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SETTING THE SCENE: With the cancellation of the Pat Bradley Championships due to Hurricane Wilma, the University of Cincinnati women's golf team will head up Interstate 75 to compete in the University of Dayton Fall Invitational on Oct. 31. The one-day, 18-hole tournament will take place on the North Course of the NCR Country Club, site of the 2005 U.S. Senior Open. Action begins at 11:30 a.m.
ABOUT THE TOURNAMENT: A total of eight teams will vie for the team title at the 2005 Dayton Fall Invitational. UC, originally slated to send one squad to the Pat Bradley Championships in Miami, Fla. and one to Dayton, will now field two squads for the UD Invitational. Joining the Bearcats and host Flyers for the event will be squads from Chicago State, Findlay, IUPUI, Robert Morris and Toledo. Just 18 holes will be played at the historic NCR Country Club, with a shotgun start kicking off the action at 11:30 a.m. The Bearcats sent a "B" squad to last year's edition of the Dayton Invitational, with a second place effort by Mya Pronschinske helping UC to third in the team standings. Oakland is the defending team champion of the event.
LAST TIME OUT: For the second time this season and third time in her career, Hillery Wilson earned medalist honors, as she captured the University of Cincinnati Fall Classic. Wilson, just a sophomore, overcame a one shot deficit entering the final round to take the take the title by one shot over Toledo's Tammy Clelland. Wilson finished the tournament with a score of 151 after shooting a second round 77. The team standings showed Toledo taking the team title with a score of 615. Bradley was second at 630, nine shots ahead of the Bearcats in third. UC's "B" squad finished eighth with a score of 700. Allison Mayborg joined Wilson in the top-three, tying for third with an identical second round score of 77. Mayborg ended the tournament just two shots off the top spot at 153.
WHERE SHE LEFT OFF: Hillery Wilson has gotten her sophomore season off to a terrific start, winning two tournaments and placing in the top-10 in four out of five events. Wilson, a member of the Conference USA All-Freshman Team last season, has captured medalist honors at both the Krump Kup and the Cincinnati Fall Classic to give her three tournament wins for her career. She also added a second place finish at the Unlimited Potential/Bay Tree Classic. Wilson leads the Bearcats with a 75.2 average and holds the squad's lowest round with a 72.