FRISCO, Texas - The Illinois Wesleyan University women's golf team moved up two places to No. 21 in the latest Women's Golf Coaches Association Mizuno Coaches Poll, released Friday, April 10. The Titans accumulated 118 points.
Heading into its second home tournament of the season at Ironwood Golf Course, IWU looks to improve its ranking as No. 6 WashU, No. 16 Carleton, and No. 20 Grinnell are ranked teams to visit Normal, Ill. for the Kathy Niepagen Spring Fling Saturday-Sunday, April 11-12.
Sophomore Gigi Zera (Glenview, Ill.-Loyola Academy) leads the Titans in stroke average this season at 76.3. Zera has earned three College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin Golfer of the Week awards this season, two coming this spring. She ranks No. 70 in the latest Clippd NCAA Division III player rankings, which is the highest on the Titan squad. Additionally, junior Nora Cerroni (Waukesha, Wis.-Waukesha North) is fresh off of a career-low three-under 69 at the WashU Spring Invite March 29-30. She is second on the squad in stroke average this season as she holds a 77.1.
Emory topped the poll with 15 first-place votes and 539 points. New York University rose to second with six first-place votes and 528 points. Carnegie Mellon was third with 514 points, grabbing one first-place nod. Pomona-Pitzer (451) and Williams (432) rounded out the top-five.
IWU is set to host the Kathy Niepagen Spring Fling Saturday-Sunday, April 11-12, with a shotgun start scheduled for 9 a.m. A link to follow live scoring can be found on the women's golf schedule page of iwusports.com.
DIVISION III MIZUNO WGCA COACHES POLL
1 Emory University (15) 539
2 New York University (6) 528
3 Carnegie Mellon University (1) 514
4 Pomona-Pitzer 451
5 Williams College 432
6 Washington University in St. Louis 429
7 Amherst College 425
8 Washington and Lee University 387
9 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges 378
10 Randolph-Macon College 345
11 University of Redlands 323
12 Hamilton College 281
13 Middlebury College 266
14 University of Mary Hardin-Baylor 251
15 Wellesley College 248
16 Carleton College 219
17 Bowdoin College 205
T18 Trinity University (Texas) 176
T18 Denison University 176
20 Grinnell College 152
21 Illinois Wesleyan University 118
22 Babson College 82
23 University of the South 62
24 Huntingdon College 57
25 University of California, Santa Cruz 35
Other Receiving Votes: George Fox University (31); University of Wisconsin-Stout (25); California Lutheran University (7); DePauw University (4); Macalester College (3); University of Lynchburg (1)
