Redbirds Close Pre-MVC Championship Season on Sunday at Purdue
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Illinois State women's golf team will put a wrap on its pre-MVC Championship season this weekend, as the team travels to compete at the Boilermaker Spring Classic on Sunday and Monday.
Event: Boilermaker Spring Classic
When: April 5-6, 2025
Where: Ackerman-Allen Golf Course
Par: 72
Yardage: 6,212
Live Scoring: GolfStat
Participants (National Rankings): Purdue (38), Illinois (52), Princeton (61), Denver (67), Minnesota (68), Illinois State (77), South Alabama (79), Cincinnati (124), Eastern Michigan (125), Butler (174), Northern Illinois (180), Bradley (181), Tennessee Tech (200), Toledo (205), Akron (206), Detroit Mercy (265),
Redbird Lineup (tee time of 8 a.m., by starting hole): Jinyoung Yun (4), Morgan Jones (5), Lory Paradis (6), Elise Fennell (7), Jessica Jolly (8), INDIVIDUAL: Dani Grace Schrock. ISU will be golfing alongside Denver, South Alabama, and Cincinnati in the opening round.
Redbird History at the Boilermaker Spring Classicl: This is ISU's first appearance at this tournament.
About the Course: The Ackerman-Allen Course, a Pete Dye design, is an 18-hole, parkland-style, par-72 championship golf course featuring large bent-grass greens, fairways and tees. The layout presents a challenge for golfers of all abilities with rolling hills, tree-lined fairways, white sand bunkers, and minimal water hazards. Ackerman-Allen offers five sets of tees with the championship tees playing over 7,500 yards and the forward tees playing at 5,300 yards.
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