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Sunday, April 17
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Tee Time – Racers Take On The Shoals At 28th OVC Championship
4/14/2022 1:56:00 PM | Women's Golf
The Racers’ women’s golf team looks for their 13th OVC title in Muscle Shoals, Ala.
The Murray State women's golf looks for their 13th title at the 28th Ohio Valley Conference championship Sunday through Tuesday (April 17-19) at The Shoals Golf Club in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. The 54-hole championship will be played on The Shoal's Fighting Joe course.
The OVC Championship of 2022 marks the third time the event has been staged on the Fighting Joe Course. The Racers placed second there in 2008 and won the title the last time it was held on this course in 2014. The Shoal's second course, The Schoolmaster, hosted the OVC event in 2018 and 2019.
As the founder of the MSU women's program in 1993, Coach Velvet Milkman's teams have won 12 OVC titles and won three consecutive three times with the last coming from 2017-19.
The Racers go into the OVC Championship with two veterans that have played once before in the conference bash (Payton Carter & Ana Picchi) and three that will play the event for the first time (Eliza Mae Kho, Alma Garcia and Emmie Eriksson).
Event: 28th Ohio Valley Women's Golf Championship
Dates: April 17-19, 2022
Location: Muscle Shoals, Ala.
Schedule/Times: 18 holes stroke play Monday through Friday – Start from No. 1 tee 8 a.m.
Course: The Shoals GC – Fighting Joe Course
Par/Length: 72/6,027
Live Scoring: GolfStat.com bit.ly/3M4m7kb
Participating Teams (7): Austin Peay, Belmont, Eastern Illinois, Morehead State, Murray State, Tennessee State, Tennessee Tech
Murray State Lineup
Payton Carter, Jr., Henderson, Ky.
Currently fourth in the OVC with a scoring average of 76.0 in 25 rounds, Carter is making her second appearance in the OVC Championship after a 20th place finish in 2021 at Hampton Cove. In 2021-22, Carter has produced a pair of top-5 finishes including a first-place trophy (Oct. 12) at the Chris Banister Classic on scores 71-74-69=214.
Eliza Mae Kho, Jr., Miri, Malaysia
With a scoring average of 78.2 in 25 rounds, Kho ranks 15th in the OVC. She has a season-best finish of eighth place (Oct. 10) at the Chris Banister Classic on scores of 75-77-74=226. Kho is making her first OVC Championship appearance.
Ana Garcia Picchi, Jr., Seville, Spain
Playing in her second OVC Championship, Picchi has played 22 rounds in the 2021-22 season with a scoring average of 77.5 which is 12th in the conference. She placed 11th in her first OVC Championship appearance in 2021 at Hampton Cove on scores of 74-77-76=227. In 2021-22, Picchi has three top-15 finishes and was ninth (Oct. 20) at the Ozark National Invitational on scores of 73-71-77=221.
Alma Garcia, Jr., Oaxaca, Mexico
Ranked 17th in the OVC with a scoring average of 78.5, Garcia has played 24 rounds for MSU in 2021-22. She is appearing in her first OVC Championship.
Emmie Eriksson, So., Malmo, Sweden
In 2021-22, Eriksson has played 19 rounds for MSU with a scoring average of 81.0. She is appearing at the OVC Championship for the first time.
Racer OVC Tournament Facts & Records
First Appearance: 1994 (First season for MSU & OVC)
Championships: 12
First Championship: 1997
Last Championship: 2019
Championship List: 1997, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2010, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019
Medalist Winners: 9
First Medalist: Jenny Daag (1998)
Last Medalist: Anna Moore (2019)
Low Team Single Round: 284 (2019)
High Team Single Round: 356 (1994, MSU's first round in 1997)
Low Individual Single Round: 66, Moa Folke (2017)
OVC Awards Announcement
The annual OVC awards will be announced Saturday after the practice round. The 10-member All-OVC team as well as the All-Newcomer Team will be released. The OVC Player of the Year, All-Tournament Team and Tournament MVP awards will be presented at the conclusion of the championship.
Racer Golf Notes
2021-22 OVC Team Scoring Averages
Austin Peay, 303.6
Morehead State, 304.2
Murray State, 309.0
Belmont, 310.1
Tennessee Tech, 318.9
Eastern Illinois, 346.6
About The Shoals
The Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail at The Shoals is home to two 18-hole championship courses and lies between the Wheeler and Wilson dams on the Tennessee River. Wheeler Dam is named in honor of General Joseph "Fighting Joe" Wheeler - the only Confederate General to attain the same rank later in the United States Army. The Fighting Joe course at The Shoals was the first Trail course to break 8,000 yards. Travel + Leisure Golf named Fighting Joe one of the top new courses in 2004. The second course, the Schoolmaster (named for President Woodrow Wilson who was responsible for getting Wilson Dam built and was also known as "The Schoolmaster" of politics), opened in the Summer of 2005.
Murray State – OVC Tournament History
MSU Individual Medalist
1998 Jenny Daag
1999 Jenny Daag
2002 Cuyler Hedley
2003 Lee-Ann Pace
2004 Nikki Orazine
2014 Delaney Howson
2016 Moa Folke
2017 Moa Folke
2019 Anna Moore
MSU All-Tournament
2001 Cuyler Hedley
2002 Stephanie Baskey, Cuyler Hedley, Nikki Orazine
2003 Stephanie Baskey, Nikki Orazine, Lee-Anne Pace
2004 Cuyler Hedley, Nikki Orazine
2005 Nikki Orazine
2006 Christi Baron
2007 Andrea Downer
2008 Joyce Trus
2009 Andrea Downer
2010 Megan McKinney, Joyce Trus
2011 Morgan Cross
2012 Delaney Howson, Alexandra Lennartsson
2013 Delaney Howson, Alexandra Lennartsson
2014 Delaney Howson, Sydney Trimble
2015 Minta Yin
2016 Moa Folke
2017 Moa Folke, Linette Holmslykke
2018 Moa Folke, Lucila Puente Rodriguez de Austria, Raeysha Surendran
2019 Anna Moore, Linette Holmslykke, Jane Watts
2020 No Event – Covid
Coach of the Year
Velvet Milkman - 1997, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2017
Golfer of the Year
1998 Jenny Daag
1999 Jenny Daag
2002 Cuyler Hedley
2003 Lee-Ann Pace
2004 Nikki Orazine
2005 Nikki Orazine
2014 Delaney Howson
2017 Moa Folke
2019 Linette Holmslykke
Freshman of the Year
2008 Alex Hitteregger
2011 Delaney Howson
2017 Lucila Puente Rodriguez
About Murray State Athletics
Located in Murray, Kentucky, the athletics department of Murray State University is a NCAA Division I member and plays in the Football Championship Subdivision. The Racers have 15 programs including men's teams for baseball, basketball, cross country, football and golf and women's teams for basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, softball, tennis, track & field and volleyball, as well as a mixed gender rifle team. Currently a member of the Ohio Valley Conference, the Racers will join the Missouri Valley Conference on July 1, 2022. The Racers will begin play in the Missouri Valley Football Conference in 2023.
The OVC Championship of 2022 marks the third time the event has been staged on the Fighting Joe Course. The Racers placed second there in 2008 and won the title the last time it was held on this course in 2014. The Shoal's second course, The Schoolmaster, hosted the OVC event in 2018 and 2019.
As the founder of the MSU women's program in 1993, Coach Velvet Milkman's teams have won 12 OVC titles and won three consecutive three times with the last coming from 2017-19.
The Racers go into the OVC Championship with two veterans that have played once before in the conference bash (Payton Carter & Ana Picchi) and three that will play the event for the first time (Eliza Mae Kho, Alma Garcia and Emmie Eriksson).
Event: 28th Ohio Valley Women's Golf Championship
Dates: April 17-19, 2022
Location: Muscle Shoals, Ala.
Schedule/Times: 18 holes stroke play Monday through Friday – Start from No. 1 tee 8 a.m.
Course: The Shoals GC – Fighting Joe Course
Par/Length: 72/6,027
Live Scoring: GolfStat.com bit.ly/3M4m7kb
Participating Teams (7): Austin Peay, Belmont, Eastern Illinois, Morehead State, Murray State, Tennessee State, Tennessee Tech
Murray State Lineup
Payton Carter, Jr., Henderson, Ky.
Currently fourth in the OVC with a scoring average of 76.0 in 25 rounds, Carter is making her second appearance in the OVC Championship after a 20th place finish in 2021 at Hampton Cove. In 2021-22, Carter has produced a pair of top-5 finishes including a first-place trophy (Oct. 12) at the Chris Banister Classic on scores 71-74-69=214.
Eliza Mae Kho, Jr., Miri, Malaysia
With a scoring average of 78.2 in 25 rounds, Kho ranks 15th in the OVC. She has a season-best finish of eighth place (Oct. 10) at the Chris Banister Classic on scores of 75-77-74=226. Kho is making her first OVC Championship appearance.
Ana Garcia Picchi, Jr., Seville, Spain
Playing in her second OVC Championship, Picchi has played 22 rounds in the 2021-22 season with a scoring average of 77.5 which is 12th in the conference. She placed 11th in her first OVC Championship appearance in 2021 at Hampton Cove on scores of 74-77-76=227. In 2021-22, Picchi has three top-15 finishes and was ninth (Oct. 20) at the Ozark National Invitational on scores of 73-71-77=221.
Alma Garcia, Jr., Oaxaca, Mexico
Ranked 17th in the OVC with a scoring average of 78.5, Garcia has played 24 rounds for MSU in 2021-22. She is appearing in her first OVC Championship.
Emmie Eriksson, So., Malmo, Sweden
In 2021-22, Eriksson has played 19 rounds for MSU with a scoring average of 81.0. She is appearing at the OVC Championship for the first time.
Racer OVC Tournament Facts & Records
First Appearance: 1994 (First season for MSU & OVC)
Championships: 12
First Championship: 1997
Last Championship: 2019
Championship List: 1997, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2010, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019
Medalist Winners: 9
First Medalist: Jenny Daag (1998)
Last Medalist: Anna Moore (2019)
Low Team Single Round: 284 (2019)
High Team Single Round: 356 (1994, MSU's first round in 1997)
Low Individual Single Round: 66, Moa Folke (2017)
OVC Awards Announcement
The annual OVC awards will be announced Saturday after the practice round. The 10-member All-OVC team as well as the All-Newcomer Team will be released. The OVC Player of the Year, All-Tournament Team and Tournament MVP awards will be presented at the conclusion of the championship.
Racer Golf Notes
- The 2022 event is the 28th appearance for Coach Velvet Milkman who is the only coach MSU has ever had since she started the program at Murray State in 1993.
- MSU has won three-straight OVC titles three times (1997-99, 2002-04, 2017-19).
- MSU's 12 OVC championships have come in 1997, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2010, 2014, 2017, 2018 and 2019.
- In addition to winning the OVC Championship 12 times, the Racers have also finished second five times.
- The Racers have nine medalist titles at the OVC Championship including Jenny Daag (1998 & 1999), Cuyler Hedley (2003), Lee Anne Pace (2004), Nikki Orazine (2005), Delaney Howson (2014), Moa Folke (2016 & 2017) and Anna Moore (2019).
- MSU has 21 individual finishes of third place or better.
2021-22 OVC Team Scoring Averages
Austin Peay, 303.6
Morehead State, 304.2
Murray State, 309.0
Belmont, 310.1
Tennessee Tech, 318.9
Eastern Illinois, 346.6
About The Shoals
The Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail at The Shoals is home to two 18-hole championship courses and lies between the Wheeler and Wilson dams on the Tennessee River. Wheeler Dam is named in honor of General Joseph "Fighting Joe" Wheeler - the only Confederate General to attain the same rank later in the United States Army. The Fighting Joe course at The Shoals was the first Trail course to break 8,000 yards. Travel + Leisure Golf named Fighting Joe one of the top new courses in 2004. The second course, the Schoolmaster (named for President Woodrow Wilson who was responsible for getting Wilson Dam built and was also known as "The Schoolmaster" of politics), opened in the Summer of 2005.
Murray State – OVC Tournament History
MSU Individual Medalist
1998 Jenny Daag
1999 Jenny Daag
2002 Cuyler Hedley
2003 Lee-Ann Pace
2004 Nikki Orazine
2014 Delaney Howson
2016 Moa Folke
2017 Moa Folke
2019 Anna Moore
MSU All-Tournament
2001 Cuyler Hedley
2002 Stephanie Baskey, Cuyler Hedley, Nikki Orazine
2003 Stephanie Baskey, Nikki Orazine, Lee-Anne Pace
2004 Cuyler Hedley, Nikki Orazine
2005 Nikki Orazine
2006 Christi Baron
2007 Andrea Downer
2008 Joyce Trus
2009 Andrea Downer
2010 Megan McKinney, Joyce Trus
2011 Morgan Cross
2012 Delaney Howson, Alexandra Lennartsson
2013 Delaney Howson, Alexandra Lennartsson
2014 Delaney Howson, Sydney Trimble
2015 Minta Yin
2016 Moa Folke
2017 Moa Folke, Linette Holmslykke
2018 Moa Folke, Lucila Puente Rodriguez de Austria, Raeysha Surendran
2019 Anna Moore, Linette Holmslykke, Jane Watts
2020 No Event – Covid
Coach of the Year
Velvet Milkman - 1997, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2017
Golfer of the Year
1998 Jenny Daag
1999 Jenny Daag
2002 Cuyler Hedley
2003 Lee-Ann Pace
2004 Nikki Orazine
2005 Nikki Orazine
2014 Delaney Howson
2017 Moa Folke
2019 Linette Holmslykke
Freshman of the Year
2008 Alex Hitteregger
2011 Delaney Howson
2017 Lucila Puente Rodriguez
About Murray State Athletics
Located in Murray, Kentucky, the athletics department of Murray State University is a NCAA Division I member and plays in the Football Championship Subdivision. The Racers have 15 programs including men's teams for baseball, basketball, cross country, football and golf and women's teams for basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, softball, tennis, track & field and volleyball, as well as a mixed gender rifle team. Currently a member of the Ohio Valley Conference, the Racers will join the Missouri Valley Conference on July 1, 2022. The Racers will begin play in the Missouri Valley Football Conference in 2023.
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