Women's Golf Opens Spring Season at Rio Verde Invitational

Friday, February 25

Rio Verde, Ariz.

2:30 p.m. ET

Xavier University

WMU Rio Verde Invite

Women's Golf Opens Spring Season at Rio Verde Invitational

02.24.22 | Women's Golf

Live Scoring Tournament Information (PDF)Round One Pairings (PDF)

The three-day tournament is being held at the White Wing Course on Feb. 25-27

By: Greg Lautzenheiser, Xavier Athletic Communications

CINCINNATI - Xavier women's golf opens its spring season on Feb. 25-27 at the Rio Verde Invitational hosted by Western Michigan. The three-day tournament is being played at Rio Verde CC (White Wing Course).

Round one action gets underway on Friday afternoon.

RIO VERDE INVITATIONAL

TOURNAMENT INFORMATION
Feb. 25-27 - Rio Verde CC - White Wing Course
Live Scoring - bit.ly/3vjPKZI
Round One Pairings - bit.ly/3sjHYgo

SCHEDULE
54 holes (18 each day)
Tee times - Monday - 2:30 PM ET
Tee times - Saturday/Sunday - 10:30 AM ET

COURSE INFORMATION
Rio Verde CC - White Wing Course - Par 72 - 6,001 Yards

PARTICIPATING TEAMS (18)
Akron, Ball State, Bowling Green, Bradley, Butler, California Baptist, Central Michigan, Eastern Michigan, Illinois State, Kennesaw State, Loyola (Ill.), Missouri State, Oakland, Ohio, South Dakota, Wichita State, Western Michigan, Xavier

XAVIER LINEUP
1. Emma McMyler
2. Kara Carter
3. Erin Kim
4. Abby Whittington
5. Abby Kiefer

FALL HIGHLIGHTS

• Xavier won the Bradley Coyote Creek Classic on Oct. 10, capturing the team's lone tournament title of the fall season. The Musketeers posted a 54-hole score of 871 (+7), ranking first in a field of 12 teams. The tournament title was the Musketeers first since capturing the BIG EAST Championships on April 25, 2021. Xavier also won the Georgia State Tournament on March 30, 2021.

• Emma McMyler posted a 54-hole score of 206 (-10) to rank first in a field of 65 golfers at the Bradley Coyote Classic. The sophomore golfer's score set a new school record for 54-hole scoring. The individual tournament title was the first of her Xavier career. She was also named the BIG EAST Golfer of the Week on Oct. 13.

• Freshman Kara Carter had two top-five finishes in the fall. She placed second at the Bradley Coyote Creek Classic (Oct. 10) and fourth at the Palmetto Intercollegiate (Oct. 26).

• Xavier also won a match-play tournament (11-7) vs crosstown rival Cincinnati on Oct. 31.

• Emma McMyler also won the Sally Championship (amateur event) at Oceanside Country Club on Jan. 8.

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.

SPRING SCHEDULE

Feb. 25-27 - WMU Rio Verde Invite - Rio Verde, Ariz.
March 7-8 - UNF Collegiate Invite - Jacksonville, Fla.
March 21-22 - Pinetree CC Women's Collegiate Invite - Kennesaw, Ga.
March 28-29 - Georgia State Women's Golf Spring Invite - Johns Creek, Ga.
April 15-16 - Lady Buckeye Invite - Columbus, Ohio
April 21-23 - BIG EAST Championships - Pine Mountain, Ga.

UP NEXT

• Xavier returns to action on March 7-8 at the UNF Collegiate Invite in Jacksonville, Fla.