The Valparaiso University women’s golf team has announced its 2024-25 schedule, which features 10 total tournaments, five in the fall and five in the spring culminating with the Missouri Valley Conference Championship, which will be hosted at Annbriar Golf Club in Waterloo, Ill. again this season.
The docket tees off with the Redbird Fall Invitational hosted by Illinois State at Weibring Golf Club in Normal, Ill. on Sept. 8-9. This will mark the fourth straight year that Valpo’s season begins with a trip to Bloomington-Normal. That will be followed by another familiar tournament as the Beacons once again take part in the Brittany Kelly Classic, hosted by Ball State, on Sept. 16-17 at The Players Club in Muncie, Ind. This will mark the fourth straight year Valpo has participated in that tournament as well.
The fall docket continues with the program’s ninth appearance at the Butler Fall Classic including the fourth straight year that the squad has competed in that event, which will take place on Sept. 30 and Oct. 1 at Highland Golf Club in Indianapolis. The Beacons will make their first appearance at the Western Michigan Invite on Oct. 7-8 at Moors Golf Club in Portage, Mich. before rounding out the fall at the Braun Intercollegiate, which will be hosted by Evansville at Oak Meadow Country Club on Oct. 21-22. Valpo will participate in the Braun Intercollegiate for the ninth time and first since 2019-20.
The program will chase warm weather to start the spring season with the Islander Classic, which will be hosted by Texas A&M Corpus Christi at Corpus Christi Country Club in the Lone Star State on Feb. 17-18. This will represent Valpo’s third straight year in that event. The spring continues with Butler’s Don Benbow Spring Invitational on March 10-11 at Ardea Country Club in Oldsmar, Fla. – another familiar destination as the Beacons will participate in the event for the eighth time ever and the second straight season.
The team will return to the Midwest for Northern Kentucky’s The Julie on March 24-25 at Elks Run Golf Course in Batavia, Ohio, Valpo’s second straight year golfing in that tournament. The final tune-up for the MVC Championship will occur on March 30-31 at the Indiana State Spring Invitational, held at the Country Club of Terre Haute. That event is on the slate for the fifth time in the last six years.
The aforementioned MVC Championship is set for April 13-15. Valpo will look to continue to make positive strides after the team scoring average improved by four strokes from the previous season in 2023-2024.