Men's and Girls Golf

[bigjimmy]

Both the men's and women's golf teams are off to good starts so far this season. On the 1st and 2nd the women won the A-Ga-Ming Inviational in Kewadin, Michigan as they overcame a 5 shot defecit to win by 6. They shot rounds of +18, +21 and +7. Junior Caroline McConnell finished in first as she shots rounds of Even, +5 and +1. Because of her efforts McConnell won the MVC Player of the Week. 3 other players finished in the top 7. Senior Jillian Casler tied for 5th at +11, Junior Allison Pacocha tied for 7th at +12 and Senior Maria Perakis, playing as an individual, tied for 7th at +12. On the 8th and 9th the women's team finished 4th out of 15 at the ISU Redbird Invitational as they had rounds of +12, +7 and +16.. McConnell was again the low Brave as she finished in a tie for 6th at +1. Cosler tied for 23rd at +10, Pacocha tied for 25th at +11. Their next tournament is in Columbia, Missouri on the 23/24th.

The men played in their 1st tournament the last 2 days at the SIUE Invitational and they had some record setting performances. Junior Conner Hamm had himself a tournament as he won the tournament with rounds of -7(a program record), -4 and -2 to finish at a program record 54 hole score of 200, breaking the previous record by 5 shots. The team shot a program record 54 hole score of 846 and finished 3rd out of 18. Sophmores Brody McCarthy and Carter Stevenson tied for 6th at -5. Their next tournament is on the 16/17th at the Kansas State Invitational.

[bigjimmy]

Since the last report the women have played once and the men have played twice. The women continued their strong start of the fall season as they finished tied for 3rd out of 13 teams at the Johnie Imes Invitational in Columbia, Missouri on September 23-24. They only got to play 36 holes because of the weather but that didn't stop the Lady Braves from posting good scores. For the 3rd straight tournament Caroline McConnell finished in the top 20 as she had rounds of 69, (a personnel best) and 79 to finish in a tie for 15th. Peyton Coburn (74-76) and Allison Pacocha (76-74) tied for 18th and Maria Perakis shot rounds of 76-75 to tie for 25th. They will be hosting the Coyote Creek Classic on Monday and Tuesday so any support I'm sure would be greatly appreciated.
The men's team played in the Kansas State Invitational in Manhattan, Kansa on September 16/17 and finished 9th out of 15. Pekin's Carter Stevenson tied for 13th shooting rounds of 76-70-72 for a 3 round total of +4. Connor Hamm tied for 17th shooting rounds of 71-76-72 for a 3 round total of +5. Their next tournament was on September 23-24 at the Zach Johnson Invitational in Des Moines and Conner won his 2nd tournament of the season, shooting rounds of 67-64-69 for a 3 holes total of -13 200, winning by 7 strokes. Conner's 2nd round 64 and 3 round score of 200 matched the school records he established earlier this season and the last time a Braves won 2 tournaments in a season was done by current assistant coach and Illini Golf employee Ethan Brue who did it in the 2017-18 season. The team tied for 2nd out of 14 teams shooting a +11 863. Carter had a 3 round total of 76-69-73 to tie for 23rd at 218. Their last tournament of the fall season is on the 14-15 at the Pinetree Intercollegiate in Kennesaw, Georgia

[Da Coach]

Thanks for the report, jimmy!
Go Braves!

[bigjimmy]

For the 2nd straight year the Bradley Braves Woman's golf team won their own tournament, the Coyote Creek Classic, as they finished in front by 23 strokes with rounds of +13, +13 and +10. Individually 3 players tied at +8, Evansville's Mallory Russel and Bradley's Jillian Coster and Peyton Coburn, so the individual championship went to a playoff. with Coster beating Coburn on the 3rd playoff hole to win her first individual championship. Allison Pacocha finjished tied for 4th at +9, just 1 shot out of the playoff. Maria Perakis tied for 8th at +13. Their last fall tournament is on 20-22in Hot Springs Village, Arkansas in the Diamante Intercollegiate. Great job!!