Ashland Weekly Golf Report
September 11, 2003

Men’s Season Update
Entering the first weekend of the season head men’s golf coach Ben Cavey is very open minded.

“My expectations are not high and they’re not low,” said Cavey, who is in his first season as golf coach at AU. “You could say I have no expectations since this is my first season.”

Cavey expects senior Bryan Brzozowski (Seven Hills, OH/Normandy) to lead the Eagles this season.. Brozozowski was a qualifier to the NCAA Division II Regional Tournament last spring.

Cavey also points to sophomore Adam Hlivko (Tallmadge, OH) and freshman Matt Gasser (New Philadelphia, OH/Indian Valley South) to be players to watch this season.

While Cavey believes that he has a good team, there could be a problem with consistency.

“Our inconsistencies could be a negative or a positive,” said Cavey. “We’ll be getting glimpses at some very good potential that we can develop.”

Cavey believes the Eagles could finish among the top three or four teams at the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference tournament this season.

Women’s Update
With more than half of the fall season complete, head golf coach Steve Paramore said that there has been daily improvement with his players.

The Eagles opened the season at Ferris State on Aug. 30-31, and placed 15th out of 18 teams. Meghan Marks (Upper Arlington, OH), a freshman, had the low score for AU.

Ashland then ventured to Grand Valley State on Sept. 1-2, and placed 18th out of 18 teams. Marks once again had the low score for the Eagles.

“Our players have been improving,” said Paramore.

That improvement was seen at the John P. Speiss Memorial in Wauseon, OH, on Sept. 8 where the Eagles placed third of 12 teams in the tournament. Manchester won the tourney at 315, +27) and Albion (342, +54) was second in the nine-team field. The Eagles shot 351, +63.

Nicole Cespedes (Canton,OH/GlenOak) had the low score for AU. The sophomore was seventh, shooting an 82 (+10). The medalist was Manchester’s Jessica Strange (77/+5).

Marks just missed a Top 10 placement, finishing 12th (85/+13).

“The rest of the season we’ll work on practicing hard and then we’ll begin working on conditioning for the spring,” said Paramore.