INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – The Bellarmine University women's golf team heads to the Hoosier State for their third fall event.
 
Event: Butler Fall Invitational
 
Host: Butler
 
Dates: Monday, September 29 and Tuesday, September 30
 
Times: 9 a.m. ET shotgun start both days
 
Course: Highland Golf & Country Club
 
Location: Indianapolis, Ind.
 
Schedule of Play: 3 rounds (36 holes Monday, 18 holes Tuesday)
 
Par: 70
 
Yardage: 6,040
 
Course Rating: 71.6 (via BlueGolf.com)
 
Slope Rating: 121 (via BlueGolf.com)
 
Participants (14): Akron, Bellarmine, Belmont, Butler, Dayton, Green Bay, Illinois-Chicago, Indiana State, Lindenwood, Loyola Chicago, Marian, Marshall, Northern Kentucky and Southern Indiana.
 
Bellarmine Starters: Geriann Ackermann (sophomore), Rozlyn Rooke (senior), Piper Davis (senior), Abigayle Buchanan (sophomore) and Taylor Dunkle (freshman) plus Raquelle Nelson (sophomore) as an individual.
 
About the Knights: Ackermann has been the Knights' second-best and top finisher in the first two events and is the only Knight to finish in the top half of the field in both events. She tied for 24th out of 54 at the Total Athlete Collegiate last time out. Rooke returns to the lineup after missing the last event with an illness. She was Bellarmine's top finisher in the season-opening event at A-Ga-Ming, tying for 32nd out of 79. Davis and Buchanan join Ackermann as the only three Knights to start the first three events. Dunkle is making her first career start after appearing as an individual at the Total Athlete Collegiate and tying for 39th. Nelson will play as an individual after starting the season's first two events and carding a low round of 75 (+3) in the second round at A-Ga-Ming.
 
Live Scoring: via Clippd
 
About the Course: "Highland Golf & Country Club is first and foremost a golf club. During the course of its 90-plus-year history, the enjoyment of the game of golf has been at the heart of what Highland is. The membership is blessed with the legacy of a golf course designed by Willie Park Jr. and Bill Diddel that perpetuates this enjoyment of the game for each generation. Part of this gift that Mr. Park and Mr. Diddel left Highland is a golf course that is fun for a very broad cross-section of skill levels. Designing a brutally hard golf course is a trivial exercise. The secret to great design is to build a golf course that is fun to play for all types of players yet presents a challenge to players of all skill levels. Highland has such a golf course. It is a golf course where many children have first learned the game, yet it is a test sufficient enough that it has twice hosted the Indiana Amateur. The wide variety of swings one can observe on the first tee speaks volumes to how many people consider Highland a great place for the game." –Bluegolf.com
 
Last Time Out: Bellarmine tied for seventh out of nine teams at the Total Athlete Collegiate, played at Country Club of the North in Xenia, Ohio. After carding a 339 in the first round, the Knights bounced back to shoot a 315 and a 311 in the second and third rounds, respectively.
 
Last Time at Event: The Knights posted a 294 in the second round last fall at Butler, matching the second-lowest round in program history—also at Highland in the third round of the 2023 Butler Fall Invitational. Rooke fired a 71 in that second round last fall, the lowest round of her career. Davis carded a 74, the best round of her season. Ackermann shot a 75, which would match the lowest round of her freshman season. As a team, Bellarmine placed 10th out of 17.
 
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