Monday, September 12
Yeamans Hall Club (Charleston, S.C.)
ALL DAY
NC State
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Cougar Classic
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Marsh enters her 23rd season as NC State's head coach
RALEIGH – NC State women's golf opens its 2022-23 campaign on Monday in Hanahan, S.C. at the 18th-annual Cougar Classic hosted by College of Charleston.
Held annually at the Yeamans Hall Club, it will be the 17th appearance in tournament history for the Wolfpack.
NC State enters the season mixing a wealth of returning talent alongside three highly-talented newcomers, two of which will make their collegiate debuts this week.
Head Coach Page Marsh will begin her 23rd year leading the program by introducing both Vania Simont and Jaclyn Kenzel to the collegiate circuit at Yeamans Hall.
Simont, a freshman from Mexico City, Mexico, was a top-100 player in the American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) national rankings when she signed with the Wolfpack, shining as an amateur with top-15 individual finishes at the 2021 Women's Amateur Latin America and 2021 Mexican Amateur, as well as reaching the round of 16 at the 2022 US Women's Amateur Fourball.
Kenzel begins her NC State career as a junior, having spent two years on campus before becoming a student-athlete. Hailing from Southern Pines, N.C., Kenzel attended Pinecrest High School where she collected two top-three finishes in NCHSAA State Championship events during her career. More recently, Kenzel earned a top-five finish at the 2022 North Carolina Women's State Amatuer earlier this year at the River Landing Golf Club in Wallace, N.C.
Senior Natalie Armbruester will be competing for the Wolfpack as well after being one of three NC State golfers to participate in all ten of the team's tournaments last season. A former member of the Swiss National Junior Team, Armbruester is loaded with experience that includes a T32nd finish at last season's Stillwater, Okla. NCAA Regional.
Junior Isabel Amezcua looks to continue a career in Raleigh after a busy summer, having competed at both the US Women's Amateur at the Chambers Bay Golf Course as well as the North & South Women's Amateur at Pinehurst No. 2 & No. 4. Amezcua saw action in all ten tournaments the Wolfpack played in last year, including a top-ten finish at the Briar's Creek Invitational.
Rounding out NC State's lineup is sophomore Lauren Olivares Leon, who posted one of the top freshman-season campaigns in program history in 2021-22. Her scoring average of 73.19 was the lowest amongst any freshman to compete for the Wolfpack and ranked fourth all-time. Additionally, all 27 rounds which she competed in counted towards the team's score, the only NC State player to earn a rounds-counted average of 1.000.
36 holes are set to be played on Monday at Yeamans Hall beginning with an 8:30 a.m. shotgun start, with the final round of the 54-hole event slated for Tuesday at 8:45 a.m.
Live stats will be available throughout the tournament's entirety on GolfStat.com.
Tournament Information
Dates: September 12-13
Course: Yeamans Hall Club
Course Par/Yardage: 72/6,301 yards
Live Scoring: GolfStat.com
NC State Lineup
Natalie Armbruester
Vania Simont
Isabel Amezcua
Jaclyn Kenzel
Lauren Olivares Leon
Tournament Field
Clemson
College of Charleston
East Carolina
Florida State
Furman
Georgia
Illinois
Kentucky
Louisville
Miami
Michigan State
NC State
North Carolina
Ole Miss
Penn State
Tennessee
UCF
Wisconsin
Held annually at the Yeamans Hall Club, it will be the 17th appearance in tournament history for the Wolfpack.
NC State enters the season mixing a wealth of returning talent alongside three highly-talented newcomers, two of which will make their collegiate debuts this week.
Head Coach Page Marsh will begin her 23rd year leading the program by introducing both Vania Simont and Jaclyn Kenzel to the collegiate circuit at Yeamans Hall.
Simont, a freshman from Mexico City, Mexico, was a top-100 player in the American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) national rankings when she signed with the Wolfpack, shining as an amateur with top-15 individual finishes at the 2021 Women's Amateur Latin America and 2021 Mexican Amateur, as well as reaching the round of 16 at the 2022 US Women's Amateur Fourball.
Kenzel begins her NC State career as a junior, having spent two years on campus before becoming a student-athlete. Hailing from Southern Pines, N.C., Kenzel attended Pinecrest High School where she collected two top-three finishes in NCHSAA State Championship events during her career. More recently, Kenzel earned a top-five finish at the 2022 North Carolina Women's State Amatuer earlier this year at the River Landing Golf Club in Wallace, N.C.
Senior Natalie Armbruester will be competing for the Wolfpack as well after being one of three NC State golfers to participate in all ten of the team's tournaments last season. A former member of the Swiss National Junior Team, Armbruester is loaded with experience that includes a T32nd finish at last season's Stillwater, Okla. NCAA Regional.
Junior Isabel Amezcua looks to continue a career in Raleigh after a busy summer, having competed at both the US Women's Amateur at the Chambers Bay Golf Course as well as the North & South Women's Amateur at Pinehurst No. 2 & No. 4. Amezcua saw action in all ten tournaments the Wolfpack played in last year, including a top-ten finish at the Briar's Creek Invitational.
Rounding out NC State's lineup is sophomore Lauren Olivares Leon, who posted one of the top freshman-season campaigns in program history in 2021-22. Her scoring average of 73.19 was the lowest amongst any freshman to compete for the Wolfpack and ranked fourth all-time. Additionally, all 27 rounds which she competed in counted towards the team's score, the only NC State player to earn a rounds-counted average of 1.000.
36 holes are set to be played on Monday at Yeamans Hall beginning with an 8:30 a.m. shotgun start, with the final round of the 54-hole event slated for Tuesday at 8:45 a.m.
Live stats will be available throughout the tournament's entirety on GolfStat.com.
Tournament Information
Dates: September 12-13
Course: Yeamans Hall Club
Course Par/Yardage: 72/6,301 yards
Live Scoring: GolfStat.com
NC State Lineup
Natalie Armbruester
Vania Simont
Isabel Amezcua
Jaclyn Kenzel
Lauren Olivares Leon
Tournament Field
Clemson
College of Charleston
East Carolina
Florida State
Furman
Georgia
Illinois
Kentucky
Louisville
Miami
Michigan State
NC State
North Carolina
Ole Miss
Penn State
Tennessee
UCF
Wisconsin
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