Girls’s Golf Begins Play in Canadian Collegiate on Sunday

East Lansing, Mich. – Michigan State’s ladies’s golf group performs its second occasion of the 2025-26 season when the Spartans tee off within the Canadian Collegiate Invitational beginning on Sunday, Sept. 21 at Beacon Hall Golf Club in Aurora, Ontario, Canada.

The three-day, 54-hole match begins with 18 holes on Sunday, adopted by rounds on Monday, Sept. 22 and the ultimate spherical on Tuesday, Sept. 23. This inaugural occasion is being hosted by Kent State University and Michigan.

The Spartans tee off at 9 a.m., taking part in alongside Auburn and Virginia.

CANADIAN COLLEGIATE INVITATIONAL

Dates: Sunday, Sept. 21 – Tuesday, Sept. 23

Course: Beacon Hill Golf Club, Aurora, Ontario, Canada

Par/Yardage:  72 – 6,306 yards

Format: Stroke play, 54 holes / Play 5, rely 4

Live Stats: Clippd

MICHIGAN STATE LINEUP

No. 1 – Ana Sofia Murcia

No. 2 – Paula Balanzategui

No. 3 – Taylor Kehoe

No. 4 – Amelie Weber

No. 5 – Shannon Kennedy

IND – Lucia Valderrama

 

ABOUT THE SPARTANS

Paced by a ninth-place end from junior Ana Sofia Murcia, Michigan State’s ladies’s golf group completed in fifth place amongst 12 on the Folds of Honor Collegiate at American Dunes Golf Club on Sept. 10 … The Spartans shot an 11-over par 299 on Wednesday and accomplished the three-day, 54-hole match at 29-over par 893 (303-291-299) … Murcia led the Spartans from begin to end and closed with a 3-over par 75 on Wednesday to tie for ninth place at 3-over par 219 (73-71-75) … She completed the match ranked third within the subject in common par-3 rating (2.83), tied for ninth in common par-5 rating (4.83) and was tied for seventh within the subject with 38 pars over 54 holes … She was one in all two MSU gamers to complete among the many top-20 general, as senior Paula Balanzategui posted one of the best group spherical of the day with a 1-under par 71 and tied for sixteenth place at 8-over par 224 (79-74-71) … Balanzategui was one in all 5 gamers within the subject to report an eagle through the three rounds, doing so within the second spherical on the par-5, 495-yard sixth gap, and was tied for seventh within the subject with 9 birdies … Senior Taylor Kehoe tied for twenty sixth place at 10-over par 226 (80-72-74), closing with a 2-over par 74 within the third spherical. Kehoe completed the week with 34 pars in 54 holes, tied for twenty second within the subject.

 

THE FIELD

Kent State, Michigan, Auburn, British Columbia, Central Michigan, Michigan State, Ole Miss, Purdue, Rutgers, South Florida, Tennessee, Virginia.