Women's Golf Opens Fall Season at Wolverine Invitational

Monday, September 13

Ann Arbor, Mich.

8 a.m.

Xavier University

Wolverine Invitational

Women's Golf Opens Fall Season at Wolverine Invitational

09.12.21 | Women's Golf

Live Scoring Pairings

The two-day tournament is being held at U-M Golf Course

By: Greg Lautzenheiser, Xavier Athletic Communications

CINCINNATI - Xavier women's golf opens its fall schedule on Sept. 13-14 at the Wolverine Invitational. The two-day tournament is being held at the U-M Golf Course in Ann Arbor, Mich.

Round one action gets underway on Monday morning.

WOLVERINE INVITATIONAL

TOURNAMENT INFORMATION
Sept. 13-14 - U-M Golf Course
Live Scoring - bit.ly/3AcYX5W

SCHEDULE
Sunday, Sept. 12 -- Practice Round, 11 a.m. (Michigan at 2:45 and 3 p.m.)
Monday, Sept. 13 -- First Round (18), 8:45 a.m. (shotgun)
Monday, Sept. 13 -- Second Round (18), continuous play following the completion of the first round
Tuesday, Sept. 14 -- Final Round (18), 8:45 a.m. (shotgun)

COURSE INFORMATION
Pete Dye Golf Club - Par 71 - 6,232 yards

PARTICIPATING TEAMS
Illinois, Indiana, Iowa State, Kent State, Kentucky, Louisville, Michigan, Nebraska, Northwestern, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Toledo, Washington, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Xavier

XAVIER LINEUP
1. Kara Carter
2. Emma McMyler
3. Nathaly Munnicha
4. Abby Whittington
5. Kayla Benge

NOTABLES

• Head coach Breanna Jenco returns for her seventh season with the Musketeers. She earned BIG EAST Coach of the Year honors in the spring of 2021, picking up the accolades for the third time in her career.

• Xavier enters the season as the two-time defending BIG EAST Champions. The Musketeers won the the conference title on April 25, finishing 13 strokes ahead of Seton Hall in the team standings. Xavier also advanced to its second straight NCAA Regional.

• Xavier returns two letterwinners from its BIG EAST Championship team roster in Abby Kiefer and Emma McMyler. Both players tied for eighth at the conference championships.

• Emma McMyler was also named the BIG EAST Freshman and Player of the Year, becoming the first golfer to earn both awards in the same season since Notre Dame's Lindsey Weaver in 2013. She led all BIG EAST players in lowest scoring average (73.59), while ranking 113th nationally.

• Xavier also returns Kayla Benge, Erin Kim and Abby Whittington. Kim played two rounds at the NCAA Louisville Regional as a substitute (injury) for Abby Kiefer.

FALL SCHEDULE

Sept. 13-14 - Wolverine Invitational - Ann Arbor, Mich.
Sept. 27-29 - Golfweek at Red Sky - Wolcott, Colo.
Oct. 9-10 - Bradley Coyote Creek Classic - Mapleton, Ill.
Oct. 25-26 - Palmetto Intercollegiate - Kiawah Island, S.C.
Oct. 31 - Crosstown Shootout - Losantiville CC
Nov. 1 - Crosstown Shootout - Maketewah CC

UP NEXT

• Xavier returns to action on Sept. 27-29 at the Golfweek at Red Sky Tournamentin Wolcott, Colo.