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Women’s Golf Closes Fall Slate At Little Rock Classic

Duane Zehr, Bradley University ITPS

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Women's Golf 10/25/2019 12:26:00 PM

PEORIA, Ill. -- Bradley Women's Golf makes its first trip to the state of Arkansas since 2003 with the Braves closing out the 2019 Fall schedule at the Little Rock Classic, which will be played Sunday, Monday and Tuesday at the par-72 Diamante Country Club in Hot Springs, Ark.

Coming off a second-place finish at the inaugural Chippewa Invitational in Birmingham, Mich., earlier this week, Bradley will have its latest fall tournament since the 2014-15 season and will travel to the state of Arkansas for the first time since playing in the Lady Indian Classic in Jonesboro, Ark., in October 2003.

Joining Bradley in the Little Rock Classic is Missouri Valley Conference rival Missouri State, while the 17-team field features four squads from the state of Arkansas in tournament-host Little Rock along with Arkansas State, Arkansas Tech and Central Arkansas. The tournament also includes California Baptist, Houston Baptist, Jacksonville State, UMKC, Lamar, Louisiana-Monroe, Stephen F. Austin, UT-Arlington, Utah Valley, UTEP and Western Kentucky.

Sunday and Monday's rounds will feature tee times beginning at 8:30 a.m., while Tuesday's final round will have an 8:30 a.m. shotgun start. BradleyBraves.com will provide links to live scoring for all three rounds.

The Braves were bolstered by the return of Taylor Ledwein at the Chippewa Invitational, with the senior taking second in the individual standings. Ledwein, who fired a three-under 69 in Tuesday's final round, earned her 14th career top-10 finish in her season debut after missing the first three tournaments of the season due to injury.

Fellow senior Megan Medinger joined Ledwein in the top 10 of the Chippewa Invitational, earning her second career top-10 finish. Medinger is third on the team with a 77.73 stroke average this fall after shooting a pair of 78's earlier in the week.

Freshman Mara Flaherty collected her second top-20 finish of her young Bradley career, tying for 16th at the Chippewa Invitational and has six rounds of 77 or better this year.

Coming off her first career top-20 finish, sophomore Megan Welch will appear in the lineup for the second straight outing. Welch will be making her third appearance in the Bradley lineup after tying for 18th at the Chippewa Invite.

Junior Maddie Hawkins owns a team-best 10 sub-80 rounds this season, carding a first-round 77 at the Chippewa Invitational for her 10th consecutive round in the 70's.

With the Little Rock Classic marking the end of the fall schedule, Bradley will open up the spring slate Feb. 21-23 at the Rio Verde Invitational in Rio Verde, Ariz.

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