MEMPHIS, Tenn. – The Penn State women's golf team travels to Tennessee to compete in the Memphis Intercollegiate hosted by the University of Memphis at the Ridgeway Country Club on Monday and Tuesday.
This marks Penn State's first trip to the par-71, 6,105-yard course to compete in the Memphis Intercollegiate. The teams will play 36 holes of continuous play on Monday with an 8:30 a.m. shotgun start followed by a single 18-hole round on Tuesday concluding the tournament with another 8:30 a.m. shotgun.
The 14-team field features some familiar faces and some new competition with the Nittany Lions entering the weekend as the highest ranked team at No. 51 in the latest golfstat.com rankings. Memphis, Arkansas State, UAB, Central Arkansas, Cincinnati, Little Rock, Marshall, Middle Tennessee State, Missouri State, Southern Miss, Toledo, Troy and Western Kentucky round out the field.
LAST TIME OUT
- Senior Jackie Rogowicz (Yardley, Pa.) fired three-straight rounds of even-par or better to pace Penn State at the Briar's Creek Invitational two weeks ago. Rogowicz finished 2-under and tied for eighth in the field leading the Nittany Lions to a 12th place finish. This was the senior's fourth top-10 finish this season to lead the team.
- Freshman Sarah Willis (Eaton, Ohio) finished the tournament in sixth with a three-round score of 6-over par.
- As a team the Nittany Lions registered 36 birdies adding to their growing total from the fall which now stands at 375. If interested in pledging to our 'Birdies For The Heart' initiative please fill our or email head coach at .
THE TEAM
- Coach St. Pierre isn't making any changes from her starting lineup as Rogowicz and Willis will join senior classmates Lauren Waller (Canonsburg, Pa.) and Cara Basso (Downingtown, Pa.) along with junior Megan McLean (Lebanon, N.J.) to compile the starting five while junior Maddy Herr (New Hope, Pa.) will once again compete as an individual.
- Basso leads the team with a 72.96 stroke average with nine rounds of even-par or better this season and three top-10's including a pair of runner-up finishes. Willis is second on the team with a 73.00 stroke average and has the lone individual first place honor with her record-setting Nittany Lion Invitational Championship while Rogowicz is averaging 73.57 strokes per 18 holes this season.
- As a team, the Nittany Lions are averaging 292.35 per round and have four top-5 finishes this season. Penn State's stroke average is down almost 3.5 shots per round from its 2017-18 total of 295.77.
Live scoring for the tournament can be found HERE.
NEXT TIME OUT
Penn State will have a few more weeks off before traveling to the Big Ten Championships in Maineville, Ohio on April 19-21.