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Women's Golf Closes Fall Slate at French Broad Collegiate Invitational in NCWomen's Golf Closes Fall Slate at French Broad Collegiate Invitational in NC

Women's Golf Closes Fall Slate at French Broad Collegiate Invitational in NC

ASHEVILLE, N.C. – The Penn State women's golf team is back in action as they close out their fall slate in North Carolina at the French Broad Collegiate Invitational at The Cliffs at Walnut Cove on Monday and Tuesday.

This marks Penn State’s first appearance at the event which features 36 holes of continuous play on Monday following a 9 a.m. shotgun start while Tuesday’s final round will feature split tee times off the first and tenth holes beginning at 9:30 a.m.

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THE TEAM

  • The lineup features a minor adjustment from the past few tournaments as Lillian Guleserian will slide into the starting five after playing as an individual with junior Yaya Jiratthitinun, sophomores Audrey Lam and Mara King and freshman Maddie Koshko rounding out the starting five.
  • Koshko paces the squad with a 70.38 stroke average through eight rounds. Jiratthitinun and Lam also have sub-71 averages at 70.44 and 70.50 to open the season while King is also averaging under par with a 71.56 average through the opening three tournaments of the fall.
  • As a team the Nittany Lions are also averaging under par at 283 per round this fall and have posted three-straight top-four finishes including runner-up accolades at the Bettie Lou Evans Invitational in Kentucky last month.

LAST TIME OUT

  • Penn State continued its stellar start to the fall season with a fourth-place finish in the 14-team field at the Evie Odom Invitational two weeks ago. The Nittany Lions fired a 4-over, 840, highlighted by a second round 9-under, 271.
  • The Nittany Lions saw four players finish in the top-20 overall with all six players who tee’d it up this week finishing in the top-30.
  • Penn State was paced by sophomore Audrey Lam who was leading the tournament at one point during the second round on Friday and finished the week tied for 14th at even-par, 210. Lam opened the tournament with back-to-back rounds in red figures with a first round 3-under, 67, and second round 1-under, 69.
  • Jiratchaya Jiratthitinun finished tied for 16th along with Lillian Guleserian. Jiratthitinun had the low round of the week for the Nittany Lions carding a 5-under, 65, during the second round on Friday and finished the week 1-over, 211. Guleserian went 73-68-70—211 for the week.

THE FIELD

  • The small 11-team field includes UNC Charlotte, Montana, Furman, Illinois, UT Chattanooga, Kennesaw, Georgia State, Murray State, UNC Asheville, Maryland and Penn State.