Borja Leads Trio of Top-25 Wolverines, U-M Ties for Sixth at Mercedes-Benz Collegiate

Borja Leads Trio of Top-25 Wolverines, U-M Ties for Sixth at Mercedes-Benz Collegiate

» With a 290 final-round tally, Michigan tied for sixth with an 858 54-hole total at the Mercedes-Benz Collegiate at the Cherokee Country Club in Knoxville, Tenn.

» Carding her second straight career-low-tying 68 (-3), Hailey Borja tied for seventh career-low 207 (-6) 54-hole total.

» Mikaela Schulz’s 213 (t-18th; 67-71-74, E) and Monet Chun’s 214 (t-21st; 70-71-73, +1) helped give the Wolverines three among the top 25.

» Sydney Sung (t-70th; 233) made her collegiate debut and first career start, while twin Lauren Sung (t-44th) had her debut as an individual.

Site: Knoxville, Tenn.

Tournament: Mercedes-Benz Collegiate

Course: Cherokee Country Club (Par 71, 5,921 yards)

U-M Team Standing: t-6th Place of 14 Teams (281-287-290/858)

Top U-M Individual: Hailey Borja, t-7th (68-71-68/207, -6)

Next U-M Event: Mon-Tue., Oct. 3-4 — Windy City Collegiate (Highland Park, Ill.)

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — With a career-low 207 (-6), senior Hailey Borja tied for seventh individually and led a trio of top 25 Wolverines, pacing the University of Michigan women’s golf team to an 858 54-hole total Tuesday (Sept 20), good for a tie for sixth at the Mercedes-Benz Collegiate played at the Cherokee Country Club.

“Overall, our team gained some great experience,” said U-M head coach Jan Dowling. “It was a different feeling playing without Ashley (Lau), but our team prepared the same and we really had our veterans step up. It was another great building block for our team and future of our program.”

As Borja carded the first of her two career-low-tying 68s (-3), senior Mikaela Schulz joined her in the first round, posting a 68 (-3) of her own. Junior Monet Chun chipped in a 70 (-1), as the Maize and Blue opened its 36-hole day with a 281 (-3) team total. Heading into the day’s second 18, all three Wolverines etched even-par 71s on the board as U-M posted a 287 total to sit tied for sixth at even-par 568 36-hole total.

With a clean sheet of 15 pars and three of her nine total birdies, Borja fired her second 68 (-3) to finish with a career-low 207 (-6) total to pace U-M to a final round a 290 and 858 event total. With that tally, the Wolverines tied for…