TAMPA, Fla (February 1, 2025) – The South Florida women's golf team kicks off their spring season this Sunday at the PDI Intercollegiate, hosted by Central Florida (UCF) in Orlando.

The PDI Intercollegiate features a tough 17-team field, included several nationally ranked programs: Baylor, Tulsa, Indiana, Augusta, Old Dominion, Penn State, Charleston, Kansas (24), South Florida, Louisiana Monroe, Nebraska-Lincoln, Mississippi State (10), Central Arkansas, California State-Sacramento, Duke (18), Central Florida and North Carolina (13).
 
Leading the Bulls is senior Leonor Medeiros. Medeiros, a Portugal native, delivered an impressive fall season, securing two top-10 finishes at the Badger Invitational and Pat Bradley Invitational. Her strong brand of leadership will be key to this young Bulls team.
 
Freshman Cherry Marley, a star on the rise, is another player to watch. The October Golfer of the Month already has a top-25 finish at the Dale McNamara Invitational. She posted a fall scoring average of 76.33 highlighted by a low round of 69. Marley is poised to build upon her strong first semester of Division 1 golf and make an immediate impact for the Bulls this spring.
 
South Florida will be competing at the Eagle Creek Golf Club in Orlando, Florida. The Bulls will play 54 holes beginning Sunday, February 2. The final 18-hole round will feature a shotgun start on Tuesday, February 4.
 
Live stats for the weekend can be found here.
 
The Bulls' PDI Intercollegiate lineup will consist of: Leo Medeiros, Alice Webb, Cherry Marley, Valentina Bosselmann and Emma Kim.
 
ABOUT USF WOMEN'S GOLF
Tampa native AJ Newell, a former LPGA Tour Player and NCAA All-American, was named head coach of USF women's golf by Vice President for Athletics Michael Kelly on June 3, 2024.
 
Newell will look over leadership of the Bulls' program following a successful three-year stint as assistant coach at the University of Michigan, where she helped lead the Wolverines to three-straight NCAA Regional appearances, a 2022 Big Ten title, and the 2022 NCAA Championship Finals.
 
 In the record-setting 2023-24 campaign, the Bulls won three times and finished in the top four in nine of 10 events. The three wins are the most in a season since four 2011-12. USF finished third in the American Athletic Conference Championship, which equals the best finish in the tournament in program history. In 2022-23 and 2023-24, the Bulls played in back-to-back NCAA Regionals for the first time since 2001-02. Senior standout Melanie Green, the AAC Conference Player of the Year in 2023-24, an all-conference performer in each of her four seasons, was named to the WGCA 2023-24 Division I All-American second team. Green 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. Follow @USFWGolf on Twitter for the latest information concerning the program.
 
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