A busy weekend at WeaverRidge found both Bradley golf teams in action, as the host of the Bradley Invitational. Both the men’s and women’s golf teams fared well at their home event, with juniors Danielle Lemek and Lyle Burns winning individual titles.
Burns broke the school record for the lowest 54-hole score in program history to win the individual medalist honors, while the men’s team tied for second in the team standings.
“Usually, going into the spring you’re trying to play your way into good form since it’s tough to get outdoors,” men’s golf coach Jeff Roche said. “We didn’t play too well in Phoenix but we played much better at Pinehurst and are starting to get into the form we want to be in.”
Senior Seth Trolia tied for seventh at 222 to turn in his team-best fourth top-10 finish of the year. Trolia’s final round 76 pushed his career total for sub-80 rounds to 97 as he gets closer to the school record of 100.
South Dakota’s Samuel Matthew and Cody Seal finished second and third respectively, leading the Coyotes to a team title by 12 shots.
“Lyle [was] phenomenal, which was a huge bright spot, and Seth’s top-10 finished was big as well,” Roche said. “We have some good opportunities ahead of us this weekend at Indiana that we will look to build on.”
Junior Danielle Lemek claimed her third individual title of the 2014-2015 season and earned her school record ninth career medalist honor, while the women’s team finished third in the overall standings.
“The conditions were very challenging this weekend, especially compared to Arizona and Florida, which is where we had been recently,” women’s golf coach Mary Swanson said. “But that isn’t something you can prepare for and I was happy with how the team responded.”
Bradley was four shots better in Saturday’s final round at 318 than Friday’s second round of 322 but slipped to third in the final team standings. Indiana State claimed the team title with a three-round total of 944.
Freshman Ally Scaccia earned the first top-10 finish of her career by tying for fifth overall at 231 after matching Lemek’s 78 in Saturday’s round. Junior Allison Walsh also tallied a final round of 78 and finished tied for 16th.
“It’s definitely been a lot different than high school,” Scaccia said. “Tournaments are longer and the competition is steeper, but that is nothing that was unexpected. I just want to keep building bonds with my teammates and Coach Swanson and [work on] getting better each day.”
The men’s team travels to Bloomington, Indiana for the Hoosier Invitational while the women’s team will also head to the Hoosier state to participate in the Indiana State Spring Invitational.
