Michigan
Nexus Bahamas Invitational
Wolverines to Begin Spring Season in Bahamas at Nexus Collegiate
2/9/2024 2:34:00 PM | Women's Golf
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The University of Michigan women's golf team opens its spring season with a trip to the Bahamas to play in Texas Tech's Nexus Collegiate, Monday through Wednesday (Feb. 12-14). The three-day, 54-hole event will be played at the Albany Golf Club.
Notes
• U-M will travel five starters and an individual to the opening spring event. Senior Monet Chun, fifth-year senior Hailey Borja, freshman Sidney Yermish, sophomore Lauren Sung and graduate transfer Emilie Paltrinieri make up the Wolverine starters, while sophomore Mara Janess will play as an invited individual.
• There will be 11 teams making up the field for the Nexus Collegiate, including No. 28 Mississippi State, No. 29 Houston, No. 35 Michigan, No. 37 Kentucky, No. 45 Tulsa, No. 46 North Texas, No. 52 Iowa State, No. 58 Texas Tech, No. 60 UTSA, No. 74 Illinois and No. 84 Boston College.
• Borja is scheduled to make her 44th career start in the Bahamas as she has not missed an event in her career. Borja is eighth all-time for career starts and could catch U-M's all-time leader Laura Olin (50; 2002-05). Paltrinieri is scheduled to make her second straight and third overall start for the Maize and Blue.
• During the fall, Michigan posted 19 rounds of par or better, including 13 sub-par tallies and six sub-70. U-M had at least one Wolverine finish among the top 10 in all five fall events.
• Michigan has continued to shine in the final round, averaging 288.75. Both of the Wolverines top team totals have come in the final 18 -- a 283 (-5) at the Glass City Invitational (Sept. 25-26) and a 284 (-4) at the Ruth's Chris Tar Heel Invitational (Oct. 9-10). U-M is nearly eight shots better in the last round than the first (296.75) and second (294.75) rounds. Overall, U-M is carrying a 293.42 team average.
• Chun finished the fall holding a career-best scoring average of 72.44. She posted four sub-par tallies, including a U-M fall-best 67 (-5), twice -- at the Glass City Invitational (final round) and the Ruth's Chris Invitational (first round). Borja closed with a career-best pace of 72.42 per round. She fired 6-of-12 rounds at par or below, while finishing in the top 20 in three of four events.
• Yermish was one of two Wolverines to start all four events in the fall. They averaged 74.67 per round and posted a career-low 68 (-4) in the final round of the Ruth's Chris Tar Heel Invitational (Oct. 9-10). In the fall finale, they carded a career-best 54-hole with a 220 total at the Stanford Intercollegiate (Oct. 20-22).
• In November, Michigan signed two golfers for the 2024-25 season. U-M head coach Jan Dowling added Suzie Tran (Poulsbo, Wash.) and Mimi Guo (Auckland, New Zealand).
Players Mentioned
