MAC Announces Women's Golfer of the Week
MAC Women’s Golfer of the Week
Wad Phaewchimplee, Kent State
Junior / Bangkok, Thailand
Phaewchimplee easily won all three of her matches this week to help led Kent State to it’s record-setting fourth-straight tournament victory as they competed at the Mid-American Match Play Challenge. Phaewchimplee is currently Kent State’s career scoring leader and individual season scoring leader.
Other Nominees:
Danielle Nicholson, Akron
Freshman / Geneva, Ohio
Nicholson posted three wins at the Mid-American Match Play Challenge hosted by Bowling Green at Lakewood Ranch Golf & Country Club ‘s Royal Lakes Golf Course. The freshman from Geneva, Ohio secured the first win with a 1-up performance, carding 12 pars and three birdies to defeat Florida Gulf Coast’s No.1, Madison Easterbrook. For the semifinal round, Nicholson was paired with Eastern Michigan’s No. 1, Kelsey Murphy. Nicholson needed all 18 hole for the win, finishing 2-up and earning par on the first 11 holes. Nicholson recorded two more pars and finished the round with birdies on 17 and 18 for the win. In her final match, Nicholson posted 10 pars and two birdies en route to a commanding 6&4 win over NIU’s No. 1, Lena Gautier. Nicholson fell behind 1-down after the third hole, but battled back to square the match with a par on the fifth hole. Nicholson birdied the next three holes for a 3-up advantage and carried the lead into the back nine. On holes 10, and 11 Nicholson picked up two more wins for a 5-up lead. She extended the lead with a par on No. 14, where the match ended.
Lily Bartell, Bowling Green
Senior / Hilton Head, South Carolina
Junior Lily Bartell went 3-0-1 in match play at the 2016 Women’s Mid-American Match Play Challenge on Feb. 8-9 in Lakewood Ranch, Fla. On day one of play on Monday, Bartell went 1-0-1 overall the Falcons’ two matches, posting a 4&2 win over Jenna DiPaolo of Dayton to help BGSU post a 4-1 win in the round one match. The senior then played Karyn Lee Ping of Eastern Michigan to an all square draw in the afternoon match, as the Falcons tied the Eagles at 1-1-3 for the team match. On day two on Tuesday, Bartell posted a 1-up win over Alyssa Albright of Oakland University in a 3-2 win over the Grizzlies and then registered a 4&3 win over Mei Khuan Yong of FGCU, which proved to be the tiebreaker to give the Falcons fifth-place overall.
Karyn Lee Ping, Eastern Michigan
Senior / Brampton, Ontario, Canada
At the 2016 Women's Mid-American Match Play Challenge, redshirt-senior Karyn Lee Ping (Brampton, Ontario, Canada-St. Augustine Secondary School) was the lone Eagle to go undefeated as she posted a 2-0-1 mark in three matches. After posting a tie in the opening round versus Bowling Green, Lee Ping downed Akron's Pader Her, 1-up, and followed it up with the Eagles' lone triumph against Kent State with a 1&1 decision over Amira Alexander.
Brielle Ward, Northern Illinois
Freshman / Frisco, Texas
Brielle Ward went 3-0 in her first match play tournament to help lead NIU to a third-place finish at the 2016 MAC Match Play event in Lakewood, Florida. With her match all squared with Western Michigan’s Sarah White heading into 18, Ward birdied the whole to win the match and help give NIU a scorecard tie-breaking victory over the Broncos. On the final day of the tournament, Ward defeated Kent State’s Taylor Kim, 1 Up. After trailing most of the match, Ward pared No. 14, while Kim bogeyed the hole. The Huskie freshman would not trail the rest of the match. Ward never trailed in her final match of the day in defeating Akron’s Frida Fougberg, 3 & 2.
Hailey Hrynewich, Ohio
Junior / Muskegon, Michigan
On Feb 8-9 at the Mid-American Match Play Challenge, junior Hailey Hrynewich led the way for the Bobcats, leading them to a ninth-place finish. On the first day of competition, Hrynewich defeated Elle Nichols 5 & 3. In the second match of the day, Hrynewich defeated Mika Suntay 7 & 5 and leading Ohio to a 4-0-1 victory. In the final day of competition on Feb. 9, Hrynewich defeated Kristen Wolfe 4 & 3 to lead Ohio to a 4-1 victory over Central Michigan.
