INDIANAPOLIS - The IU Indianapolis women's golf team has been picked to finish fourth in the Horizon League according to the #HLGolf Preseason Polls, released on Thursday (Jan. 30), while the men's team was picked fifth overall. Youngstown State collected six of the eight possible first-place votes to earn the top spot on the women's side while Wright State earned nine first-place votes on the men's side.
Head coach
Jamie Broce's men's team enters the spring with a 295.93 stroke average, having played six tournaments during the fall. Sophomore
Titus Boswell leads the way with a 73.50 average in 10 rounds while
Sam McWilliams checks in at 73.69, having played all 16 rounds. The Jaguars earned a runner-up finish at the Cleveland State Invitational on Sept. 30-Oct. 1, carding a 4-over 564 (284-280) at Pine Hills Golf Club. The Jaguars will look to improve on last year's sixth-place finish at the league championships as they carded a 54-hole 895 (305-299-291) at Mission Inn Resort.
On the women's side, the Jags enter the spring with a 314.67 scoring average, having played five fall events. Junior
Yanah Rolston leads the way with a 76.73 average and sophomore
Nina Wojtczak owns a 79.00 mark in 11 rounds. The Jaguars registered top-10 finishes at both the Brittany Kelly Classic and WMU Bronco Fall Classic while Rolston had two top-10 individual finishes. The Jaguars placed fourth at last year's Horizon League Championships, shooting 967 (322-317-328) at Mission Inn.
The women's team will open the spring slate on Feb. 11-12 when they compete at the BGSU Women's Intercollegiate in Litchfield Park, Ariz. The men's squad will open the spring at EKU's World Golf Village Collegiate in St. Augustine, Fla., on Feb. 24-25.