PEORIA, Ill. -- The Bradley women's golf team will have its final outing before the Missouri Valley Conference Championship at the Indiana State Spring Invitational for the second straight year when the Braves head to Terre Haute, Ind., Monday and Tuesday.
Bradley will have its final tune-up for the league championship in the state of Indiana for the fifth consecutive season with next week's Indiana State Spring Invite and the Braves will see several familiar foes in the 13-team field. The Indiana State Spring Invitational should give Bradley a good preview of the upcoming MVC Championship with five conference rivals helping make up the field with Evansville, Indiana State, Loyola, Northern Iowa and Southern Illinois slated to compete
In addition to facing Evansville, Indiana State and Loyola for the second straight tournament, Bradley will also square off with South Dakota and Western Illinois again after all five squads were part of last week's Bradley Invitational. The rest of the field consists of Chicago State, Dayton, Eastern Illinois, Rend Lake and Williams Woods.
Junior Danielle Lemek (Doniphan, Neb./Doniphan-Trumbull) will look to defend her title at the par-72 Country Club of Terre Haute. Lemek, who has won back-to-back medalist honors entering the Indiana State Spring Invitational, won last year's event in Terre Haute, Ind., with a 36-hole score of 2-over par 176 (74-72). She leads the MVC with a 73.50 season stroke average and has carded 30 consecutive sub-80 rounds.
Freshman Ally Scaccia (Arlington Heights, Ill./Prospect) looks to continue a strong rookie campaign in which she has averaged 77.90 per round. Scaccia has been among Bradley's top three finishers in every event this year and is coming off her first career top-10 finishing after tying for fifth at the Bradley Invitational. Scaccia's 16 sub-80 rounds rank as the sixth best total by a freshman at Bradley.
Junior Allison Walsh (Mt. Prospect, Ill./Mt. Prospect) turned in her first top 20 showing of the year at the Bradley Invite, tying for 16th. Walsh tied for 20th at last year's Indiana State Spring Invite and is now tied with Kelly Dillon for 12th in school history with 37 career rounds in the 70's or better.
Fellow junior Jenna Roadley (Winnipeg, Manitoba/Sturgeon Heights) has battled through injuries this spring to post a 77.25 stroke average and is second on the team with a 77.90 average for the year.
Following the trip to Terre Haute, Ind., Bradley will travel to Burlington, Iowa for the MVC Championship at Spirit Hollow Golf Course, April 19-21.
