Women’s Golf to Host the Dolores Black Falcon Invitational This Weekend

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Women’s Golf to Host the Dolores Black Falcon Invitational This Weekend

April 08, 2016 | Women's Golf

By: by Kevin Davis, BGSU Assistant Director for Athletic Communications

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Bowling Green, Ohio – The Bowling Green State University women's golf team will field two teams and host 14 other intuitions this weekend on April 9-10 at the 2016 Dolores Black Falcon Invitational held at the Stone Ridge Golf Club in Bowling Green, Ohio.

The two-day, 36-hole event is slated for 18 holes of play on both Saturday and Sunday at the par-72, 5,960-yards Stone Ridge Golf Course – weather permitting.

"It is an honor to host the Dolores Black Falcon Invitational this weekend. We have a full slate of teams from all over the country in this competitive field. Coach Black is well respected by former coaches and players alike. She always did whatever was needed to support and encourage them and further the game for women's college golf," commented head coach Stephanie Young. "Dolores has undoubtedly had a lasting impact on this program's rich history and tradition. Our aim is to continue to carry on that legacy for her and for our great university- BGSU."

The sixth annual Dolores Black Falcon Invitational field will include Ashland University, Boston University, Central Michigan, Cleveland State, Dartmouth College, Detroit, Eastern Michigan, Ferris State, Findlay, Illinois-Chicago, Northern Kentucky, Niagara, Ohio, Youngstown State and two lineups from BGSU.

One lineup for the Falcons and Coach Young will be Lily Bartell, Erin Fahey, Fran Rodriguez, Hannah Lewis and Madelynn Swank.

"The team is excited to get back out and compete at home. It is a one time, unique opportunity to play in front of so many friends, family and special supporters. However, the focus doesn't change; it is just like any tournament on the road when it comes to the game plan and mental toughness," Young continued. "The key will be to invest our energies on the things we can control. I know this team is prepared to achieve something special out at Stone Ridge this weekend."

Coming off an 11th-place finish at the EKU Colonel Classic one week ago, Bartell will tee-off for the Falcons at the No. 1 spot for the fourth straight tournament. The senior, who has posted back-to-back top-12 finishes, carded rounds of 76, 74 and 83 for a 54-hole score of 233, +17, on Apr. 1-2 at the Colonel Classic. Bartell, who leads the Falcons on the season with a stroke average of 77.17 over 24 rounds of play on the year, has finished in the top-20 in each of the last three years at the Dolores Black Falcon Invitational, including earning medalist honors with a first-place finish in 2014.

Teeing-off at the No. 2 position is Fahey who will be playing in her first Dolores Black Falcon Invitational this weekend. The freshman is second on the team with a stroke average of 77.46 overall on the year and has recorded two straight top-15 place finishes over her last two events. She finished in a tie for 15th with a 54-hole score of 223, +13, at the ORU/SFA Spring Break Invitational in March and most recently placed in a tie for 14th overall at the EKU Colonel Classic with a 54-hole score of 234, +18, to kick off the month of April.

Rodriguez will compete for the Falcons' lineup at the No. 3 spot this week where she has played three times before thus far this year. The junior, who is playing in her ninth event on the year for the Falcons, has posted a stroke average of 79.29 over 21 rounds of stroke play for the year. Rodriguez will be playing in her third BGSU home event this weekend having placed in a tie for 21st last year with a score of 158, +14, and finishing in a tie for 35th in 2014 with a score of 165, +21.

Playing in her last Dolores Black Falcon Invitational, Lewis will tee-off at the No. 4 slot for the Falcons. The senior ranks third on the team with a stroke average of 78.13 over 24 rounds of play thus far this year and has played in every event for Coach Young's squad this season. Lewis, who has three top-25 finishes on the year, has finished as high as 27th twice at the annual BGSU home event. She finished in a tie for 27th in both 2013 and 2015.

Rounding out the aforementioned BGSU lineup is Swank, who will be playing in her third event overall for the year. The sophomore finished in a tie for 36th overall with a 54-hole score of 242, +26, competing as an individual earlier this month at the EKU Colonel Classic in which she carded rounds of 80, 79 and 83 over the two-day event. In her first-ever Dolores Black Falcon Invitational last spring, Swank turned in rounds of 84 and 83 to finish in a tie for 44th overall with a 36-hole score of 167, +23.

The other BGSU lineup will be comprised up of Mikayla Baer, Lauren Diehl, Miranda Dubler, Sarah Kern and Julia Hoffman.

Baer has played in all nine events for the Falcons thus far this year, including the MAC Women's Match Play Challenge in February, and will tee-off at the No. 1 spot in the Falcons' second team. The junior, who has carded a BGSU individual low round of 71 on the year, has recorded a stroke average of 78.46 over 24 rounds of play this year. Baer will be competing this weekend for the third time at the Dolores Black Falcon Invitational having finished in a tie for 35th as a freshman in 2014 and taking fifth-place honors last year as a sophomore with a 36-hole score of 150, +6.

Diehl, who made her 2016 spring debut last week at the EKU Colonel Classic, will compete at the No. 2 position. The senior finished in a tie for 43rd overall at the EKU event with rounds of 82, 80 and 82 for a 54-hole score of 244, +28. The 2016 Dolores Black Falcon Invitational event will mark the fourth for the Perrysburg, Ohio native, as she placed in a tie for 51st in 2013, finished in a tie for 65th in 2014 and took 40th overall last year in 2015.

At the No. 3 slot in Coach Young's second lineup is Dubler, who last year finished in a tie for 36th overall with her combined two round score of 162, +18, at the 2015 Dolores Black Falcon Invitational. The sophomore has played in three events as an individual on the year and has carded a stroke average of 83.56 overall in 2015-16. Her best finish on the season to date was a 34th-place finish at the 2015 Rocket Classic with a 54-hole score of 241, +25, back in the fall season.

Rounding out the lineup for the Falcons and making their 2015-16 debuts are Kern and Hoffman.

Kern, a freshman from Springboro, Ohio, will be competing in her first-ever event as a Falcon this weekend at the No. 4 spot, while Hoffman is set to tee-off in her fourth Dolores Black Falcon Invitational Tournament. The senior carded back-to-back 36-hole scores of 179, +35, at the 2013 and 2014 events, before finishing the two round event last spring with a score of 176, +32.

The Falcons, who finished in fourth-place overall as a team last year, have recorded four straight top-five team finishes dating back to 2012 as the annual BGSU home spring event. BGSU finished in third-place overall on the team leaderboard in both 2013 and 2014.

Tee-times for Saturday are set to begin at 10 a.m. ET with individuals teeing-off on both holes No. 1 and No. 10.

Live scoring will be available at www.Golfstat.com.

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