Women's Golf Hosting Annual Bruzzy Event

The Bruzzy
Dornick Hills Golf & Country Club | Ardmore, Oklahoma

The UNT women's golf team will get back to tournament competition after a couple of weeks off, as the Mean Green head north of the Red River to host The Bruzzy, which has become one of the premiere events in women's college golf.

THE EVENT: Dornick Hills Golf & Country Club will play as a par-70 course at 5,976 yards. The teams will play 36 holes on Saturday and the event will conclude on Sunday the final round. Both days will start with shotgun starts at 8:30 a.m.

THE FIELD: There are 15 teams participating in the tournament, including 10 top-50 teams: No. 42 UNT, Charlotte, No. 36 Houston, Kansas State, Miami, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, No. 23 Oklahoma State (individuals only), Purdue, No. 35 TCU, No. 32 Texas Tech, No. 39 Tulsa, No. 17 UCF, Western Kentucky and Wisconsin.

REPRESENTING UNT: Competing for the Mean Green will be Shreya Pal, Emilie Ricaud, Ellie Roth, Patricia Sinolungan and Audrey Tan. Sakura Sugiyama, Mason Lewis and Mallorie Luitwieler will be competing as individuals, with Luitwieler set to make her collegiate debut.

SUGIYAMA SISTERS: For the first time in their careers, UNT sophomore Sakura Sugiyama and Purdue sophomore Momo Sugiyama will play together in a tournament. They will be paired together for Saturday's first two rounds.

RESULTS: Live scoring and final results will be posted on Golfstat. A full recap will be posted on MeanGreenSports.com at the end of each day.

AKERS SAYS: "I am sure Audrey and Patty will bounce back this week as they have had time to rest from their travels to the Asia Pacific Amateur in March," head coach Michael Akers said. "I was certainly happy with the way Ellie played in Arizona and how Shreya and Emilie stepped up in the final round there.

"We are excited to host The Bruzzy this week at Dornick Hills in Ardmore. Dornick Hills is Bruzzy Westheimer's home course and he recently spearheaded a course makeover. The course was renovated to reflect Perry Maxwell's original design. The greens are certainly the challenge and we have prepared over the past few months so our ladies should know where to hit the ball. Now it is a matter of execution."

MOVING UP: North Texas has made significant strides since head coach Michael Akers took over seven years ago. The Mean Green were ranked No. 201 following the 2015-16 season, and since Akers arrived in Denton, UNT has soared more than 150 spots from that time. The Mean Green are now consistently ranked in the top 50 nationally.

THE GOAT: Lauren Cox, who graduated in Spring 2021 to finish off her stellar five-year Mean Green career, has attained partial status on the Epson Tour for the 2022 season, and she's currently on staff as a volunteer assistant coach.

UP NEXT: The Mean Green will head to the Sunshine State to compete at the Conference USA Championship and look to claim a third straight conference championship, on April 13-15, in what is their final season in C-USA before joining The American on July 1.

NEW FACILITY: The Mean Green golf programs are thrilled to have the new Bruzzy's UNT Golf Practice Facility, which is a $3 million on-campus facility that features state-of-the-art technology, such as TrackMan, swing catalysts, indoor hitting bays, a short-game area and a PuttView indoor putting green.

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Mason Lewis

Mallorie Luitwieler

Shreya Pal

Emilie Ricaud

Ellie Roth

Patricia Sinolungan

Sakura Sugiyama

Audrey Tan

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