Women's Golf Heads to Las Vegas for Lady Luck Invitational
3/1/2026 12:45:00 PM | Women's Golf
The 25th-ranked Kent State Dr. Paula Treckel Women's Golf team returns to action March 2-3 at the inaugural Lady Luck Invitational, hosted by UNLV at Las Vegas Country Club in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The Golden Flashes will compete in a 14-team field that includes six other top-50 programs in the latest Scoreboard rankings. The field also includes 12 golfers ranked inside the top 100 nationally, including Kent State's Veronika Kedronová and Leon Takagi.
TOURNAMENT INFORMATION
Event: Lady Luck Invitational
Host: UNLV
Location: Las Vegas, Nev.
Course: Las Vegas Country Club
Par/Yardage: Par 72 / 6,529 yards
Dates: March 2-3
Format: 54 holes / Stroke play / 5-count-4
Team Live Scoring: https://scoreboard.clippd.com/tournaments/239886/scoring/team
Individual Live Scoring: https://scoreboard.clippd.com/tournaments/239886/scoring/player
KENT STATE LINEUP
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Veronika Kedronová
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Petra Babicová
PARTICIPANTS (rankings via Scoreboard)
- Host: UNLV — #76
- UCF — #16
- Baylor — #19
- Oklahoma State — #28
- Kent State — #30
- Houston — #33
- Texas Tech — #44
- Oregon State — #49
- Texas State — #54
- BYU — #60
- Northern Arizona — #61
- UTSA — #85
- Nevada — #132
- New Mexico — #135
NOTES
• Kent State opened the 2025-26 season with four top-three finishes, including a team title in its first four events. The Golden Flashes placed eighth in a 16-team field at the UCF Challenge to begin the spring after closing the fall with an 11th-place finish in an 18-team field at The Landfall Tradition. Kent State's victory at the Wolverine Invitational in September against nine power-conference opponents marked the program's first non-MAC Championship team title since the Sunflower Invitational in October 2022. Kent State most recently posted another top-five finish at the Spartan Suncoast.
• Kedronová, ranked No. 17 nationally, tied for eighth at the UCF Challenge for her latest top-10 finish. She has not finished outside the top 20 in a regular-season event since the Briar's Creek Invitational in March 2025 and is seeking the 19th top-10 finish of her collegiate career.
• Takagi has posted a finish of 11th or better in five of Kent State's seven tournaments this season. The senior has carded eight rounds of par or better, including two in the 60s, across 20 rounds played. She opened the year with four top-five finishes, including three consecutive in the fall at the Boilermaker Classic, Wolverine Invitational and Canadian Collegiate, before adding another top-five result at the Spartan Suncoast.
• Babicová opened the spring with a 1-under 71 in the first round of the UCF Challenge and went on to tie for 24th at 1-over par for her best finish of the season. She closed the tournament with an even-par round. In her Kent State career, Babicová has recorded one top-five finish, one top-10 finish and two top-20 finishes.
• Goyette looks to regain the form that led to back-to-back top-10 finishes late in the fall. At the UCF Challenge, she tied for 30th at 2-over par and matched Takagi for the team's third-best finish.
• Larsen, the reigning Mid-American Conference Freshman of the Year, will look to bounce back after placing 75th at the UCF Challenge. Three tournaments earlier, Larsen tied for fifth at the Blessings Collegiate Invitational and closed her last event with an even-par round.
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