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DANIEL ISLAND, S.C. - The NC State women's golf team will play in its second tournament of the spring, sixth overall, at the Daniel Island Invitational hosted by the College of Charleston. Tournament play will take place from Monday, Feb. 24 to Tuesday, Feb. 25.

NC State is one of 14 schools in the field, as well as one of two ACC squads. The field features five top 50 teams and six squads sitting inside the top 100.

The tournament at Daniel Island Club is a par 72, 6,026-yard course. The teams will tee off at 8:45 a.m. on Monday for a shotgun start, while the final round is set for Sunday at 9 a.m. Teams are set to play two rounds for 36 holes on Monday followed by the final round on Tuesday.

Marie Eline Madsen will play at the No. 1 spot. She leads the team with a 71.13 scoring average with nine rounds at par or better and five rounds in the 60s. She has placed in the top 20 in all five tournament outings, coming off a tie for 16th with a 4-over 220 (76-71-71) at the Collegiate Invitational in Guadalajara, Mexico. She is No. 125 in the WAGR and No. 51 in the Scoreboard Powered by Clippd Rankings.

Lauren Olivares follows at the No. 2 spot, sitting second on the team in scoring average at 72.47. Olivares Leon has seven rounds at par or better, two rounds in the 60s this season and has 10 top 10 finishes in her career. She is coming off her second straight top five finish with a 4-under 212 (70-73-69) at the Collegiate Invitational in her home country of Mexico. She is No. 49 in the WAGR and No. 71 in the Scoreboard Powered by Clipped Rankings.

Vania Simont will follow by playing in her sixth tournament of the season. The junior has a 75.60 scoring average and her score has counted in all 15 rounds played this season. She is coming off a 17-over 233 (77-79-77) to tie for 48th at the Collegiate Invitational.

Jaclyn Kenzel will make her first appearance in the lineup this spring and will play in her third tournament this season. She has a 79.00 scoring average this year. In the season opener at the Cougar Classic, she finished with a 23-over 236 (79-77-80).

Caitlin Whitehead wraps up the lineup, making her fourth tournament appearance this season. She has a 75.67 scoring average this season and finished the fall season with a 7-over 223 (72-73-78) to place in 42nd at the Landfall Tradition.

Lea Ludwig will play as an individual this week. She is logging a 76.89 scoring average this season, while coming off a tie for 46th with a 16-over 232 (73-80-79) at the Collegiate Invitational.

COMPETING TEAMS (SCOREBOARD BY CLIPPD RANKINGS): 1. Campbell (47) 2. Charlotte (92) 3. Charleston Southern (180) 4. College of Charleston (48) 5. Coastal Carolina (114) 6. Eastern Michigan (141) 7. Georgia State (174) 8. Georgetown (137) 9. James Madison (161) 10. NC State (45) 11. Oral Roberts (106) 12. Tennessee (37) 13. Virginia Tech (46) 14. Yale (133)

ROUND 1 SHOTGUN START - 8:45 AM 1A - Lauren Olivares Leon 1B - Marie Eline Madsen 2 - Vania Simont 3 - Jaclyn Kenzel 4B - Caitlin Whitehead 15A - Lea Ludwig

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DANIEL ISLAND, S.C. - The NC State women's golf team earned its first win in nearly eight years, finishing at 17-under 848 (280-282-285) to lead the field in wire-to-wire fashion at the Daniel Island Invitational in Daniel Island, South Carolina. That 54-hole score matched a program record previously set at the 2023 ICON Invitational.

This tournament win is the first for NC State women's golf head coach Darby Sligh, as well as the first for the program since 2017 when the Pack won the Ocean Course Invitational.

NC State led the field after each round and pushed ahead to beat host College of Charleston by three strokes. Marie Eline Madsen led the Pack and finished in second place with an 11-under 205 (67-66-72) and Vania Simont finished with a season-low 6-under 210 (69-70-71).

Madsen was on fire this weekend with an 11-under 205, finishing at par or under in all three rounds. The Denmark native's 205 is the second lowest score in school history and a freshman 54-hole record. Madsen logged a 5-under 67 in the first round and followed that up with a 6-under 66 in the second. In the tournament, she finished with the second most birdies (16) and par 5s average (4.58) and third best par 4s average (3.83) among 75 golfers. She now has seven rounds in the 60s and 12 rounds at par or better this season.

Simont finished with a 6-under 210 (69-70-71) to finish in fifth for her first career top five finish. The Mexico City, Mexico native started out the tournament with a 3-under 69 behind four birdies and 13 pars with one just bogey. Her 2-under 70 in the second round was done behind three birdies, 14 pars and one bogey. The 69 is her fifth career round in the 60s. Simont's par 4s average (3.90) was the sixth best in the tournament field.

Lauren Olivares Leon was solid all week to finish with a 2-under 214 (72-72-70) to log 11th. Her 2-under 70 in the third round jumped her up four spots on the leaderboard, doing so behind four birdies, 12 pars and just two bogeys. She finished tied for second in par 4s (4.58) in the field. Olivares Leon now has 10 rounds at par or under and 48 in her career.

Jaclyn Kenzel had the best performance of her collegiate career, finishing with a 2-over 218 (72-74-72) to log a tie for 15th. The graduate finished with eight birdies, 37 pars, eight bogeys and a double bogey.

Caitlin Whitehead finished in a tie for 52nd with a 15-over (74-80-77) 231. She finished with four birdies, 35 pars, 13 bogeys and two double bogeys. Lea Ludwig played as an individual and wrapped up the tournament with a career-high tie for 36th place. She finished with a 7-over 223 (75-73-75), a career-low 54 hole score.

The Pack had the second best par 3s average (3.12), par 4s average (3.99) and par 5s average (4.87) with the second most birdies (49) in the field.

TEAM LEADERBOARD 1 - No. 45 NC State - 280-282-285=847 (-17) 2 - No. 48 College of Charleston - 279-286-285=844 (-14) 3 - Charlotte - 283-290-292=865 (+1) 4 - No. 37 Tennessee - 285-287-295=867 (+3) 5 - No. 47 Campbell - 294-297-283=874 (+10) 6 - Yale - 285-295-300=878 (+12) 7 - No. 46 Virginia Tech - 300-294-288=882 (+14) T8 - Oral Roberts - 302-293-298=893 (+29) T8 - James Madison - 301-299-293=893 (+29) 10 - Georgetown - 295-296-304=895 (+31) T11 - Charleston Southern - 296-295-305=896 (+32) T11 - Georgia State - 310-294-292=896 (+32) 13 - Coastal Carolina - 306-296-295=897 (+33) 14 - Eastern Michigan - 307-302-292=302 (+38)

PLAYER LEADERBOARD 2 - Marie Eline Madsen - 67-66-72=205 (-11) 5 - Vania Simont - 69-70-71=210 (-6) 11 - Lauren Olivares Leon - 72-72-70=214 (-2) T15 - Jaclyn Kenzel - 72-74-72=218 (+2) T36 - Lea Ludwig* - 75-73-75=223 (+7) T52 - Caitlin Whitehead - 74-80-77=231 (+15)

*- Competed as an individual

UPCOMING The Pack will play at the Briar's Creek Invitational at the Club at Briar's Creek in John's Island, South Carolina from March 10-11.