Setting a tournament record and also tying a career-best score, senior Ashley Bauer led the Michigan women's golf team to a win this past weekend at the Rio Verde Collegiate Invitational. But she was still not entirely happy with her performance.

“In the first round, I hit a lot of greens,” Bauer said. “But the second two rounds, I didn’t hit as many. I think that’s usually one of my strong suits. I can always make more putts, too. I had a couple of three putts that cost me a couple of strokes out there and that’s not acceptable.”

Bauer was pleased with the team's performance over the three-day tournament, especially how the Wolverines kept their composure as Michigan won the tournament, 14 strokes in front of the second-place finisher, Minnesota.

"It’s exciting,” Bauer said. “You know every day, every stroke counts. That’s kind of the mentality that we have right now.”

After a disappointing last-place finish last weekend at the Central District Tournament in Florida, the Wolverines were hoping to move on. And with the dominant performance they did just that.

“I thought we played really well,” Michigan coach Cheryl Stacy said. “Especially after playing down in Florida and finishing last in the tournament. I thought the girls took that as a motivational thing and made it work for them and played really well here.”

The team thrived off of Bauer's stellar performance. After two days, Junior Min Yean Tan was tied for third, but finished tied for seventh after hitting seven over par on the third day. Senior Andrea Ratigan tied for third finishing 7-over par.

Since Michigan cannot play outdoors in Ann Arbor, it is forced to strictly play in tournaments farther south.

“We shot some good numbers and those numbers, no matter where we play, will be competitive,” Bauer said. “We’ll be out hitting some golf balls, and hopefully the weather will break thin. You can’t promise that, but it is unfortunate that we can’t play on the grass for a while. We just got to keep doing what we can, and make the most of it.”

The Wolverines will follow up this victory in two weeks at the Mountain View Challenge in Tucson, Ariz. where they hope some of their luck in Arizona will continue.