Canceled: This Week in Michigan Women's Golf - Briar's Creek Invitational

» Michigan begins the second half of its spring regular season playing in the Briar's Creek Invitational, Monday and Tuesday, March 16-17 at the Golf Club at Briar's Creek.
» The Wolverines are coming off back-to-back top-five team finishes during their spring-break trip -- fourth at Miami's Hurricane Invitational and third at the Florida Gators Invitational.
» Ashley Kim has led U-M in all three spring events, recording top-10 finishes in each event including winning her first career event at the Hurricane Invitational. She has record six of her nine spring rounds at par or better.
» Hailey Borja fired a career-low 69 (-1) in her second round of the Florida Gators Invitational giving her a first sun-70 round of her U-M career.

THIS WEEK
Mon-Tue., March 16-17 -- at Briar's Creek Invitational (John's Island, S.C.)
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Next on the Tee: Briar's Creek Invitational

Fresh off a successful Florida spring-break training and competition trip, the University of Michigan women's golf team will start the second half of its spring regular season heading to John's Island, South Carolina, Monday and Tuesday (March 16-17), for the College of Charleston's Briar's Creek Invitational. The two-day, 54-hole event will feature an 18-team field playing at the Golf Club at Briar's Creek. Scoring will be five players, count four low scores. The course is scheduled to be set up for a par 72 at 6,101 yards.

The Briar's Creek Invitational Field

There will be 18 teams competing in the Briar's Creek Invitational, including Boston College, #62 Campbell, #43 Central Florida, Charleston Southern, #59 College of Charleston, #63 East Carolina, #33 Furman, Georgetown, #29 Illinois, #75 Indiana, #91 Kansas, #37 Miami, #17 Michigan State, #44 Michigan, #54 Ohio State, #16 Oklahoma State, #68 Old Dominion and #81 Penn State.

The Briar's Creek Invitational Schedule

Sunday, March 15 -- Practice Round, 8 a.m. (shotgun, off No. 7)
Sunday, March 15 -- College Am, 1:30 p.m. (TBD)
Monday, March 16 -- First Round (18), 9 a.m. (shotgun)
Monday, March 16 -- Second Round (18), continuous play after completion of first round
Tuesday, March 17 -- Final Round (18), 8:45 a.m. (shotgun)

The Briar's Creek Invitational Lineup

Michigan will travel five starters for the Briar's Creek Invitational. Junior Ashley Kim, sophomore Ashley Lau, freshman Hailey Borja, sophomore Sophia Trombetta and freshman Anika Dy will make up the Wolverines' starting group.

Wolverine Bites

• U-M coach Jan Dowling is not backing down from going head-to-head with the best programs in the nation. In seven events this season, the competition has ranked as some of the best in the country.
-- Windy City Collegiate Championships (10 of 15 teams in top 25)
-- Ruth's Chris Tar Heel Invitational (13 of 18 teams in top 50)
-- Landfall Tradition (13 of 18 teams in top 50 and all in the top 100)
-- IJGA Collegiate Invitational (12 of 14 teams in top 50)
-- Hurricane Invitational (five of 12 teams in top 50 and all in top 100)
-- Gators Invitational (four of 12 team in top 50 with nine total in top 100)
-- Briar's Creek Invitational (15 of 18 teams in top 100)

• Michigan is ranked No. 44 by Golfweek and No. 50 by the Golfstat rankings.

• Michigan's lineup features one upperclassman, two sophomores and two freshmen. Junior Ashley Kim (26 career starts) will play in the No. 1 spot for a fourth straight week, while sophomore Ashley Lau makers the 20th straight start of her career. Rounding out the starting five are freshman Hailey Borja (eighth start), sophomore Sophia Trombetta (12th career start) and freshman Anika Dy (fourth career start).

• Ashley Kim continues to have a red-hot spring season. She has led the Wolverines in all three spring events with three straight top-10 finishes. In fact, she won her first collegiate event at the Hurricane Invitational with a 215 (-1) total. She opened the spring tying for eighth with a 213 (-1) total at the IJGA Collegiate Invitational. In her third event, she used a season-low 68 (-2) to rally for a tie for a third place finish at the Florida Gators Invitational.

• In nine spring rounds Kim has posted six par or sub-par rounds, including three straight sub-70 rounds in each of the three spring events highlighted by a season-low tying 68 (-2) in the final round of the Florida Gators Invitational. This spring, she has averaged 71.2 per round and 213.6 per 54-hole event. Kim has taken over the U-M scoring lead with a 72.67 per-round average.

• Kim has posted back-to-back sub-par 54-hole totals with her 213 (-3) at the IJGA Collegiate Invitational and her 215 (-1) at the Hurricane Invitational. With her 214 (-2) tally at the Shirley Spork Invitational, Kim owns three of U-M's four sub-par 54-hole totals. She leads the Wolverines with a 218.00 54-hole average.

• It has been quite a start for freshman Hailey Borja. She has posted nine rounds at par or better this season. She started the spring season posting a 70 (-2) in the final round of the IJGA Collegiate Invitational before she fired her first career sub-70 round with a 69 (-1) in the second round of the Florida Gators Invitational. Overall, she has three top-20 finishes, two top 10 and one top five -- tying for fourth at the Glass City Invitational, her first career event. She is averaging 221.29 per 54-hole event and ranks second on U-M with a 73.76 per-round average.

• Borja's fourth-place tie at the Glass City Invitational was the best opening tournament finish for a U-M freshman since 1995. The previous best was set by Sharon Park, who finished fifth in her collegiate debut at the Spartan Invitational (Sept. 16-17), exactly 24 years prior to Borja's performance.

• Like her freshman season, Ashley Lau has quietly gone about her work on the golf course. She is averaging 74.62 per round as she has produced 18 of her 21 rounds at 76 or lower. Recently, she tied her career-low with a 71 (+1) in the final round of the Florida Gators Invitational, which led to her career-low-tying 217 54-hole total. She has averaged 223.86 per 54-hole event.

• In her first career start, freshman Anika Dy fired a career-low 70 (-2) in the opening round at the Ruth's Chris Tar Heel Invitational. Using that momentum, she led the Wolverines for the first time in her career as she tied for 27th with a 217 (+1) tally. She started four events for the Wolverines and is averaging 74.86 strokes per round.

• Freshman Mikaela Schulz was the Big Ten Golfer of the Week on Oct. 2 after she won the Shirley Spork EMU Invitational with a 212 (-4) tally in her collegiate debut. Playing as an individual, Schulz bogeyed her first career hole before rattling off seven birdies for a first-round 68 (-4), tying the 10th-lowest round in U-M history. She followed with back-to-back scores of 72 to claim the title over teammate Ashley Kim (214, -2). She is averaging 74.83 per round.

• Seven of the nine Wolverines this season have recorded a sub-par round tally. Schulz and Kim own the team's season low as Schulz posted a 68 (-4) in her first collegiate round at the Shirley Spork EMU Invitational, while Kim had a 68 (-2) in the final round of the Florida Gators Invitational. Overall, Kim leads with seven sub-par rounds, while Sophia Trombetta, Borja and Dy each have three. U-M is averaging 74.64 per round.