For Western Michigan University's women's golf team, head coach Kim More is looking for the five tournaments this fall to, among other things, create consistency among her nine-player squad.

What is just as big, though, is the team is closer to seeing the completion of the Jeff and Stephanie Bergeron Golf Performance Center at WMU's Seelye Center.

''The players are chomping at the bit,'' Moore said. ''It is scheduled to be done in a few months and we are super excited about that with what we will be able to do to prepare better for the spring tournaments.''

Junior Jenna Hayes, one of the three captains for the Broncos, might have put it best.

''I am so unbelievably excited,'' she said with a huge smile. ''This is the biggest blessing we can have.

''I've gone over there many times to see how it's going. The facility will greatly help our success in the spring and beyond.''

WMU lost two productive seniors, Alissa Fish and Natalie Samdal, and has just two seniors on this team in Madeline Blum and Allyson Barth. The juniors are Hayes, Megha Vallabhaneni and Kailey White; the sophomores are Macy Beeson and Bella Brooks and the freshmen are Lauren Lupinek and Saanvi Venkatesh. Blum and Vallabhaneni are also captains along with Hayes.

''We're going to be a young team,'' Moore said. ''This fall, we're looking for consistency, those who will be in our lineup tournament to tournament.

''We're hosting a tournament this fall, so we will get everyone on the roster playing in that one. We're looking at getting them all playing and then have momentum going into the spring.''

Players like Vallabhaneni could start that momentum after a good 2024 spring season. She finished eighth in the Mid-American Conference tournament, the highest finish or a Bronco in seven years, to earn second-team All-MAC honors. The junior had a 54-hole total of 230.  It's the second straight season she has led Western Michigan in the league tournament.

Hayes missed a top 20 finish by one stroke, shooting a 240. Fish was third, Brooks was fourth and Beeson was fifth, so some experience in big meets is back.

''Megha will be a big contributor for us and Jenna is a constant in our lineup and I think she will step up,'' Moore said. ''She is in a captain's role this year and I think that will help her confidence and leadership qualities.''

As expected, it was a busy summer for many of the WMU players. Hayes played in four tournaments, including a U.S. Women's Amateur qualifier and a U.S. Women's Open qualifier, whose field included LPGA players.

''I was just a couple of strokes off qualifying in the Am,'' she said. ''The Open qualifier was on a very difficult course at Ohio State and was a good experience.

''I played with one of the LPGA players in the Open qualifier and I saw the choices she made around the course, the way she looked at her shots, especially in the short game. I could bring that to my teammates.''

Lupinek played in the Badger Mutual Invitational, rallying on the final day to win the tournament. She also played in the Wisconsin Junior Girls Championship. Brooks played in the Tennessee Women's Open, Beeson in the Indiana Women's Amateur and White in the Illinois Open. Also, Vallabhaneni and Blum played in the Golf Association of Michigan Women's Championship.

The Broncos open the fall season on Sunday and Monday at the A-Ga-Ming Invitational in Kewadin, north of Traverse City. The home meet is the WMU Fall Classic, Oct 7 and 8 at The Moors.

''Golf is such a fickle game, and players step up in one tournament, then in another tournament, others will step up,'' Moore said. ''We want to get the team camaraderie going now, which is always something we work on season after season.''

Team golf is so much different than playing just as individual in a tournament, Hayes said.

''Being on a team is so worth it,'' she said. ''You could have a bad day, but your teammates will be there to pick you up.

''Our team goal is to break the school's 54-hole scoring record. We came close last year.''

With a new indoor practice facility helping everyone, that could happen.