WASHINGTON – Following nearly three weeks off from competition, the Georgetown University women's golf team heads to Greensboro, North Carolina for the UNCG Collegiate, hosted by the University of North Carolina Greensboro on Monday and Tuesday, October 9-10. The host Spartans welcome a field of 19 teams to the par-72, 6,020-yard West Course at Grandover Resort.
FOLLOW THE HOYAS
- Golf Genius will be used to score the two-day tournament with a link to the live scoring available on GUHoyas.com.
- The tournament will begin on Monday, October 9, with a shotgun start at 8:30 a.m. and 36 holes of golf. The tournament continues on Tuesday, October 10 with the final 18 holes.
ABOUT THE HOYAS
- Hoya Lineup: Megan Gornley, Jiaying "Jasmine" Lai, Morgan Smith, Vilda Westh Blanc, Angela Lee, Georgia Ruffolo (ind.), Claire Chen (ind.)
- The Hoyas enter the tournament having won their first two tournaments to start the season - the William & Mary Invitational (September 11-12) and the Princeton Invitational (September 16-17).
- Megan Gormley carded a 3-over 216 (71-75-70) in GU's last outing, propelling her as well as two teammates to earn the BIG EAST Female Golfer of the Week honor on September 20. Her performance was fueled by her 1-under 70 in the final round with a quartet of birdies on the day, including closing on a pair of birdies on 17 and 18 to seal the victory and hold off a surging Dartmouth squad. She tallied 10 birdies and 32 pars.
- Jiaying Lai went 3-over 216 (73-73-70) with a pair of birdies in the final round to go along with 15 pars, also picking up the BIG EAST's weekly honor. She totaled eight birdies and 36 pars over 54 holes.
- Morgan Smith finished the two-day tournament at 3-over 216 (68-73-75) and managed a birdie on 16 to go along with 13 pars in the final round, totaling five birdies and 42 pars over 54 holes and earning the third share of the BIG EAST Female Golfer of the Week honor.
- Vilda Westh Blanc closed the Princeton Invitational at 10-over 223 (79-72-72) to tie for 20th. She totaled three birdies in the final round to go with 11 pars.
- Angela Lee, competing as an individual at Princeton's Springdale Golf Club, tied for 24th at 11-over 224 (76-75-73). Starting on hole 9 in the shotgun start, Lee closed the tournament with a birdie on hole 7 and managed 14 pars in round three.
- Georgia Ruffolo carded an 8-over 221 (71-76-74) to tie for 15th place. She managed three birdies over the final 18 holes as well as 12 pars.
- Claire Chen, competing as an individual, went 7-over 220 (72-73-75) to finish in a tie for 13th place with 15 pars in the final round. .
ABOUT THE TOURNAMENT
- UNCG Collegiate Field: Appalachian State, The Citadel, Gardner-Webb, Georgetown, Georgia State, High Point, Longwood, Marshall, North Carolina A&T, North Carolina Central, UNC Asheville, UNCG, Presbyterian, Radford, Richmond, Seton Hall, Tennessee Tech, Towson, Winthrop