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Racer Golf Picked First In OVC Poll
2/10/2020 10:00:00 AM | Women's Golf
The Murray State women's golf team has been picked as the 2020 Ohio Valley Conference golf favorites in a vote of league head coaches released on Tuesday by the league office.
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The vote saw three-time defending champion Murray State receive six of the nine first-place votes and 62 total points to edge Eastern Kentucky, who received a first-place vote and 55 points, and Jacksonville State, who picked up two first-place votes and 54 points. Belmont was fourth (40) and followed by Austin Peay (37), Tennessee Tech (28), Morehead State (25), Tennessee State (15) and Eastern Illinois (8).
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Murray State led from start to finish a year ago in topping the field by 20 strokes, the biggest margin of victory at the Championship since 2008. Overall, it marked the 12th title for the Racers. MSU competed in a challenging group of tournaments in the fall and took second place honors at JSU Chris Banister Golf Classic (in a field that included five OVC teams). Racers senior Raeysha Surendran finished in the Top 20 of all four events including winning the Chris Banister Classic; she has the top stroke average (73.9) in the OVC entering the spring.
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The Racers begin the spring season with an appearance (March 1-3) at the Kiawah Island Intercollegiate in South Carolina. MSU plays in Jacksonville, Fla.
(March 9-10) at the UNF Collegiate and the Bama Beach Bash (March 20-22) in Gulf Shores, Ala. The Racers play in Stockbridge, Ga. (March 29-31) at the John Kirk Intercollegiate. The Racers host the Jan Weaver Invitational (April 10-11) at Miller Memorial Golf Club.
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The OVC Women's Golf Championship will be contested April 19-21 at RTJ at Hampton Cove in Owens Cross Roads, Alabama.
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2020 OVC Golf Preseason Predicted Order of Finish
Women's Predicted Order of Finish
Murray State (6 first-place votes) – 62 points
Eastern Kentucky (1) – 55
Jacksonville State (2) – 54
Belmont – 40
Austin Peay – 37
Tennessee Tech – 28
Morehead State – 25
Tennessee State – 15
Eastern Illinois - 8
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The vote saw three-time defending champion Murray State receive six of the nine first-place votes and 62 total points to edge Eastern Kentucky, who received a first-place vote and 55 points, and Jacksonville State, who picked up two first-place votes and 54 points. Belmont was fourth (40) and followed by Austin Peay (37), Tennessee Tech (28), Morehead State (25), Tennessee State (15) and Eastern Illinois (8).
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Murray State led from start to finish a year ago in topping the field by 20 strokes, the biggest margin of victory at the Championship since 2008. Overall, it marked the 12th title for the Racers. MSU competed in a challenging group of tournaments in the fall and took second place honors at JSU Chris Banister Golf Classic (in a field that included five OVC teams). Racers senior Raeysha Surendran finished in the Top 20 of all four events including winning the Chris Banister Classic; she has the top stroke average (73.9) in the OVC entering the spring.
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The Racers begin the spring season with an appearance (March 1-3) at the Kiawah Island Intercollegiate in South Carolina. MSU plays in Jacksonville, Fla.
(March 9-10) at the UNF Collegiate and the Bama Beach Bash (March 20-22) in Gulf Shores, Ala. The Racers play in Stockbridge, Ga. (March 29-31) at the John Kirk Intercollegiate. The Racers host the Jan Weaver Invitational (April 10-11) at Miller Memorial Golf Club.Â
The OVC Women's Golf Championship will be contested April 19-21 at RTJ at Hampton Cove in Owens Cross Roads, Alabama.
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2020 OVC Golf Preseason Predicted Order of Finish
Women's Predicted Order of Finish
Murray State (6 first-place votes) – 62 points
Eastern Kentucky (1) – 55
Jacksonville State (2) – 54
Belmont – 40
Austin Peay – 37
Tennessee Tech – 28
Morehead State – 25
Tennessee State – 15
Eastern Illinois - 8
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