June 20, 2009

LIMA, Ohio - Ohio University women's golfers Erin Cahill, Jordan Fesh, Megan Weaver and Meryl Weaver were each in action on the amateur circuit in the last week, representing the Bobcats at the 109th Women's Western Golf Association National Amateur Championship at Shawnee Country Club.

Meryl Weaver (Canton, Ohio) made the deepest run of the quartet of Ohio players in the event, reaching the final match of Flight Four on Friday, where she fell, 2 and 1, to Kaitlyn Van Gunten of Findlay, Ohio. The rising sophomore opened the tournament with victories over Carly Arison (3 and 2) of Copley, Ohio, and Deb Mielke (2 and 1) of McKinney, Texas, to reach the semifinal round. Weaver earned the right to play Van Gunten in the final with a thrilling 20-hole win over Laura McGehee of Lakeside Park, Ky., in the semis.

Megan Weaver (Canton, Ohio), Meryl's twin sister, also played her way into a Friday match in Flight Two, falling 4 and 3 to Kristy McLaughlin of Wasaga Beach, Ont., in the semifinals. Her tournament run featured a win over Morgan McQuary (2 and 1) of Chattanooga, Tenn., in the opening round and a 4 and 2 defeat of Katelin Davis of Whitmore, Mich., in the quarterfinals.

Fesh (Toledo, Ohio), also playing in Flight Four, earned an opening-round 2 and 1 win over Kate Hoops of Lima, Ohio, before suffering a 2 and 1 setback to eventual champion Van Gunten in the quarters. Cahill (Hilliard, Ohio) drew an assignment to the Championship Flight, where she dropped her opening match by a 3 and 2 count to Amelia Lewis of Jacksonville, Fla.