ST. GEORGE, UT— Winthrop women's golf is set for its second tournament of the spring as it heads west to take part in the Pizza Hut Lady Thunderbird Invitational, hosted by Southern Utah.
Event: Pizza Hut Lady Thunderbird Invitational
Dates: Thursday-Friday, Mar. 15-16, 2018
Location: St. George, UT
Course: Sunbrook Golf Club
Format: 54-Hole Tournament
Tee Times (Mountain Standard Time-MST): Thursday (8:30 a.m. shotgun)
Tournament Field: CSU Bakersfield, Idaho State, North Dakota, North Dakota State, Northern Colorado, Oral Roberts, South Dakota State, Southern Utah, Weber State, Winthrop and Wyoming.
Weather Forecast: Thursday (showers, 54 degrees, winds SW 14mph) | Friday (mostly sunny, 62 degrees, winds S 13mph)
A GLANCE AT THE EAGLES
- Eagles are on their furthest trip of the season and the furthest the team has traveled since Oct. 4-5, 2-14 at the Diane Thomason Invitational in Iowa City, IA
- In five tournaments this season, the Eagles have placed in the Top 5 on five occasions and have finished second twice
- The Eagles are the highest ranked team in the field (golfstat rankings)
- Ashley Sloup and Chelsea Dantonio have been the low golfer on the team in three tournaments each
- Sloup is leading the team with a 74.64 stroke average this season with Dantonio closely behind at 74.79
- Dantonio has three Top 5 finishes while Sloup has two and three Top 10 finishes
- Dantonio has led the team in Par 3 scoring, Sloup in Par 4 scoring and Julie Reinertsen tops the team in Par 5 scoring
- Reinertsen also leads the team in total birdies with 38 followed by Sloup and Dantonio with 33
- In the first event of the spring for the Eagles, Sloup was the top finisher at 9th while Reinertsen finished T-23rd
WINTHROP LINEUP
1.
Ashley Sloup
2.
Chelsea Dantonio
3.
Julie Reinertsen
4.
Louise Jeppesen
5.
Chandler Case
Individuals –
Whitney Carter /
Alexis Brindley /
Morgan McClaugherty
A LOOK AROUND THE LEAGUE
In addition to the Eagles competing this week and into the weekend, Gardner-Webb will be at the Low Country Intercollegiate (Hilton Head Island, SC / Mar. 17-18) along with Presbyterian College while Longwood is at the Pinehurst Women's Intercollegiate (Pinehurst, SC / Mar. 14-16).
WHAT'S NEXT
The Eagles are back in action next weekend at the John Kirk Panther Intercollegiate in Stockbridge, GA, Mar. 25-27.
