The first ever women’s golf team at Saint Xavier University will get its season under way at their collective first ever collegiate golf event on September 14 and 15 at the Benedictine University Fall Invite.
When the team shows up at St. Andrews Golf Course in West Chicago, Ill., they will be looking to begin their existence with a competitive showing to kick off the sport’s SXU existence. Led by the coach of both the men’s and women’s teams, Mike Mandakas, the Cougars are an inexperienced bunch when it comes to competitive collegiate golf.
The three players that make up the Cougar squad are all freshmen. Katie Reno is a graduate of Lincoln Way-East High School in Frankfort, Ill., where she played competitive golf. She hopes her success there will translate to the collegiate level.
Taylor Thompson, a product of Knoxville High School in Knoxville, Ill., played competitively there and looks to continue to excel as she begins her collegiate golf career as a Cougar this fall and beyond.
The only out-of-state recruit for the Cougars in the inaugural recruiting class is Courtney Dudgeon, who hails from Sun Prairie, Wis., and attended Sun Prairie High School.
These women’s Cougar golfers hope to take a page out of last year’s inaugural men’s team’s book and create a name for themselves.
It is up to this group of perfectly able golfers to begin to build a tradition of excellent women’s golf at Saint Xavier University.
Tim Carroll
Senior Sports Editor
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