TOLEDO, OH — The University of Toledo women's golf program will compete in the 2016 Mid-American Conference Championships this weekend in Noblesville, IN. The three-day tournament includes 10 schools and will be held on Friday-Sunday, April 22-24 at the par-72, 6,194-yard Purgatory Golf Club. The event will consist of three rounds with 18 holes being played each day.
 
     The Rockets have finished as the runner-up in two of the last three MAC Championships and have placed in the top three in five of the last six years. UT's showings in the event have included three second-place (2006, 2013, 2014), seven third-place (1999, 2002, 2003, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2015), four fourth-place (2000, 2001, 2004, 2007), two fifth-place (2005, 2009) and one sixth-place (2011) finish.
 
     Toledo has set a school record with five tournament titles this season with three coming in the fall and two more this spring. One of UT's victories was a 10-stroke triumph at the MAC Fall Preview in Noblesville on Oct. 11-12, with Kent State the lone conference member not competing in the event. Senior Morgan Salm, who has been sidelined since March due to a wrist injury, led the Rockets at six-over par 222 (76-74-72) to finish in second place. Salm was joined in the Top 10 by classmates Sathika Ruenreong (8th/74-75-76=225) and Manisa Isavas (T-9th/76-77-73=226).
 
     Ruenreong, a three-time first-team All-MAC selection, finished as the runner-up at the MAC Championship as a freshman, tied for sixth as a sophomore and was seventh as a junior. She is pacing the Rockets with a school-record 73.5 stroke average. Isavas ranks second on the team with a career-best 74.9 mark and has earned second-team All-MAC accolades the last two seasons. Salm possesses a 75.4 stroke average and is followed by the freshmen trio of Natcha Daengpiem (76.5), Pimchanok Kawil (76.7) and Caitriona Griffin (77.8).
 
     Kent State is the only school to win the MAC Championship in its 17-year history and is the favorite to win the tournament again this year. The Golden Flashes are ranked No. 13 in Golfstat's national rankings followed by Toledo (81), Eastern Michigan (122), Western Michigan (146), Northern Illinois (148), Akron (151), Bowling Green (165), Ball State (169), Ohio (171) and Central Michigan (238).
 
     Live stats for the event can be found at golfstatresults.com.
 
2016 Mid-American Conference Championship Quick Facts
Date: April 22-24, 2016
Where: Noblesville, IN - Purgatory Golf Club (Par-72, 6,194 yards)
Tournament Host: Eastern Michigan University
Format: 54 holes (18 on Friday, 18 on Saturday, 18 on Sunday)
Teams: Akron, Ball State, Bowling Green, Central Michigan, Eastern Michigan, Kent State, Northern Illinois, Ohio, Toledo, Western Michigan