GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Bethune-Cookman Women's Golf stays in the "Sunshine State" this week when taking part in the Lady Bison Invitational hosted by Howard University at Hawkstone Country Club in Gainesville, Florida. This is the second year in a row the Wildcats are participating in the event hosted by the Bison. The event takes place Monday, March 3, running through the following afternoon with 54 holes of golf scheduled to be played.
 
The tournament will begin with 36 holes on Monday, while the team finishes up the event on Tuesday with 18 holes. Tee time has been set as a shotgun start each day beginning at 8 a.m.
 
The field for this year's edition of the Lady Bison Invitation includes the host Howard Bison, in addition to B-CU, Alabama State, Holy Cross, Maryland Eastern Shore, Monmouth, North Carolina Central, Queens (N.C.), Saint Francis and Youngstown State.
 
Live scoring for the Lady Bison Invitational is provided through SCOREBOARD powered by clippd and available here.
 
ABOUT THE COURSE
Hawkstone's championship golf course design by Gary Player offers Gainesville golf at its finest. Great care is taken to integrate the country club course into the spectacular natural setting. As a result, the fairways wind deliberately through a carefully preserved upland hammock spotted with such native species as a majestic live oak, wild plum and dogwood trees.
 
The course will play as a par 71 for the Lady Bison Invitational, with yardage set approximately at 5,995 yards.
 
WILDCATS IN THE FIELD
1. Katie Robinson (Sr.) – American Canyon, Calif.
2. Kamary Leaf (R-Sr.) – Brownsburg, Ind.
3. Skylar Kew (Jr.) – Dundas, Ontario
4. Meeya Marquez (Soph.) – Sherman Oaks, Calif.
5. Leiahnni Smith (Jr.) – Lima, Ohio
 

HARRY STOKES
"This was one of my favorite events that we played last year, and I'm excited for it again this season. I'm really excited to get back and see everyone at Hawkstone Country Club. They take great care of us, and Howard runs a great event."
 
"I hope we can bounce back a little from last week. I think we had a decent week of practice, and we're close to home. So, the travel is not going to be an issue. I think we are going to play better, while still battling through some growing pains, for sure."
 
"I'm looking forward to us improving on last week's scores. After that, I think a few weeks off as a break will do us some good. I want to see some more attention to detail when we're out there. There's nowhere to go but up from last week. So, I think the team is going to play well, and we're going to have a really good time this week. I'm truly looking forward to it."
 


Katie Robinson led all Bethune-Cookman scorers as the Wildcats finished the third and final round of the Babs Steffens Invitational taking place at DeBary Golf and Country Club. After a tough 36-holes on the opening day, all but two Bethune-Cookman golfers lowered their scorecards during the finale.
 
Katie Robinson finished tied for 53rd in the field after firing a final round 8-over par 80. She began the tournament with an 86, only to shave eight strokes from her opening round during the second of two rounds played on Monday. The American Canyon, California native registered B-CU's lowest individual round Tuesday, finishing with a collective 244 (+28) across three rounds. Kamary Leaf, a senior from Brownsburg, Indiana, lowered her rounds each time out, after opening with an 89 on Monday. She followed with scorecards of 85 and 81, respectively, to finish at 255 (+39) and 71st overall in the tournament field. Like another golfer for the Cats, Leaf's three-round card was her lowest 54-hole event of the 2024-25 season, besting her previous mark of 259 from the Rocket Classic hosted by Toledo.
 
B-CU sophomore Meeya Marquez, playing in her fifth event of the 2024-25 season, turned in her best three-round total of the campaign. The native of Los Angeles, California fired rounds of 90, 85 and 90, allowing her to finish with a 265 collective scorecard (+49) and ranked tied for 77th overall on the final leaderboard. Her 265 is four strokes lower than her previous three-round personal best from the Rocket Classic in late-September/early-October. Skylar Kew (93-87-93=273, +57) shaved six strokes off her opening round in Monday's second turn around the course, producing an 87 on her way to the clubhouse. She fired a mirror opening round 93 in Tuesday's finale, allowing her to place 81st in the field. The second-round 87 allowed her to match her second-lowest second-round score of the season, also producing similar rounds in the ASU Spring Classic and The Powercat Invitational.
 
The final golfer factoring into the scoring for the Maroon and Gold was junior Jordan Davis (107-97-112=316, +100) from St. Petersburg, Florida, as she lowered her opening round scorecard by 10 strokes – the most of any B-CU competitor in the tournament from rounds one to two, respectfully. She would end the event 84th. Leiahnni Smith, a junior from Lima, Ohio, had the single best individual turnaround of any B-CU golfer across any round, as she turned in a final round 91 – lowering her score from an opening round 104 by a team-best 13 strokes overall. She also carded a second round 99, becoming just the second B-CU player to manage lowering her card in every round, respectfully. Competing as an individual, she would finish 83rd on the final leaderboard with a 294 (+78), shaving 20 strokes from her previous three-round event during the Rocket Classic in her home state earlier this season.
 
As a team, B-CU finished 15th (358-335-344=1037, +173).
 


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