AMELIA ISLAND, FL— After a strong showing in the fall, the Winthrop women's golf hopes to pick up right where it left off as it opens the spring at the 5^th Annual Amelia Island Collegiate.

Event: Amelia Island Collegiate
Dates: Monday-Tuesday, Feb. 19-20, 2018
Location: Amelia Island, FL
Course: Amelia Island Golf Club (Par 72 (36-36)/6,029 yards)
Format: 54-Hole Tournament (Sunday practice round/Monday 36 holes/Tuesday 18 holes)
Tee Times: Monday (8 a.m. shotgun off holes #4-6), Tuesday (8:30 a.m. shotgun)
Tournament Field: Bradley, Campbell, Cincinnati, Daytona State, Eastern Kentucky, Florida Gulf Coast, Georgia State, Jacksonville, Jacksonville State, Morehead State, North Florida, UAB, UNC Asheville, USC Upstate, Winthrop .
Weather Forecast: Monday (partly cloudy, 73 degrees, winds 9 mph) Tuesday (partly cloudy, 74 degrees, winds 11 mph)     
Live Stats: (Golfstat.com)                      
 
A GLANCE AT THE EAGLES

• The Eagles finished 2^nd at the Winthrop Intercollegiate two shots out of first behind High Point to cap off the fall season
• Ashley Sloup fired a career-low and program record 67 in the final round to capture medalist honors finishing the tournament (-3)
• Chelsea Dantonio finished 2^nd overall at the Winthrop Intercollegiate at (+1)
• Winthrop placed in the Top 5 in all four tournaments in the fall
• Dantonio has placed in the Top 5 the last three tournaments of the fall
• Dantonio leads the team and the Big South Conference with a 73.91 scoring average while Sloup is 2nd at 74.91 and is ranked 8^th
• Julie Reinertsen has the 3^rd lowest scoring average on the team at 76 and is ranked 11^th in the Conference
• Louise Jeppesen follows behind Reinertsen at 77.38 and is ranked 18^th in the Conference
• Sloup holds the lowest round in the Big South at 67 from the fall season
• Dantonio holds the first round scoring for the Eagles at 73.25 and Sloup and Reinertsen hold the last round scoring at 73.50
• Dantonio had the most birdies in the fall with 29, with Sloup and Reinertsen close behind at 28
• Morgan McClaugherty had the highest percentage of fairways hit for the Eagles in the fall at .839
• Reinertsen has the best birdie conversion rate at .241 and Sloup has the highest percentage of greens in regulation at .646 from last season
• Reinersten also has the highest percentage of par 3 greens hit from the fall at .705
• Dantonio holds the highest scramble percentage from the fall at .473 with Jeppesen closely behind at .441
• Winthrop had a team scoring average of 302.09 for 4 tournaments and 11 rounds

 WINTHROP LINEUP
1. Ashley Sloup
2. Julie Reinertsen
3. Chelsea Dantonio
4. Louise Jeppesen
5. Chandler Case

A LOOK AROUND THE LEAGUE
Campbell will be in the strong field at Amelia Island Collegiate. Campbell is ranked 53^rd according to Golfstat Rankings. UNC Asheville will be playing in the tournament as well and has a ranking of 194. Winthrop is currently ranked 121. 

WHAT'S NEXT
The Eagles head to St. George, UT for the Lady Thunderbird Invitational (Southern Utah University) Mar 14 - Mar 16.