BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Lady Topper Golf is slated to begin its sixth season with head coach Adam Gary at the helm as WKU travels to South Alabama's USA Intercollegiate in Mobile, Ala.
After competing all last season without seniors, current seniors Mary Joiner, Bailey Tyree and Abigail Smee are familiar with leading a successful team. "I think they're really going to excel and shine this year," said Gary of the trio.
Joiner and Smee will compete for WKU this weekend alongside freshman Sarah Arnold and returners Lizzie Loy and Megan Clarke. Tyree and junior Olivia Reed will compete as individuals.
The Lady Toppers are set to tee off Saturday morning at 8 a.m. CT as one of 16 teams in the tournament. WKU will play 54 holes over the course of Saturday, Sunday and Monday at the par-72, 6,002-yard RTJ Trail – Magnolia Grove Crossings Course.
At the 2018 USA Intercollegiate, Joiner earned her fifth career win, and would go on to win her sixth at the Boston College Intercollegiate the following week. In Mobile, Joiner led the team to a four-over, third-place finish.
"I've played well there the last couple years," said Joiner of the Intercollegiate. "It mentally kind of puts a little bit of pressure on me to perform well again, but it's all just mental. You have to block that out and focus on one shot at a time and just try to play your best."
WKU entered the Golfstat Top 100 for the first time as a team in 2018-19, while also picking up a team championship at the Boston College Intercollegiate for the program's sixth team victory under Gary.
The squad finished the 2018-19 season with two tournament wins, four top-five finishes, and three individual victories. The team also notched the top two 18, 36 and 54-hold scores in program history, setting six new records in the span of a year.
Senior Joiner and junior Megan Clarke recorded the best individual 36-hole score in Lady Topper history, while Joiner extended that same record into the program's best individual 54-hole score.
"We've returned a lot of talent and added some new faces that I think are going to make an impact this year, said Gary of the group.
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