On any given day, anyone can have a breakout performance and show what they are truly capable of achieving. For Michigan freshman Isabelle Gendreau, that moment was this past weekend at the Baylor Tapatio Springs Shootout. Gendreau led the No. 24 Michigan women’s golf team to a second-place finish, just seven strokes behind Baylor. The freshman held her own, finishing in the top-10 after each round and ending the tournament in, tied with teammate senior Laura Olin for fifth place.

Gendreau was on point for most of the three-day tournament, finishing the first round 1-under-par in first place overall. And despite running into some problems during the second and third rounds, Gendreau was still able to finish high, largely because of her elevated level of concentration during play.

“Isabella always comes through when we needed her,” coach Kathy Teichert said. “In the beginning, the upperclassmen struggled a little bit, and she really came through. And when you have a freshmen playing in the No. 1 position all three rounds, I have to give her a lot of credit for not faltering and keeping her head high and playing as well as she did.”

After the first round of play, Gendreau was the only Wolverine to finish in the top-10. While many of her teammates struggled during the opening round, they redeemed themselves as the tournament progressed. All of the golfers finished the event in the top-15. Olin worked her way up from 18th place the first day to eighth the second, and she finished the tournament in fifth place.

“The first day, I just struggled a little bit all over the course,” Olin said. “I feel like I played as best as I could because I was so far behind from the beginning. On Saturday, my short game was a little off, but, by making some birdies, I was able to make up for that.”

Along with Olin, sophomore Brianna Broderick improved, reducing her strokes by four from the first to third rounds of play and finishing in ninth place. While Broderick has had some trouble early this spring season, Teichert is confident that she will soon regain the focus she had during the fall and become one of Michigan’s standout golfers.

“Brianna just hasn’t been off to a good start this spring,” Teichert said. “It was nice to see that she improved each of her rounds this weekend. She started to come along, and, in the long run, I think she is going to be the catalyst for us. We are going to need for her to keep low numbers, and I think she is very capable of that.”

But, as a team, the Wolverines were as consistent as ever, maintaining their second-place ranking throughout all three rounds of the tournament and holding their composure during Saturday’s hour-long rain delay. Despite shooting a combined 303 in the third round of play (three strokes higher than in the second round), the team was able to stay on top largely due to their strong performance after the rain delay — a time when many other schools lost focus and struggled on the course.

“Our goal as always was to win it,” Olin said. “We all came out playing really well, and we kind of got behind the last couple of days. After the rain delay, everyone stayed focused and proved we can really play through anything. I think we exceeded our expectations because we were the low team by seven strokes today.”

The consistency that the Wolverines exhibited in Texas is something Teichert hopes they will carry with them when they begin training on their home course for the Big Ten Championships next month. Although the second-place finish is disappointing on paper, knowing that all of the golfers improved day-to-day tells Teichert that the team learns fast and has great potential as the season progresses.

“We have played very consistent throughout the whole entire tournament,” Teichert said. “After the rain delay I was pleased that we picked up a lot of strokes today and I was pleased with our performance. I can honestly say that everyone gave it all they had and that’s all I can ask for.”