Youngstown State University
Therese Hession Buckeye Invitational
Penguins Prepare for Therese Hession Buckeye Invitational This Weekend
4/10/2025 10:00:00 AM | Women's Golf
The Youngstown State women's golf team will return to competition on Saturday when it begins play in the two-day Therese Hession Buckeye Invitational at the OSU Scarlet Course in Columbus, Ohio.
The Penguins are coming off their fifth victory of the 2024-25 season on Monday at the YSU Spring Invitational. YSU recorded a two-round team total of 582 to finish 14 shots in front of runner-up Bucknell and match the single-season school record for tournament victories. Youngstown State's two-round score of 582 ranks as the third-lowest 36-hole performance in program history. YSU's one-under-par 287 in the opening round is tied for the fourth-lowest 18-hole performance in school history.
The 2024-25 season marks the fifth time in program history the Penguins have won five tournaments in a single campaign. The Guins have now won five events in a season three times under head coach Nate Miklos, who also guided his team to five tournament victories in 2020-21 and 2022-23.
The Guins had three of the top four finishers as Neeranuch Prajunpanich and Valentina Peña Anaya each shot even par to finish tied atop the individual leaderboard and Maddi Shoults tied for third place.
Prajunpanich fired a two-round score of 144 (72-72) to earn her fourth first-place finish of the season. The sophomore has become just the fourth player in program history and the first since Emily Dixon in 2015-16 to win at least four events in a season. Peña Anaya matched her career-low round with a two-under-par 70 in the final round on Monday after an opening-round 74 to collect her second first-place finish of the campaign. Shoults finished tied for third with a two-round total of 146 (69-77) for her second top 10 finish of the season. The junior's bogey-free, three-under-par 69 in the first round featured 15 pars and three birdies.
The tournament field at Ohio State's Therese Hession Buckeye Invitational will feature 11 other schools including Ball State, Findlay, Grand Valley State, Indiana, Kent State, Michigan State, Northern Illinois, Ohio State, Rutgers, Western Michigan and Wisconsin.
The teams will play 36 holes on Saturday and 18 holes on Sunday in the two-day, 54-hole event. Play is scheduled to begin with a shotgun start at 8:30 a.m. each day. The course will play approximately 6,319 yards and par is 72. Live scoring will be available via Scoreboard Live through links posted on YSUsports.com.
Miklos has announced that YSU's five-player lineup will feature Prajunpanich, Peña Anaya, Shoults, Sofia Perez Escarcena and Lizzie Saur.
Prajunpanich, Peña Anaya, Perez Escarcena and Saur have competed in all nine of the team events YSU has played this season while Shoults has participated in eight tournaments.
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