ROCK HILL, SC— Winthrop women's golf has earned the 2
nd seed for the 2018 Big South Conference Championship, which opens play Friday morning.
Event: Big South Championship
Dates: Friday-Saturday, Apr. 13-14, 2018
Course: The Patriot at Grand Harbor (Par 72 / 6,175 yards)
Format: 54-Hole Tournament (Friday, 36 holes continues play, double tee 1 & 10 | Saturday, re-seed, tee times begin 8 a.m., double tee 1 & 10)
Tournament Field: Campbell, Charleston Southern, Gardner-Webb, High Point, Longwood, Presbyterian College, Radford, UNC Asheville, Winthrop
Weather Forecast: Friday (partly cloudy, 80 degrees, winds SSW 9mph) | Saturday (cloudy, 82 degrees, winds S 9mph)
LIVE SCORING: (Golfstat)
A GLANCE AT THE EAGLES
- The Eagles enter the Big South Championship as the #2 seed, which is its highest seed for the championship since 2010 (3rd)
- It's the first time since 2009 the Eagles are seeded 2nd
- Winthrop will tee off on the first tee beginning at 8:50 a.m. Friday morning with their second round set to begin approximately 1:50 p.m.
- The move to play 36 holes in one day to was try and ensure the competition get 54 holes in as Sunday's weather forecast is calling for thunderstorms
- Ashley Sloup enters as the team's top scoring average (75.05) and 7th lowest in the Big South
- The Eagles finished 5th in the 2017 Big South Championship with Sloup earning All-Conference honors
- Chelsea Dantonio has the second lowest average on the team at 75.71 and 10th in the Big South
- Julie Reinertsen's scoring average of 76.71 ranks 14th in the league
- Sloup finished tied for 18th in 2017, T-8th in 2016, and T-5th in 2015
- Dantonio had the best finish for the Eagles in the 2017 Championship as she tied for 7th
WINTHROP LINEUP
1.
Ashley Sloup
2.
Chelsea Dantonio
3.
Julie Reinertsen
4.
Louise Jeppesen
5.
Alexis Brindley
