Recaps courtesy of MAC Athletic Communications Departments
MUNCIE, Ind. - - Ball State women's golf junior Jasmine Driscoll opened the 2025 Mid-American Conference Women's Golf Championships with a bang, tying the lowest opening round score in league history with a -5 (67) Easter Sunday at the Delaware Country Club.
Driscoll's effort, which is a career-low and ties as the second-lowest round relative to par in program history, including a tournament-best six birdies on the 72-par, 6,053-yard course. It is also the lowest round shot in a MAC Championships by a Ball State student-athlete, topping the 69 shot by Jenna Hague at the 2012 event held at the Hawthorns Country Club in Fishers, Indiana.
After four straight pars to open the event, Driscoll made the first of her six birdies on the par 4, 356-yard fifth hole. She also birdied the par 3, 165-yard eighth and finished her opening nine holes a -2 (34). She then light up the back nine, carding four more birdies for a -3 (33). Overall, she tied for the tournament lead on the courses par 3s (-1 / 2.75), par 4s (-2 / 3.80) and par 5s (-2 / 4.50).
Led by Driscoll's effort, the Cardinals are currently tied for fifth among the 10-team field at +14 (302) but are only six strokes back of second-place Bowling Green (+8 / 296) and 13 back of tournament leader Kent State (+1 / 289) which is vying for its 26th consecutive MAC team championship.
The Flashes were led in round one by the 2024 MAC Championship medalist, Leon Takagi. The junior is one of just four golfers under par through one round of play after carding a 1-under-par 71 on Sunday. She tallied four birdies to just three bogeys to match her lowest round of the season. Takagi is tied for second among the 50 golfers competing, four strokes behind the current individual leader.
Gracie Larsen posted the lowest score of the three freshmen making their MAC Championship debuts for Kent State on Sunday. She fired an even-par 72, highlighted by four birdies in her first five holes of the day, to sit tied for fifth through 18 holes. It is Larsen's seventh round of par or better this season as she looks to secure the first top-five finish of her collegiate career.
Kent State's lineup was rounded out by three players tied for ninth place at 1-over-par after round one on Sunday. Isabella Goyette had a consistent opening round featuring two birdies and 13 pars as she looks to secure the first top-ten finish of her freshman season. Aryn Matthews tallied three birdies on the day as she is also in a strong position to chase her first top-ten finish of the season.
Veronika Kedronova was the third Kent State golfer to post a 1-over-par 73 on Sunday. The star sophomore recovered from a triple bogey on hole no. 14 with a birdie to close the day on hole no. 18 to round out an impressive day across the board for the Flashes. Kedronova is seeking her eighth top-ten finish in what has been an outstanding season.
Round two of play at Delaware Country Club will begin tomorrow morning at 9:30 AM ET. For more information, please visit MAC Women’s Golf Championship Central.
