Spartans Open New Season on Monday at Cougar Classic

East Lansing, Mich. – Michigan State’s women’s golf team opens the 2022-23 season on Monday, Sept. 12 at the Cougar Classic in Charleston, S.C. the tournament will be played on Sept. 12-13 at Yeamans Hall, with 36 holes on Monday and 18 holes in the final round on Tuesday.

The tournament will be played on the par 72, 6,301-yard course at Yeamans Hall, with an 8:30 a.m. shotgun start on the first day and an 8:45 a.m. shotgun on the second day.

THE LINEUP

1. Valery Plata

2. Katie Lu

3. Brooke Biermann

4. Nina Rissi

5. Valentina Rossi 

 

THE COUGAR CLASSIC FIELD

The highly-competitive 18-team field includes 12 teams ranked among the top-50 teams in the country by Golfweek, including host Charleston, No. 36 Central Florida, No. 35 Clemson, East Carolina, No. 9 Florida State, No. 42 Furman, No. 23 Georgia, No. 30 Illinois, No. 26 Kentucky, No. 38 Louisville, No. 41 Miami, No. 32 Michigan State, No. 22 Mississippi, No. 43 North Carolina, N.C. State, Penn State, Tennessee and Wisconsin.

 

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ABOUT THE SPARTANS

The Spartans finished last year ranked No. 28 in the Golfstat rankings and were selected to play in the NCAA Regionals for the 22nd time since 1999 … The 2022-23 season should be no different, as the Spartans return its entire starting lineup, led by fifth-year Valery Plata … An All-Big Ten First Team selection in 2022, Plata led the team with a 72.63 scoring average, the seventh-best single-season mark in program history … Plata, who won the Latin American Amateur last summer, played in two LPGA events over the summer and finished in second place at the first leg of LPGA Qualifying School in August.

 

Junior Valentina Rossi and sophomore Brooke Biermann, who both competed in the U.S. Women’s Amateur this summer, will be back in the lineup … Rossi was third on the team with a 74.55 scoring average and tied for the team lead in rounds played (33) … Biermann enjoyed a strong first season in East Lansing, posting a 73.94 scoring average that was second on the team and tying for the team lead in rounds played.

 

Junior Nina Rissi, who posted a 76.56 scoring average in seven events, and sophomore Katie Lu, who carried a 77.25 average and posted three top-20 finishes in the spring, round out the season-opening starting five.

COUGAR CLASSIC HISTORY

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