BU Golf demolishes the field - wins tourney

[bigjimmy]

The Bradley women's golf team had a very successful tournament over the last 3 days as they finished 2nd out of 9 teams at the Cardinal Challenge in Beaumont, Texas. They had rounds of 304, 312 and 307 to shoot 922 for their best finish of the season. Ally Scaccia led the way as she finished tied for 4th as she had rounds of 75, 75 and 74 for a 3 day total of 224. Not too far behind was Frankie Saban as she finished 7th with rounds of 76, 74 and 77 for a 3 day total of 227. Taylor Ledwein finished 13th with rounds of 76, 76 and 77 for a 3 day total of 235. Grace Henderson tied for 17th with rounds of 76, 76 and 79 for a 3 day total of 237 and Chloe Horton tied for 36th with rounds of 81, 81 and 84 for a 3 day total of 246. Their next tournament will be on April 1 and 2 at Weaver Ridge as they host the Bradley Spring Invitational.

[bigjimmy]

The men's golf team continues their winning ways this season as they won their 4th tournament of the season at the Twin Oaks Intercollegiate in Springfield, Missouri. On Monday they shot rounds of 291 and 286 to finish 2 strokes back of their hosts Missouri State but shot a 2 under score of 282 to win by 2 strokes with a team score of 859. For the 3rd time this season Illini Golf employee Ethan Brue was the medalist as he had rounds of 69, 68 and 70 for a six under score of 207 to win by 1 stroke. Zach Jewell finished in 3rd with rounds of 76, 70 and 66 for 1 under score of 212. His 66 tied an all time single round record that was originally was set by Dunlap grad Tim Sweborg in 1966 and tied by Lyle Burns in 2014. Finishing tied for 13th was Drake Bushong who had rounds of 74, 75 and 71 for a score of 220. Brothers Branden and Michael Mounce tied for 39th with a 227. The Braves next tournament is on April 1 and 2 in Bloomington, Indiana at the Hoosier Invitational but first will be having a dual meet with I-74 rival Illinois State on Saturday in the I-74 Challenge at the D. A. Weibring Golf Course in Normal. ISU has a couple of local products on their team as well, who are Freshmen David Perkins from East Peoria and Trey Tussey from Metamora.

[bigjimmy]

Both the men's and women's golf teams were in action over the weekend and both teams had some school record performances.
The woman played at Weaver Ridge in the Bradley Spring Invite and won by a whopping 26 shots as they shot a school record 54 hole total of 883 which broke the old school record by 13 shots. They had team scores of 288, an 18 hole school record, 303 and 292, 3rd lowest 18 hole team score ever. Ally Scaccia was medalist as she had rounds of 70, 75 and 69 for a score of 214. Frankie Saban finished in 4th as she had rounds of 73, 77 and 71 for a score of 221. Taylor Ledwein finished in 5th with a score of 222. Taylor had rounds of 68, a tournament record, 77 and 77. Chloe Horton Tied for 24th as she had rounds of 77, 74 and 82 for a score of 233. Grace Henderson tied for 33rd as she had rounds of 84, 77 and 75 for a score of 236. Their last scheduled tournament will be at Cape Girardeau, Missouri in the Missouri Valley Conference Championship.
The men played at the University of Indiana Golf Course in the Hoosier Invitational and finished 3rd with a 54 hole score of 861, the 3rd lowest in school history. In fact this years team now has 4 of the 5 lowest 54 hole team scores in history. They had rounds of 286, a school record 277 and a 298. Matthew Specht tied for 8th as he had rounds of 73, a school tieing 66 and a 74 for a score of 213. Drake Bushong tied for 12th as he had rounds of 71, 68 and 76 for a score of 215. Ethan Brue tied for 23rd as he had rounds of 73, 69 and 75 for a score of 217. Michael Mounce tied for 32nd as he had rounds of 72, 76 and 73 for a score of 219. Zach Jewell tied for 51st as he had rounds of 70, 76 and 78 for a score of 224. Their next tournament will be in Nashville, Tennessee at the Ryman Intercollegiate on the 10th and 11th.

[bigjimmy]

The 2016-17 Men's golf teams regular season came to end today as they played at the Ryman Hospitality Intercollegiate in Nashville, Tennessee. They have had a great season with winning 4 tournaments, setting team 18 & 54 hole scoring school records and individual 18 & 54 hole round scoring school records. Unfortunately this last tournament was their poorest effort of the year as they finished last in a 14 team field shooting rounds of 314, 316 and 319 for a 54 hole team score of 919. I know they had been feeling pretty good about themselves with the season they've had so maybe this "cold slap in the face" will get their attention as they head to the Missouri Valley Championship Tournament at Cog Hill in Lemont on the 24th and 25th. Hopefully this will prove to be just a speed bump in the road to trying to win their first Valley championship in school history. Bradley's best ever finish was 2nd in 1984 and 1986.

[tornado]

thanks for keeping us updated... GO Braves!