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Racer Rewind - MSU Wins 2017 OVC Women's Golf Championship
5/22/2020 10:41:00 AM | Women's Golf
GoRacers.com is taking a closer look at one of the most impressive sport performances in the history of Murray State and the Ohio Valley Conference. It is the Murray State women's golf team and head coach Velvet Milkman and the Racers' 12 OVC championships.
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Check GoRacers.com for a chronological review of the Racers' 12 titles on Mondays and Fridays.
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This chapter in the program's history comes from 2017 and it marked the beginning of the third instance for the Racers to win three consecutive OVC championships. They turned in a record-breaking 2017 performance at Hampton Cove in Owens Cross Roads.
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The Racers' league-leading 10th OVC championship and first since 2014, came with a record 286 in round one and a pair of 290 scores. MSU's week set an OVC Tournament record for team score with rounds of 286-290-290=866. Eastern Kentucky was the runner-up with scores of 286-293-297=876.
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The defending OVC individual champion, MSU's junior Moa Folke, was brilliant. She took the title in back-to-back seasons on scores of 73-66-69=208. Folke led the field with 15 total birdies and bested EKU's Elsa Moberly who had scores of 68-70-73=211.
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MSU's Linette Holmslykke earned All-OVC Tournament Team honors with a spot in fourth place on scores of 68-75-71=214. Her 68 in round one set an OVC Tournament record, before Folke shot 66 in round two. Lucila Puente Rodriguez de Austria earned an eighth place finish on scores of 71-73-77=221, while Anna Moore placed 12th on rounds of 76-76-74=226. Raeysha Surendran was a 14th place finisher on scores of 74-77-76=227. Impressively, the Racers had all five of their players finish in the top-15.
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"I felt there was quite a bit of pressure on the team going into the 2017 championship," said Velvet Milkman, who was named OVC Coach of the Year. "We had a young team with three new players in the lineup and you never know how first timers will react to the pressure of the OVC tournament. We knew it was going to be a battle and the players responded to the challenge by shooting our best score of the season in the first round. The second round 290 (led by a 66 from Moa Folke) was the turning point in the tournament because it gave us the confidence we needed heading into the last day. It was a special day and it was a fun historical season. It was truly a team win with all players contributing and we had three different players shoot five rounds under par."
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By winning the 2017 OVC title, it meant the Racers had set a new program record with their sixth win of the season and fourth in a row. The previous program record of five was accomplished by the 2013-14 team.
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Moa Folke was the OVC medalist for a second-straight year as she became the eighth Racer to win the individual championship and the first since Delaney Howson in 2014. She was MSU's seventh winner of the OVC Golfer of the Year award and the first Howson in 2014.
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The Racers have won 12 OVC championships and finished runner-up five times in 26 tries. MSU's OVC championships have come in 1997, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2010, 2014, 2017, 2018 and 2019. The Racers have only finished out of the top three only three times.
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2017 Ohio Valley Women's Golf Championship
Hampton Cove GC – Owens Cross Roads, Ala.
Par 72, 6050 yards -- 9 teams, 45 players
April 19, 2017
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Team
Murray State 866
Eastern Kentucky 876
Jacksonville State 888
Austin Peay 920
Belmont 920
Tennessee Tech 926
Morehead State 933
Eastern Illinois 1001
Tennessee State 1016
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Murray State 286 290 290 866 +2 1st
1 Moa Folke 73 66 69 208 -8
3 Linette Holmslykke 68 75 71 214 -2
8 Lucila Puente 71 73 77 221 +5
12 Anna Moore 76 76 74 226 +10
14 Raeysha Surendran 74 77 76 227 +11
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Check GoRacers.com for a chronological review of the Racers' 12 titles on Mondays and Fridays.
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This chapter in the program's history comes from 2017 and it marked the beginning of the third instance for the Racers to win three consecutive OVC championships. They turned in a record-breaking 2017 performance at Hampton Cove in Owens Cross Roads.
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The Racers' league-leading 10th OVC championship and first since 2014, came with a record 286 in round one and a pair of 290 scores. MSU's week set an OVC Tournament record for team score with rounds of 286-290-290=866. Eastern Kentucky was the runner-up with scores of 286-293-297=876.
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The defending OVC individual champion, MSU's junior Moa Folke, was brilliant. She took the title in back-to-back seasons on scores of 73-66-69=208. Folke led the field with 15 total birdies and bested EKU's Elsa Moberly who had scores of 68-70-73=211.
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MSU's Linette Holmslykke earned All-OVC Tournament Team honors with a spot in fourth place on scores of 68-75-71=214. Her 68 in round one set an OVC Tournament record, before Folke shot 66 in round two. Lucila Puente Rodriguez de Austria earned an eighth place finish on scores of 71-73-77=221, while Anna Moore placed 12th on rounds of 76-76-74=226. Raeysha Surendran was a 14th place finisher on scores of 74-77-76=227. Impressively, the Racers had all five of their players finish in the top-15.
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"I felt there was quite a bit of pressure on the team going into the 2017 championship," said Velvet Milkman, who was named OVC Coach of the Year. "We had a young team with three new players in the lineup and you never know how first timers will react to the pressure of the OVC tournament. We knew it was going to be a battle and the players responded to the challenge by shooting our best score of the season in the first round. The second round 290 (led by a 66 from Moa Folke) was the turning point in the tournament because it gave us the confidence we needed heading into the last day. It was a special day and it was a fun historical season. It was truly a team win with all players contributing and we had three different players shoot five rounds under par."
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By winning the 2017 OVC title, it meant the Racers had set a new program record with their sixth win of the season and fourth in a row. The previous program record of five was accomplished by the 2013-14 team.
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Moa Folke was the OVC medalist for a second-straight year as she became the eighth Racer to win the individual championship and the first since Delaney Howson in 2014. She was MSU's seventh winner of the OVC Golfer of the Year award and the first Howson in 2014.
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The Racers have won 12 OVC championships and finished runner-up five times in 26 tries. MSU's OVC championships have come in 1997, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2010, 2014, 2017, 2018 and 2019. The Racers have only finished out of the top three only three times.
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2017 Ohio Valley Women's Golf Championship
Hampton Cove GC – Owens Cross Roads, Ala.
Par 72, 6050 yards -- 9 teams, 45 players
April 19, 2017
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Team
Murray State 866
Eastern Kentucky 876
Jacksonville State 888
Austin Peay 920
Belmont 920
Tennessee Tech 926
Morehead State 933
Eastern Illinois 1001
Tennessee State 1016
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Murray State 286 290 290 866 +2 1st
1 Moa Folke 73 66 69 208 -8
3 Linette Holmslykke 68 75 71 214 -2
8 Lucila Puente 71 73 77 221 +5
12 Anna Moore 76 76 74 226 +10
14 Raeysha Surendran 74 77 76 227 +11
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