2005-06 Michigan State Golf 2004-05 Season in Review
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2005-06 Michigan State Golf 2004-05 Season In Review Season Spotlight The Spartans appeared in a total of 12 events, including three post-season outings - the Big Ten Championship, NCAA Central Regionals and the NCAA Championships. All told, the Green and White posted eight top- 10 finishes, including its first tournament title of the year at the final event of the season, the Lady Buck- eye Invitational. MSU also finished in the top 10 at the Lady Northern Invitational (fourth - Sept. 11- 12); Mary Fossum Invitational (second - Sept. 18- 19), Lady Paladin Invitational (seventh - Oct. 22- 24), Central District Classic (eighth - Feb. 21-22) and the Liz Murphey Invitational (tied for eighth - March 25-27). MSU took home the tournament title at the Lady Buckeye Invitational with a three-round 886 As for post-season events, MSU placed third at (293-295-298). Rachel Meikle led State at the Buckeye, finishing in second place. the Big Ten Championship (April 22-24), seventh at the NCAA Regionals (May 5-7) and 17th at the Rose registered a 77.43 stroke average to rank 2004-05 season. Heather Rose and Sara Brown NCAA Championships (May 17-20). 18th in the single-season record book. led the team with four individual team-best finishes, while Mandi McConnell ranked third with three Heading To The Promised Land In The Rankings team-best showings. Rachel Meikle notched two For Michigan State, heading to the NCAA Cham- MSU finished the season ranked 35th in the back-to-back team-best outings, while Dayna pionships has become a trend. In the past six sea- nation by Golfweek/Sagarin rankings. Burleigh and Kristen Polanski each finished the sons, the Spartans have advanced to the national season with a single team-best finish for the Spar- championships five times (2000, 2001, 2002, 2004 Grabbing A Title In Style tans. and 2005). The 2003 season marked the only time MSU took home its first tournament title of the in that span the team failed to make the national season at its final regular-season outing, the Lady Youth Leads The Way championships. State’s best finish at the NCAA Buckeye Invitational (April 16-17). The Spartans Youth served as the driving force behind the Championships came in 2001, when the team fin- carded a three-round 886 (293-295-298) and led 2004-05 women’s golf team. With no seniors and ished tied for 12th place. State’s 17th-place finish in the rest of the field by nine strokes. seven underclassmen on the roster, State gained 2005 ranks third on State’s all-time NCAA Champi- Individually, Rachel Meikle paced the way, fin- a great deal of hands-on experience on the course. onships finish chart. ishing in sole possession of second with a career- Sophomores Mandi McConnell, Heather Rose All told, MSU has made seven appearances in best 219 (72-74-73). The finish was the best of her and Rachel Meikle each stepped up to the forefront the NCAA Championships in the history of the pro- young career and her second collegiate top-10 and gained a great deal of experience throughout gram, including 1982 (18th), 1984 (16th), 2000 (T- showing. the season. Alongside the solid sophomore class, 20th), 2001 (T-12th), 2002 (19th), 2004 (24th) and red-shirt freshman Kristen Polanski and true fresh- 2005 (17th). Two individuals - Syd Wells (1983) Making The Cut man Sara Brown both became steady contributors and Lisa Marino (1985) - also have advanced to Only three Spartans appeared in each of MSU’s to the team. the national championships. 12 tournaments during the 2004-05 year. Heather All told, MSU had zero seniors, four juniors, Rose, Mandi McConnell and Sara Brown each four sophomores, one red-shirt freshman and two Glancing At The Stats made the traveling roster for State in every tourna- true freshmen on its squad one year ago. Mandi McConnell paced the Spartans with a ment outing on the season. 76.97 stroke average on the season, which ranks Brown was the only freshmen to do so and Double Trouble tied for 13th on State’s all-time season stroke aver- became the first freshmen since Rose, who ap- In addition to their success on the course, three age list. peared in each of the Spartans’ 12 events in 2003- golfers -- Kristen Polanski, Dayna Burleigh and Rachel Meikle finished second with a 77.29 04, to accomplish the feat. Heather Rose -- earned Academic All-Big Ten stroke average, good for 14th on MSU’s all-time honors. To be eligible for the Academic All-Big Ten rankings. Sharing The Wealth team, athletes must be a letterwinner in at least their Sara Brown completed the year with a 77.30 Six different individuals paced the way for Michi- second academic year at their institution and carry average, placing her 15th all time, while Heather gan State in its tournament outings throughout the a career grade-point average of 3.0 or better. Spartan Women’s Golf • Seven NCAA Championship Appearances • Seven-straight NCAA Regional Appearances • Seven Big Ten Championships 17 2004-05 Final Statistics 2005-06 Michigan State Golf Tournament Results Date Tournament MSU Finish Team Score Winner/Score Top MSU Indv./Score Place 9/11-12 Lady Northern Invitational 4th/15 305-291-303=899 Michigan/881 Mandi McConnell/224 10th 9/18-19 Mary Fossum Invitational 2nd/15 303-309-313=925 Michigan/919 Kristen Polanski/230 T-6th 10/8-10 Mercedes-Benz Intercollegiate T-11th/17 303-312-312=927 Ohio State/874 Heather Rose/227 T-32nd 10/22-24 Lady Paladin Invitational T-7th/23 303-298-299=899 Furman/871 Sara Brown/220 T-9th 2/7-9 Northrop Grumman Invitational 15th/15 315-321-324=960 Pepperdine/896 Sara Brown/233 T-42nd 2/21-22 Central District Classic 8th/15 304-313-301=918 Missouri/879 Mandi McConnell/229 T-30th Heather Rose/229 T-30th 3/4-6 Lady Gator Invitational 14th/18 318-311-322=951 Wake Forest/883 Dayna Burleigh/234 T-40th 3/25-27 Liz Murphey Invitational T-8th/18 315-308-298=921 Georgia/892 Rachel Meikle/226 T-14th 4/16-17 Buckeye Invitational 1st/15 293-295-298=886 Michigan State/886 Rachel Meikle/219 2nd 4/22-24 Big Ten Championship 3rd/11 306-306-321=933 Ohio State/900 Heather Rose/227 T-4th 5/5-7 NCAA Regionals 7th/21 300-307-302=909 Auburn/896 Sara Brown/226 T-20th Heather Rose/226 T-20th 5/17-20 NCAA Championships 17th/24 304-301-299-302=1206 Duke/1170 Sara Brown/297 T-27th Mandi McConnell/297 T-27th Individual Statistics Best Rounds Finishes INDIV. STATS Evts Rds. Strokes Avg. 18 36 54 72 Top 20 Top 10 Top 5 Best Place Sara Brown 12 37 2,860 77.30 71 147 220 297 4 2 0 T9th/Lady Paladin Dayna Burleigh 11 34 2,654 78.06 72 148 224 307 2 0 0 T13th/Buckeye Kelly Collier 1 3 266 88.67 83 175 266 -- 0 0 0 83rd/Mary Fossum Jennifer Johnson 1 3 234 78.00 75 157 234 -- 0 0 0 T22nd/Mary Fossum Christy Jonkhoff 1 3 242 80.67 80 162 242 -- 0 0 0 T48th/Mary Fossum Mandi McConnell 12 37 2,848 76.97 70 145 219 297 4 1 0 10th/Lady Northern Rachel Meikle 10 31 2,396 77.29 70 146 219 312 3 1 1 2nd/Buckeye Kristen Polanski 7 21 1,663 79.19 73 151 228 -- 2 1 0 T6th/Mary Fossum Heather Rose 12 37 2,865 77.43 71 149 224 310 3 1 1 T4th/Big Ten Jordyn Wells 2 6 484 80.67 78 160 238 -- 0 0 0 T34th/Mary Fossum Amanda Wilson 1 3 248 82.67 77 163 248 -- 0 0 0 T62nd/Mary Fossum TEAM 12 37 11,316 305.84 291 596 886 1,206 12 8 4 1st/Buckeye Individual Tournament Results Sara Brown Mandi McConnell Kristen Polanski Lady Northern ............................... 77-75-75=227 (T17th) Lady Northern .................................. 73-77-74=224 (10th) Lady Northern .............................. 79-74-75=228 (T22nd) Mary Fossum ............................... 75-81-79=235 (T24th) Mary Fossum ............................... 77-77-79=233 (T16th) Mary Fossum ................................. 75-76-79=230 (T6th) Mercedes-Benz ............................. 80-80-78=238 (T65th) Mercedes-Benz ............................. 70-79-80=229 (T39th) Mercedes-Benz ............................. 76-80-86=242 (T81st) Lady Paladin ................................... 74-73-73=220 (T9th) Lady Paladin ................................. 78-78-75=231 (T69th) Lady Paladin ................................. 78-80-76=234 (T79th) Northrop Grumman ...................... 77-81-75=233 (T42nd) Northrop Grumman ....................... 82-78-76=236 (T55th) Northrop Grumman .......................... 85-87-86=258 (81st) Central District ............................... 82-78-80=240 (T60th) Central District ............................... 76-79-74=229 (T30th) Buckeye......................................... 82-79-73=234 (T31st) Lady Gator ..................................... 79-80-81=240 (T61st) Lady Gator ..................................... 82-79-85=246 (T74th) Big Ten ........................................... 78-76-83=237 (T16th) Liz Murphey .................................. 80-79-76=235 (T49th) Liz Murphey .................................. 76-78-75=229 (T26th) Buckeye............................................ 78-72-75=225 (10th) Buckeye.......................................... 71-74-81=226 (T11th) Heather Rose Big Ten ........................................... 78-81-85=244 (T34th) Big Ten ........................................... 77-79-79=235 (T12th) Lady Northern .............................. 78-71-79=228 (T22nd) NCAA Central Regional................ 72-79-75=226 (T20th) NCAA Central Regional................ 74-82-77=233 (T56th) Mary Fossum ............................... 87-75-76=238 (T34th) NCAA Championships ............ 71-77-74-75=297 (T27th) NCAA Championships ............ 76-73-70-78=297 (T27th) Mercedes-Benz ............................ 77-75-75=227 (T32nd) Lady Paladin ................................