TAMPA, FLA., April 17, 2024 – The University of South Florida women's golf team posted a third-place finish in the American Conference Women's Golf Championship. In the 2023-24 season, the Bulls finished in the top four in nine of 10 events, including three wins.
 
The Bulls placed three players in the top 10. Along with Green, who posted a 54-hole score of 210 (-6), freshman Emma Falcher finished ninth with a score of 213 (-3), and graduate student transfer Alyssa Montgomery finished tied for 10^th with a score of 214 (-2).
 
USF led after the first two rounds, but was unable to hold off winner SMU, the Mustangs shot 276 (-12), the low round of the tournament, in the final round. SMU finished at 843 (-21). Tulsa shot 281 (-7) in the third round to finish second at 845 (-19). After rounds of 281 (-7) and 277 (-11), the Bulls closed with a 292 (+4). USF led the field with three eagles and in par five scoring at 4.60 (-24).
 
Senior Melanie Green, ranked 19^th nationally, shot par or better in all three rounds. Green opened with a 71 (-1), followed by a 67 (-5) in the second round, which included a 30 (-6) on the front nine, and closed with an even-par 72. She has shot par or better in 26 of 29 rounds on the season. Green led the field with two eagles and in par five scoring at 4.25 (-9).
 
Falcher joined Green in the top 10, her third top 10 finish in her first year as a Bull. She opened with a 69 (-3) and shot 71 (-1), in the second round in which she made six birdies. In the final round, Falcher shot 73 (+1) to finish at 213 (-3) in ninth place.
 
Alyssa Montgomery tied her low round as a Bull with a 68 (-4) in the second round. Montgomery opened and closed with a pair of 73's to finish tied for 10^th at 214 (-2), her second top 10 finish of the season.
 
Senior Alizee Vidal shot 68 (-4) in the first round, carding an eagle and five birdies. Vidal followed that with  74 (+2) in the last two rounds to finish 15^th at 216 (E).
 
Junior Leonor Medeiros improved eight shots from the first to the second to contribute a scoring round of 71 (-1) in round two. She shot 79 in the first round and closed with a 77 (+5) to finish in a tie for 38th.
 
 
Bulls Team Scores
Place                                                                          RD1    RD2     RD3                Total
  
  T3      Melanie Green (Sr./Medina, N.Y)                   71        67        72                    -6 (210)
    9      Emma Falcher (Fr./ Fousenant, France)        69        71        73                    -3 (213)
T10      Alyssa Montgomery (Gr./Knoxville, Ten.)       73        68        73                    -2 (214)
  15      Alizee Vidal (Sr./Le Gosier, France)               68        74        74                    E (216)
T38      Leonor Medeiros (So./Palmela, Portugal)      79        71        77                 +11 (227)
 
 
Tournament Team Scores
Place                                                                       RD1       RD2    RD3    Total  
  1 SMU                                                                    278       289      276       -21 (843)
  2 Tulsa                                                                   283        281      281       -19 (845) 
  3 South Florida                                                      281         277      292       -14 (850) 
  4 East Carolina                                                      279         292      295        +2 (866) 
  5 UTSA                                                                  282        302      287        +7 (871) 
  6 North Texas                                                        286         300      288      +10 (874) 
  7 Florida Atlantic                                                    290         295      297      +18 (882) 
  8 Charlotte                                                             299         295      302      +32 (896) 
  9 Wichita State                                                      294         298      308      +36 (900) 
10 Tulane                                                                 297         306      300      +39 (903)
11 UAB                                                                    304         305      305      +50 (914) 
12 Memphis                                                             306         308      306      +56 (920)
 
About USF Women's Golf
The 2023-24 campaign will be the Bulls' sixth full season under head coach Erika Brennan. South Florida is among the fastest-rising programs in the country, as they climbed 75 spots in the national Golfstat rankings following Brennan's first season in 2018-19 and have captured five tournament titles under Brennan, while setting numerous program scoring records under her leadership. Senior standout Melanie Green has been an all-conference performer in each of her first three seasons, qualified for the 2022 NCAA Regional as an individual and was named a 2023 All-American Honorable Mention. Green and the Bulls reached the NCAA Regional as a team in 2023, marking the program's first postseason appearance in 11 years.
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