Viva Las Boilers: Women’s Golf Heads to Las Vegas for NCAA Regional

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The quest to the NCAA Championships begins for Purdue Women's Golf, as the Boilermakers travel to Las Vegas to battle 11 other teams at Spanish Trail Country Club for the NCAA Las Vegas Regional (May 6-8).
 
The top five teams and the low individual not on an advancing team from each regional site will advance to play in the NCAA Championships at Omni La Costa Resort & Spa in Carlsbad, California (May 17-22).
 
TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
Monday, May 6: Round 1 (Tee Times starting at 11 a.m. ET)
Tuesday, May 7: Round 2 (Tee Times starting at 11 a.m. ET)
Wednesday, May 8: Round 3 (Tee Times starting at 11 a.m. ET)
 
THE LINEUP
Momo Sugiyama – Jr.

• Second Team All-Big Team, earning the accolade for the second time
• Making her 24th appearance as a Boilermaker after playing in all 12 tournaments a season ago and all 11 tournaments so far this season
• Holds a team-best 72.28 stroke average and is No. 135 in the national rankings
• Tied for 10th for the first Top 10 by a Boilermaker at the B1G Championships since 2019; also produced the lowest 54-hole score (71-73-71—215) by a Purdue golfer in the tournament since 2018
• Has five Top 10 finishes, including a fourth-place performance at the Therese Hession Buckeye Invitational (72-75-70—217) for her best placing of the season
• Tied for 13th at The Show at Spanish Trail earlier this year (71-74-72—217)
• Has finished in the Top 20 in six of the seven spring tournaments, including a tie for seventh at the Briar's Creek Invitational (74-71-70—215)
• Her two-round 145 (75-70) at the Spartan Sun Coast Invitational was the seventh-best 36-hole total in school history
• Began the spring by leading the Boilermakers at the Purdue Puerto Rico Classic, placing eighth with a career-low 211 (67-73-71) that featured a personal-best round of 67 (-5)
• Tied for ninth at the Boilermaker Classic with a 1-under 215 (73-69-73) to help Purdue claim the tournament title to start the season
• Tied Purdue's single-season record with six rounds in the 60s last year, while leading the team in stroke average (73.31), team-low round (14), rounds in the 60s (6) and pars (410)
• Held a perfect 4.0 GPA throughout the 2022-23 school year, collecting several academic accolades: WGCAA All-American Scholar Team, Big Ten Distinguished Scholar, Academic All-Big Ten

 
Jocelyn Bruch – Sr.

• Making her 32nd appearance as a Boilermaker, second most on the team
• Holds a 74.22 stroke average
• Has appeared in the lineup in all 11 tournaments this season
• Tied for 14th at the B1G Championships, securing her best showing and 54-hole total (73-71-72—216) of the spring and joining Sugiyama with Purdue's only par-or-better three-round scores in the tournament since 2018
• Fired a career-low 209 (69-70-70) at the Schooner Fall Classic for the 10th-best three-round total in school history
• Ten of her 32 rounds have been par-or-better, including three rounds in the 60s
• Paced the field in par-4 scoring (-3) to help the Boilermakers win the Mary Fossum Invitational, tying for seventh on the individual leaderboard for her second career Top 10 (76-70-71—217)
• Cracked the Top 10 for the first time in her career, tying for sixth with a 4-under 212 (69-69-74) to help Purdue win the Boilermaker Classic
• Earned a 2024 Big Ten Sportsmanship Award
• Two-time Academic All-Big Ten

Jasmine Kahler – Fr.

• Making her 10th collegiate tournament appearance but cracking the Purdue lineup for the third time
• Holds a 74.46 stroke average
• Collected a Top 20 finish in her Big Ten Championships debut, ending the tournament with a 1-under 71 to finish 2-over for the week (75-72-71—218); made 40 pars to rank third in the 84-player field
• In her debut in the Boilermaker lineup, tied for 19th at the Therese Hession Buckeye Invitational (78-74-72—224)
• Competing as an individual, tied for 6th at The Bruzzy, her best finish as a Boilermaker, with a career-low 213 (73-70-70); the 213 was the eighth-best 54-hole total be a freshman in program history
• Tied for 25th at the Briar's Creek Invitational (72-71-77—220)
• In her Purdue debut, tied for 22nd as an individual in the Boilermaker Classic (73-72-76—221)
• In high school, won the San Diego Section CIF (California Interscholastic Federation) at Torrey Pines and led her team to a fifth-place finish at the CIF State Championship to become the 2022 CIF San Diego Player of the Year

 
Ashley Kozlowski – Sr.

• Second Team All-Big Ten
• Playing in her 40th tournament as a Boilermaker, totaling 112 rounds, more than anyone on the current team
• Has carded five rounds in the 60s this season, one away from tying a single-season school record
• Ranks second on the team with a 72.47 stroke average and is nationally ranked at No. 137
• Has appeared in the lineup in all 11 tournaments this season and has led the Boilermakers in five different events, a team high
• Has recorded a team-best 100 birdies
• Tied for seventh to lead Purdue at The Show (73-70-71—214) Spanish Trail earlier this year; led the field in par-4 scoring (-4) and ranked second in birdies (13)
• Tied for seventh at the Therese Hession Buckeye Invitational (74-74-70—218) for her fourth Top 10 of the season
• Finished fifth to pace the Boilermakers at the Briar's Creek Invitational, which featured a final round 67 (-5) to end the tournament 4-under par (73-72-67—212)
• Paced the Boilermakers with a 208 (72-70-66) at the Schooner Fall Classic, the seventh-best 54-hole total in program history; her final round 66 was a new career low and the fifth-lowest for a Boilermaker
• Led Purdue to a win in the Mary Fossum Invitational, finishing runner-up individually for the second time in her career with a 214 (73-71-70)
• Stars in the classroom as an aeronautical and astronautical engineering major, earning several academic honors: WGCAA All-American Scholar Team, Big Ten Distinguished Scholar, Academic All-Big Ten

 
Natasha Kiel – Jr.

• Making her 12th appearance as a Boilermaker, but playing in her 24th collegiate tournament
• Has made four of Purdue's eight eagles this season
• Holds a 73.97 stroke average
• Has appeared in the lineup in all 11 tournaments this season
• Tied for 19th at the Therese Hession Buckeye Invitational (75-74-75—224) for her third Top 20 of the season
• Tied for 20th at the Spartan Sun Coast Invitational (76-70—146)
• Tied for 29th at the Schooner Fall Classic with a 213 (71-72-70), her best 54-hole total as a Boilermaker
• Ranked second in par-4 scoring (-1) and tied for ninth (73-72-73—218) to help the Boilermakers win the Mary Fossum Invitational
• Transferred to Purdue after two seasons at Vanderbilt
• Last season, played in eight tournaments and produced a 74.4 stroke average

 
THE FIELD
1. #4 UCLA
2. #9 Arkansas
3. #16 Arizona
4. #19 Florida State
5. Cal
6. Purdue
7. Baylor
8. Oklahoma
9. Colorado State
10. Kent State
11. Xavier
12. Dartmouth
 
THE COURSE

• Designed by Robert Trent Jones Jr., Spanish Trail Country Club features three 9-hole, par 36 courses for a 27-hole layout.
• The tournament will be contested on the Canyon Course and the Lakes Course, measuring 6,665 yards.
• The Canyon Course is the longest of the three tracks, while water comes into play for six of the nine holes on the Lakes Course.

 
THANKFUL FOR THE SHOW

• Purdue is no stranger to Spanish Trail Country Club, having competed in The Show the past two seasons.
• Earlier this year (March 4-5), the Boilermakers tied for fourth alongside No. 23 Pepperdine, playing the course at 12-over as a team through 54 holes. Four of the five Boilermakers in the lineup for the NCAA Regional competed in the tournament.
• Ashley Kozlowski led the Boilermakers, tying for seventh. The senior made 13 birdies, ranking second in the 77-player field and ending the tournament 2-under par following a final round 71 (-1). Kozlowski dominated the par 4s, playing those holes 4-under to lead the field. Her final round featured five birdies, including four of the 10 par 4s.
• Momo Sugiyama added another Top 20 to her Purdue resume, ending The Show 1-over par to tie for 13th. She made four birdies throughout the final round, playing the last 10 holes 3-under.

 
POSTSEASON HISTORY

• The Boilermakers have reached an NCAA Regional for the 26th time out of the 27 renditions of the NCAA Championships.
• Purdue advanced to the championship stage 18 of those times, including in 2022 as a No. 8 seed after beating Northwestern in a sudden-death playoff at Stanford.
• In 2010, the Boilermakers captured the national championship with the second-lowest four-round team score in NCAA Championships history.

 
REGULAR SEASON RECAP

• The Boilermakers earned their ninth straight NCAA Regional berth in the second season under head coach Zack Byrd, producing two wins and four Top 3 finishes throughout the 2023-24 campaign.
• Capturing the Boilermaker Classic and the Mary Fossum Invitational, Purdue won multiple tournaments in a season for the first time in seven years.
• The Boilermakers also produced two of the lowest five team totals (54 holes) in school history, a program-best 837 at the Schooner Fall Classic and an 852 (fifth) at the season-opening Boilermaker Classic.
• Heading into NCAA Regionals, Purdue placed fourth at the Big Ten Championships with an even-par 864, the Boilermakers' best score in the league tournament since 2016.
• The quartet of Momo Sugiyama, Ashley Kozlowski, Natasha Kiel and Jocelyn Bruch has competed in all 11 tournaments for the Boilermakers.

 
ALL-B1G BOILERS

• Purdue golfers Ashley Kozlowski and Momo Sugiyama earned Second Team All-Big Ten honors, following a vote from the league's coaches. Sugiyama collected All-Big Ten accolades for the second straight season, matching her amount of years as a Boilermaker. Kozlowski, producing the best season of her career, earned all-conference honors for the first time
• Continuing with the successful tradition of Purdue Women's Golf, at least two Boilermakers landed on the All-Big Ten list for the 16th time over the past 22 years. Since the conference went to two All-Big Ten teams in 2003, 61 Boilermakers have earned all-league distinction.

• Sugiyama has led the team in stroke average (72.78), Top 10 finishes (5) and rounds of par-or-better (16).
• A senior leader, Kozlowski has had her best season as a Boilermaker with a 72.47 stroke average. She has led Purdue in five tournaments, while her five rounds in the 60s and 100 birdies are also team highs.

RANKED BOILERMAKERS

• Purdue enters the NCAA Regional ranked 33rd in the national rankings thanks to a pair of tournament titles and five Top 3 finishes throughout this season.
• Two Boilermakers, Momo Sugiyama (No. 135) and Ashley Kozlowski (No. 137), are ranked in the Top 150 of the national rankings.

 
B1G RECAP

• Behind a final round 283 (-5), Purdue placed fourth at
• Purdue led the field in total pars (210) and par-4 scoring (+6) throughout the tournament, while ranking fourth in birdies (53). The final round was the Boilermakers' best round in the B1G Championships in five years.
• Momo Suigyama ended the tournament in red figures (-1), tying for 10th for the first Top 10 by a Boilermaker at the B1G Championships since Ida Ayu Indira Melati Putri won the 2019 conference title.
• Jocelyn Bruch finished the tournament at even par. The Carmel, Indiana, native tied for 14th, securing her best finish and 54-hole total (73-71-72—216) of the spring. Bruch joined Sugiyama as posting the lowest 54-hole scores by Boilermakers at the B1G Championships since Inez Wanamarta (215) in 2018.

• Freshman Jasmine Kahler collected a Top 20 finish in her Big Ten debut. She improved each day, ending the tournament with a 1-under 71 to finish 2-over for the week (75-72-71—218). Despite making just her second appearance in the Purdue lineup, she remained steady throughout the three rounds by recording 40 pars to rank third in the 84-player field.

 
100 ROUNDS AS A BOILERMAKER

• Ashley Kozlowski reached a milestone at Spanish Trail back in March. The senior played her 100th round as a Boilermaker, firing a 1-under par 71 to pace the Boilermakers and secure a Top 10 finish (T-7th) on the individual leaderboard.
• Kozlowski's 112 career rounds are a team high, with 36 of those rounds at par-or-better.
• Her lowest round was a 66 at this year's Schooner Fall Classic, tied for the fifth-best round by a Boilermaker in program history.
• Kozlowski has played in 39 tournaments (and counting) throughout her Purdue career, producing 13 Top 20 finishes and nine Top 10 performances.

 
TOP 20 MOMO

• Since the flip of the calendar to 2024, Momo Sugiyama has been a fixture in the Top 20 of tournaments.
• Sugiyama has cracked the Top 20 in eight of Purdue's 11 tournaments this season, including five Top 10 performances, both team highs.
• Last time out, she paced Purdue at the Big Ten Championships by tying for 10th and becoming the first Boilermaker to finish under-par in the conference tournament since 2018.
• Sugiyama finished 13th at The Show and tied for seventh at the Briar's Creek Invitational for her fourth consecutive Top 20.
• She led the Boilermakers at the Therese Hession Buckeye Invitational (72-75-70—217) for her best finish of the season, tying for fourth.
• The junior placed eighth at the Purdue Puerto Rico Classic to begin the spring before tying for 16th at the Spartan Sun Coast Invitational. She led Purdue in both events.

 
FLYING HIGH WITH BYRD

• Victorious in two of their four fall tournaments, the Boilermakers have won multiple tournaments in a season for the first time in seven years.
• Winning the Boilermaker Classic and the Mary Fossum Invitational, Purdue won back-to-back tournaments for the first time since the 2012-13 season. The last time Purdue won its first two tournaments of the season was the start of the 2005-06 campaign.
• Purdue already has three tournament titles in just the second season under head coach Zack Byrd; the Boilermakers won three tournaments over the previous six seasons before Byrd's arrival.
• Ten of the 50 lowest team rounds in program history have occurred under Byrd, including the school record 270 (-18) at the season-opening Boilermaker Classic as well as the second-best round, a 274 at the Schooner Fall Classic.
• This season, the Boilermakers have produced two of the lowest five team totals (54 holes) in school history, a program-best 837 at the Schooner Fall Classic and an 852 (fifth) at the season-opening Boilermaker Classic.

 
SECOND WIN OF THE SEASON

• Entering the final round eight shots back of host Michigan State, Purdue flipped the script and fired a final round 284 (-4) to win the Mary Fossum Invitational by 10 strokes.
• Purdue was 6-under (290-284-284—858) on the par 72 West Course at Forest Akers GC, the only team to finish under par and just one shot off the tournament record. The Boilermakers defeated a field of 14 other teams that included five Big Ten programs. The three-round total also cracked the Top 10 for one of the lowest 54-hole scores in program history.
• The Boilermakers played the par 4s a combined 5-over to lead all teams, including 16 shots better than Michigan State. Purdue also paced the field in par-3 scoring (-2) and birdies (47).
• Four Boilermakers finished in the Top 10 of the individual leaderboard. Ashley Kozlowski led the way, ending the tournament at 2-under to place runner-up for the second time in her career. Jocelyn Bruch tied for seventh (+1) for her second Top 10 of the 2023-24 campaign.

 
HOME COURSE PROTECTED

• Purdue protected its home course, starting the 2023-24 season by beating 14 other teams to win the Boilermaker Classic (Sept. 4-5).
• The Boilermakers finished the 54-hole event 12-under par (296-270-286—852) on the Kampen-Cosler Course at the Birck Boilermaker Complex, six shots ahead of runner-up Alabama.
• fired a 270 (-18) in the second round to break the program record for team-low round by five strokes, besting the previous record of 275 shot by the 2011 Boilermakers at the Administaff Lady Jaguar Intercollegiate.
• Jocelyn Bruch cracked the Top 10 for the first time in her career. She placed sixth with a 212 (69-69-74).
• Momo Sugiyama finished another tournament in red figures, firing a 215 (-1) with a 69 sandwiched in between rounds of 73. Starting her second season as a Boilermaker, she tied for ninth on the individual leaderboard.