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Bulls Currently in Seventh Backed by Strong Play from Marley and Medeiros

February 03, 2025

TAMPA, Fla (February 3, 2025) – The South Florida women's golf team (-7) is currently in seventh place at the PDI Intercollegiate, in Orlando, heading into Tuesday's final round. The Bulls trail No. 24 ranked Kansas and No. 36 Central Florida, who are tied for sixth, by five strokes after two rounds.
 
Freshman Cherry Marley (-5) remains in contention, just three strokes off the lead. Marley opened the tournament with a season-best 7-under 65 and followed up with a 2-under performance in round two.
 
Leonor Medeiros (-5) is tied for 11th after posting rounds of 3-under and 2-under. She is just two strokes away from breaking into the top five.
 
The Bulls will tee off tomorrow at 10:18am. Round three stats can be found here.
 
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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