Dy’s Career Performance Leads U-M to Top Five Finish at UNC’s Ruth’s Chris Invitational

Dy’s Career Performance Leads U-M to Top Five Finish at UNC’s Ruth’s Chris Invitational

» With a 301 final round tally, Michigan used an 883 event total to tie for fifth at North Carolina’s Ruth’s Chris Invitational played at the Governors Club.

» Senior Anika Dy used a career-low 216 (74-70-72) 54-hole total to record her first career top-10 finish as a starter. She led the Wolverines with her eighth-place finish.

» Graduate student Ashley Lau’s 220 (73-71-76) and tie for 16th helped give U-M two Wolverines among the top 20. Hailey Borja just missed the top 25, tying for 26th at 223.

» Freshman Lauren Sung made her second career start and posted a career-best tie for 30th (224).

Site: Chapel Hill, N.C.

Tournament: Ruth’s Chris Invitational

Course: Governors Club (Par 72, 6,203 yards)

U-M Team Standing: T-5th Place of 14 Teams (295-287-301/883)

Top U-M Individual: Anika Dy, t-8th (74-70-72/216, E)

Next U-M Event: Fri-Sun., Oct. 28-30 — at Landfall Tradition (Wilmington, N.C.)

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Led by a career performance and top-10 finish from senior Anika Dy, the 28th-ranked University of Michigan women’s golf team used an 883 team total today (Tuesday, Oct. 18) to tie for fifth at the Ruth’s Chris Invitational at the Governors Club.

With an opening 73 (+1) from graduate student Ashley Lau and four 74s from the other members of the starting five, the Wolverines began with a 295 and were in seventh after 18 holes. Heading back out for the second 18 of the day, Dy’s 70 (-2), Lau’s 71 (-1) and three 73s helped U-M recorded its second sub-par team total of the fall at 287 (-1) and position the Maize and Blue fifth after 36 holes. Dy’s even-par 72 paced a closing 301 as the Wolverines recorded their first top-five finish of the fall, tying with No. 8 Duke and Louisville with 883 total tallies.

“We had a solid week as a team; it was a full team effort that is for sure,” said U-M head coach Jan Dowling. “This shows our depth once again. The final day was the toughest with windy and cold conditions. We were able to maintain momentum with some good up and downs, and good decisions. We led the field with pars, and that says a lot about our good decision making and short games.”

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