including four of the final five events.
Up Next
• Mon-Tue., Oct. 11-13 -- Ruth's Chris Tar Heel Invitational (Chapel Hill, N.C.)
• Fri-Sun., Oct. 25-27 -- Landfall Tradition (Wilmington, N.C.)
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