It’s September and since the kids are heading back to school it’s time for the fall college golf season. Collegiate golf is different from most sports as their season is split between the fall and spring sessions.
Ohio is blessed to have several top collegiate programs. Here are a few notes from the major colleges from around the state.
Ohio State Buckeyes
Therese Hession heads up both the Men’s and Women’s golf programs at Ohio State and has a talented group of golfers to enter the 2019 Fall Season.
Men: 
Justin Wick and Jack Mancinotti are the only Seniors on the 2019 Buckeye Golf Team, but with two Juniors, three Freshmen, plus a couple of transfers, the team should be competitive.
Three Buckeyes received pre-season Big Ten nominations. Laken Hinton, Kevin Stone and Felix Kvarnstrom were recognized as players to watch this fall.
Hinton is a Sophomore and transfer from Augusta University.
Stone is a Junior and made meaningful contributions last season, competing in eight events for the Buckeyes. He went 3-0 in the Jack Nicklaus Invitational match play event and earned a Big Ten Golfer of the Week award.
Kvarnstrom is a grad transfer from Lynn University with one year of eligibility remaining. Kvarnstrom led Lynn to the 2018 DII National Championship.
Since Jay Mosley became the Head Coach in 2015, the Buckeyes have seen great success and will be looking to improve this season.
The Bucks open their Fall Campaign in Toledo for the Inverness Intercollegiate, September 23-24. Find their complete schedule at: https://ohiostatebuckeyes.com/sports/m-golf/schedule/
Women:
OSU is the reigning Big Ten Champion and even though they lost some very talented players to the LPGA Tour, they are still the team to beat. Four members qualified for the 2019 U.S. Women’s Amateur. Sophomores Aneka Seumanutafa and Skylar Thompson, junior Alanis Sakuma and senior Alex Wright, plus Adeena Shears was an alternate.
Seumanutafa, was named the Big Ten Freshman of the Year last season and finished 29th in the NCAA Championship as an individual.
They will open the Fall campaign at the Glass City Classic, hosted by the University of Toledo at the Inverness Club. They will compete in three more events before they end their season at the White Sands Invitational, hosted by the University of Houston, at the Ocean Club, in Nassau, Bahamas.
Find the full schedule at: https://ohiostatebuckeyes.com/sports/w-golf/schedule/
Kent State Golden Flashes
Men:
The Golden Flashes will be entering their first competitive golf season without their long-time coach Herb Page. During his 41-year tenure at KSU, Page amassed 22 Mid-American Conference Titles, three NCAA regional appearances, and qualified for 17 NCAA Championships, finishing in the top 10 four times.
Former KSU golfer, and PGA Tour member, Jon Mills, who had been the Associate Head Coach since 2016, officially took over the Head Coaching duties in July.
Mills will rely on a roster of two seniors, Chris Doody and Nick Montes, three juniors, two sophomores and three freshmen to win another MAC title.
The team finished last season qualifying for the NCAA Regionals. KSU won nine of the last 11 MAC Championships outright, but Eastern Michigan managed a tie with KSU last spring.
They begin their year at the Gopher Invitational hosted by the University of Minnesota, September 8-9. 
https://kentstatesports.com/schedule.aspx?path=mgolf
Women:
The KSU Women’s Golf team won their 21st consecutive MAC Championship in the spring and will look to continue this impressive record this season.
Lisa Strom was named the women’s head coach on July 1st. She has an extensive coaching resume’ including five years as an assistant coach at Ohio State. She helped guide the Buckeyes to six straight NCAA Regional appearances and four NCAA Championships appearances. The Lady Buckeyes also won consecutive Big Ten Championships in 2014, 2015 and 2016, while Strom was on the coaching staff.
She takes the reins of a program that has never lost a MAC Championship in the 21-year history of the conference and will depend an experienced team of four seniors, two juniors and one sophomore.
Even though the coaching staff has changed, it appears the Golden Flashes women’s golf team are the favorites to win a 22nd consecutive MAC Championship.
Their Fall schedule can be found at: https://kentstatesports.com/schedule.aspx?path=wgolf
Bowling Green Falcons
Men:
With three new additions to the 2019-2020 Falcon Golf Team second-year Head Coach, John Powers will be looking for improvement to the 5th place finish at last year’s MAC Championship.
Ian Mackenzie-Olson, a Junior out of Plymouth, Minnesota, was a two-time conference First Team All-America at Bemidji State, plus he qualified for the NCAA Division II Super Regional.
Tom North comes to BGSU from Batley, West Yorkshire, England and William Woods University (NAIA)
While at William Woods he finished fourth at the conference championship leading the team to the conference title. North qualified for match play at the English Men’s Amateur and earned a second-place finish in the Faldo Series North at Moortown.
Sophomore, Roni Shin is from Rocky River, Ohio and spent a season at Baldwin Wallace. As a Freshman, he earned a 12th place finish at the conference championship. He won the Mount Union Fall Invitational by four strokes. 
Coach Powers will get his first look at how the Falcons may fare this Fall when they open their season at the Raising Canes Invitational, hosted by Eastern Kentucky.
The full schedule is available at: https://bgsufalcons.com/schedule.aspx?path=mgolf
Women
The Falcon Women’s Team is led by Stephanie Young, who is beginning her 13th year at the school.
The Falcon’s begin the season with one senior, three juniors, two Red-Shirt freshmen and four true freshmen. They are a young team, but are looking to improve on last year’s eighth-place in the MAC Championship.
They will begin the Fall season in Illinois at the Illinois State Redbird Classic, September 8-9.
Find their compete schedule at: https://bgsufalcons.com/schedule.aspx?path=wgolf
Toledo Rockets
Men:
Head Coach, Jeff Roope enters his third season at the helm of the Toledo men’s golf program looking to build upon last season’s third-place finish at the MAC Championship, their best since 2015. Another highlight for the Rocket Golf Team last season was senior Duncan McNeill earning MAC medalist honors and tying for 12th place at the NCAA Louisville Regional.
Since coming to Toledo in 2017, Roope has worked relentlessly to establish a new culture with the goal of turning the Rockets into a program that can compete with the nation’s best.
“Our goal will be to compete for the conference title as well as a national level on an annual basis,” Roope said. “We began to make progress toward that goal near the end of last season, and I see us continuing to make gradual improvements in the future.”
Three seniors, two juniors, two sophomores and four freshmen make up this year’s squad. They begin their Fall season in Durham, North Carolina at Duke’s Rod Myers Invitational, September 14-15 and return home the following week to host the Inverness Intercollegiate. 
Full schedule available at: https://utrockets.com/schedule.aspx?path=mgolf
Women
The Rocket Women’s Golf Team is hosting the first-ever Glass City Classic at Inverness on September 16-17.
Jenny Coluccio is in her second year as the Head Coach and has recruited a ‘meltng pot’ of international golfing talent to compete.
The team, consisting of four freshmen and three seniors, may lack experience, but they have the talent to compete in big-time college golf events.
To find out more about the UT Women’s Golf Team visit: https://utrockets.com/roster.aspx?roster=250&path=wgolf
Ohio Bobcats
Men:
Neal Grusczynski is in his first year as Head Coach the Men’s Golf Program. He previously served as the Director of Golf and Head Coach for both the Men’s and Women’s teams at Cardinal Stritch University in Milwaukee. He also was an assistant coach for both the men’s and women’s teams at Jacksonville State and an assistant at Army. He began his coaching career as a volunteer assistant at his alma mater, Xavier.
He inherited a youthful team with six Juniors and four Freshman. Last year the Bobcats finished sixth in the MAC Championship.
They will begin their season at the Joe Feganes Inivitaional at Guyan Country Club in Huntington, West Virginia. 
Full schedule is available at: https://www.ohiobobcats.com/sports/mgolf/2018-19/schedule
Women
Kelly Ovington has been the Head Coach of the Women’s Team since 2008. Her influence is felt not only on the course, but in the classroom. The Bobcat Women are annually ranked with one of the highest GPA’s in the country and several players have earned All-America Scholar Honors during her tenure.
The Ohio Women’s will compete in five events this Fall. They open September 8-9, at the 2019 Redbird Invitational, hosted by Illinois State. Next up is the Nittany Lion Invitational, on Sept. 21-22, at State College, Pennsylvania.
The 2019 Shirley Spork Eastern Michigan University Invitational will be held, September 30-October1, at Eagle Crest Golf Course in Ypsilanti, Michigan.
October 7-8, the team will participate in the 2019 Fall Preview, which will be hosted by Akron at the Silver Lake Country Club in Silver Lake, Ohio.
The Bobcats will wrap up the fall schedule October. 14-15, for the 2019 Flyer Invitational, hosted by Dayton at the NCR Country Club in Kettering, Ohio.
Find their full schedule at: https://www.ohiobobcats.com/sports/wgolf/2019-20/schedule
Akron Zips
Men:
The Akron Zips are definitely a team on the rise in the MAC. They had four players finish inside the Top 25 at the MAC Championship last Spring to give the Zips a fourth-place berth. They also excel in the classroom as Mitchell McFarland, Favian Sunden and Beau Bayer earned Academic All-MAC honors and McFarland was named a Srixon/Cleveland Golf All-America Scholar.
McFarland will be the lone senior on this year’s team with one junior, one sophomore and two freshmen.
Head Coach David Trainor is entering his eighth season at Akron. Under his guidance the program has experienced continued success with an Individual MAC Championship, three NCAA Regional appearances, three PING All-Region team awards, five First-Team All-MAC, 12 Academic All-MAC and six Cleveland Golf/Srixon All-America Scholar honors.
The Zips open their Fall Season September 8-9 at the Battle of Briar’s Creek hosted by Charleston on John’s Island, South Carolina. 
The complete schedule can be found at: https://gozips.com/schedule.aspx?path=mgolf
Women:
The Akron Women’s Golf team will host the Fall Preview and the 2020 Mid-American Conference Championships as part of the 2019-20 fall and spring tournament schedule.
Through Head Coach Jenny King’s ten seasons at Akron, the team has won an Individual MAC Championship, eight team tournaments, 14 individual tournament titles and posted 48 top-five finishes.
The 2019-2020 team comprised of one senior, Allyson Wentworth, one junior, two sophomores and three freshman hope to continue to improve. With the home field advantage for the MAC Championships, maybe they can break Kent State’s continuous string of wins.
They open their season at the Redbird Invitational at Normal, Illinois. Their full schedule is available at: https://gozips.com/schedule.aspx?path=wgolf
Dayton Flyers
Men:
University of Dayton Head Coach, Gip Hoagland has a passion for developing student-athletes. In his 11th year at the school, he brings a high level of energy and enthusiasm to the table that is both infectious and inspiring.
This year’s team will be counting on strong seasons from the two Maricocchi brothers, Dominic and Paul, who are the only two seniors on the team.
Two juniors, three sophomores and two freshmen make up the remainder of the team.
The Flyers will compete in five events this fall beginning with Marshall University’s Joe Feaganes Invitational in Huntington, West Virginia. They wrap up the Fall season by hosting the Flyer Invitational at NCR Country Club, October 14-15. 
View their schedule at: https://daytonflyers.com/schedule.aspx?path=mgolf
Women
The University of Dayton Women’s Golf team is off to a flying start to their Fall schedule. They won the 18-hole Flyer Challenge versus Northern Kentucky at Sugar Valley Golf Club.
Head Coach Sally Kosters was very pleased with her team’s play in the season’s opening event.
“With the entire team returning from last year, we knew we were in position to have a good start to the year. Today’s win is the beginning. Sugar Valley has some holes that can produce big numbers if you are a little off your game, but we were prepared. The team has talent, is deep, and wants to work. This win is a great start.”
The Dayton women will next travel to Muncie, Indiana to take part in the two-day Cardinal Classic, hosted by Ball State at The Players Club at Woodland Trails on Sept. 16-17. https://daytonflyers.com/schedule.aspx?path=wgolf
Cleveland State Vikings
Men:
The Cleveland State Men’s golf team opened the fall portion of the 2019-20 schedule at the Turning Stone Tiger Intercollegiate, finishing 9th out of the 14 teams competing.
The Vikings return four letter winners from last year’s squad. Junior Zach Robbins was an All-Horizon League selection in 2018-19 and averaged 74.6. Junior Zak Supelak ranked second in overall scoring average with a 75.4 and posted five rounds of par or better. Jules Blakely (76.0) and Jack Hanus (77.3) round out the returning players for the Vikings.
The four veterans will be joined by three newcomers, sophomore David Laib and two freshmen Jonny Filler and Gunnar McCollins. 
Full schedule available at: http://www.csuvikings.com/sports/m-golf/2019-20/schedule
Women:
In July, Taylor Riggs was named the new Head Women’s Golf Coach for the Cleveland State Vikings. He spent the past three seasons at the University of the Cumberlands.
At Cumberlands, the Patriots won a combined five Mid-South Conference Championships, under Riggs’ guidance.
The Viking Women finished third in last season’s Horizon League Championship and will be looking to claim the top spot this season.
The team will feature two seniors, Kaylee Neumeister, and Rayna Oostherhuis. They will be joined by three juniors, two sophomores and two freshmen.
Next up for the Lady Vikings is the Cardinal Classic hosted by Ball State. http://www.csuvikings.com/sports/w-golf/2019-20/schedule
Xavier Musketeers
Men:
Head Coach Brian McCants will be looking to fill the void left by 2019 Big East Individual Champion, Garrett Wood, who transferred to the University of Kentucky for his final two years of eligibility.
The 2019-2020 squad will feature one senior, three juniors, three sophomores and three freshmen.
On the strength of Woods’ individual win, the team placed seventh in the Big East Championship.
They will compete in four events this Fall beginning with the Badger Invitational in Madison, Wisconsin, September 8-9. They are also scheduled to compete in the UC Bearcat Invitational and the Health Plan Mountaineer Invitational before wrapping up Fall play at their own Musketeer Classic on October 21-22. 
View their complete schedule at: https://goxavier.com/schedule.aspx?path=golf
Women:
It will be difficult to improve on last year’s results for the Xavier Women. They won the Big East Championship for the first time in school history.
Mikayla Fitzpartick led the team and became the first Xavier woman golfer to qualify for the NCAA Championship. She has already obtained her degree, but has a year of eligibility remaining and will be joined on this year Lady Musketeer’s Golf Team by four Juniors and two Sophomores.
Head Coach Breanna Jenco has been at the school since 2015 and was a four-time National Golf Coaches Association All-American Scholar, while a student at Xavier.
In her short time at Xavier, she is a two-time Big East Coach of the Year (2016, 2019) and her team won the 2019 Big East Championship.
They will play in four tournaments this Fall beginning with the Redbird Invitational in Illinois then head to Vail, Colorado, New Haven, Connecticut and Kiawah Island.
View the full schedule at: https://goxavier.com/schedule.aspx?path=wgolf
Cincinnati Bearcats
Men:
The Cincinnati Bearcat Men’s Golf Team will have a very busy Fall season. They are entered in six events beginning with the Rod Myer’s Invitational at Duke in September and not wrapping up until the East Bay Deli Classic on Kiawah Island in early November. https://gobearcats.com/schedule.aspx?schedule=340
UC Bearcat alum Austin Squires made a repeat visit to the U.S. Amateur Quarter Finals before being defeated this summer and he will now turn professional.
Head Coach Doug Martin, in his 13th season at the helm of Cincinnati Golf, will be counting on strong performances from a relatively young team. With no senior leadership three juniors, three sophomores and three freshmen will need to step up to the challenge. 
Women:
Senior Alyssa Burritt qualified for the 119th U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship over the summer and led the Lady Bearcats last season with a 76.2 scoring average.
She will be joined by another senior, Daniela Murcia, along with two juniors, one sophomore and two freshmen.
Head Coach Janet Carl has been at the school for over 10 years and is also the Director of Golf for the University of Cincinnati.
They are scheduled to compete in five events this Fall. They start with the Eastern Carolina Pirate Classic and end with Mercer University’s Idle Hour Collegiate Championship in November. https://gobearcats.com/schedule.aspx?path=wgolf
Miami Redhawks
Head Coach Zac Hedrick will be looking for improvement in his ninth season at the school. The Redhawk’s finished sixth last Spring in the MAC Championships.
He will be relying on stellar play from his two seniors, Cam Soloman and Jack Katarincic, who will be joined by two juniors, two sophomores and two freshman.
The Redhawk’s Fall schedule begins with the Northern Intercollegiate, Sept. 8-10, at University Ridge Golf Course in Madison, Wisconsin. Miami will then compete locally in the Bearcat Invitational, Sept. 30-Oct. 1 at the Coldstream Country Club in Cincinnati before heading to the Marquette Intercollegiate at Erin Hills in Erin, Wisconsin Oct. 6-8. 
The RedHawks will travel south for their final two tournaments of the fall, the Quail Valley Collegiate Invitational in Vero Beach, Florida, Oct. 20-21 and to the Ocean Golf Club at Atlantis on Paradise Island in the Bahamas.
If you want to play golf for the Miami Redhawks, you also have to perform in the classroom.
The team finished last season with a 3.19 overall accumulative average and was recognized by the NCAA as one of the top academic programs in the country.
The full 2019-2020 schedule is available at: https://miamiredhawks.com/schedule.aspx?path=mgolf
Ohio is truly blessed to have such outstanding collegiate golf programs in our state. Take time to support your local college and the student-athletes that are competing.
