MORGANTON, NC— Winthrop will participate in the 16-team field of the Mimosa Hills Intercollegiate Apr. 1-2 in its final preparation for the Big South Conference Championship.
Event: Mimosa Hills Intercollegiate
Dates: Sunday-Monday, Apr. 1-2, 2018
Course: Mimosa Hills Country Club (Par 72 / 6,099 yards)
Format: 36-Hole Tournament
Tournament Field: Appalachian State, Bethune-Cookman, Elon, Gardner-Webb, James Madison, Longwood, Presbyterian, Radford, Sand Hills, Troy, UNC Asheville, UNC Pembroke, USC-Beaufort, USC Upstate, Winthrop and Wofford
Weather Forecast: Sunday (mostly cloudy, 74 degrees, winds SW 6mph) | Monday (partly cloudy, 76 degrees, winds SE 4mph)
LIVE SCORING: (Birdiefire.com)
A GLANCE AT THE EAGLES
- Ashley Sloup and Chelsea Dantonio lead the Eagles in scoring as each has averaged 75.11 through seven tournament (19 rounds)
- Sloup finished 5th at the 2017 Mimosa Hills Intercollegiate as the Eagles finished 6th
- Dantonio tied for 22nd in last year's Mimosa Hills Intercollegiate
- In the other two 36-hole tournaments the Eagles have played in this year, Dantonio has finished 2nd and tied for 4th
- Dantonio currently ranks 39th in the country in fairways hit at (.816) while Sloup ranks 63rd
- Julie Reinertsen ranks 21st nationally in birdie conversion (.244) and 19th in Par 3 greens in regulation (.714)
- Sloup is 26th in greens in regulation (.690) and Par 3 greens in regulation
- As a team the Eagles are 10th in the nation in fairways hit (.764)
- In three spring events the Eagles have placed 6th twice and were 8th last week at the John Kirk/Panther Intercollegiate
WINTHROP LINEUP
1.
Ashley Sloup
2.
Chelsea Dantonio
3.
Julie Reinertsen
4.
Louise Jeppesen
5.
Alexis Brindley
Individual –
Whitney Carter /
Morgan McClaugherty
A LOOK AROUND THE LEAGUE
Winthrop will get a taste of how it measures up against a majority of the Big South in this event as it includes five other programs from the league. The only teams not at Mimosa Hills are Campbell, Charleston Southern and High Point as all three will be in action Apr. 2-3 at the Charleston Invitational.
WHAT'S NEXT
Winthrop will be back in action Apr. 13-15 as it heads to Ninety-Six, SC for the 2018 Big South Conference Championship held at the Patriots Point Golf Club.
