Season swings into high gear

By By Max Rothman

Monday, October 6, 2008

Under the sweltering Texas sun, junior Emily Powers and the rest of the women’s golf team will get back to work. The Jayhawks venture south to Lubbock, Texas, for the fourth annual McHaney/Morehead Invitational. Hosted by Texas Tech, the tournament will tee off today and tomorrow at the par-72, 6,525-yard Rawls Course with steamy weather expected.

After two consecutive fifth-place finishes at the Marilynn Smith and Johnie Imes invitationals, the Jayhawks look to triumph in a diversely talented 13-team field that features seven Big 12 schools. However, success is something that the Jayhawks know requires consistency from every golfer.

“We’ve all played really well. We just need to put the good rounds together,” Powers said. “We all know that we can shoot. Our goal is not focusing on beating one team, but bettering ourselves every round.”

Powers has the numbers to back up that confidence. She has anchored the Jayhawks with a 74.67 scoring average through three contests this season. Last week at the Johnie Imes Invitational, Powers tied for sixth place, shooting a season low of 221 to lead the home team to its second-consecutive fifth-place finish.

“(The score) shows me that I can shoot lower than what I think,” Powers admits.

Other up and coming talent to the Jayhawks’ attack includes sophomores Jennifer Clark and Meghna Bal. Clark and Bal were two of nine golfers at the Johnie Imes Invitational that tied for fourteenth with a score of 228.

So how cool will Powers, Clark, Bal and the rest of the Jayhawks be in the steam of competition?

“We all know that we can shoot,” Powers said.

— —Edited by Adam Mowder

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