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Lady Tigers Travel to Sunshine State for Hurricane Invitational
Feb. 12, 2010
Preston McClellan, Undergraduate Assistant -
MEMPHIS, Tenn.—After winning its final tournament of the fall, the University of Memphis women’s golf team will look to make it two in a row at the Hurricane Invitational hosted by the University of Miami. The Lady Tigers will play three rounds from Sunday, February 14 through Tuesday, February 16 at Dona Shula’s Golf Resort in Miami Lakes, Fla. A total of 18 teams including 11 teams ranked in the Golfweek Top-100 are slated to compete as UCF, Charleston Southern, Coastal Carolina, Eastern Michigan, East Tennessee State, Georgia State, Illinois State, James Madison, Kentucky, Mercer, Miami, NC State, Oklahoma City, San Diego State, USF, Southern Miss, Texas State join Memphis in the three-day tournament. “This is a very strong field,” said Lady Tiger head coach Beth Harrelson. “We’re looking forward to a good, competitive start this week, despite the fact that we haven’t been able to practice very much because of all the winter weather.”
Competition will begin on Sunday with a shotgun start at 12:30 p.m., followed by a 12:30 p.m. shotgun start on Monday and an 8 a.m. start on Tuesday. Memphis concluded the fall portion of its schedule by winning the UAB Fall Beach Blast, the first victory for the program since claiming the 2007 Conference USA Championship and the first under second-year head coach Beth Harrelson. The Lady Tigers were led by Freshman Sarah Mathew’s two day total of three-over-par. Mathew’s tied for runner-up honors, the lowest finish by a Memphis individual since Alexa Porter also finished second in the 2007 Conference USA Championship. To keep up with all the latest news during the off season, follow Memphis Golf on Facebook and Twitter: http://www.facebook.com/MemphisGolf http://www.twitter.com/UofM_Golf 2010 Hurricane Invitational Participating Teams:
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