Mocs Women?s Golf Returns to Action in Colorado
9/24/2010 6:00:00 AM | Women's Golf
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.---A trip west awaits the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga women's golf team as it heads to Vail, Colo., for the Golfweek Conference Challenge. This year's event is played Sunday, Sept. 26, through Tuesday, Sept. 28, at Red Sky Golf Club on the Fazio Course.
There are 18 teams in the event with 12 - including Chattanooga - that were ranked in the top 50 at the end of the 2009-10 season. Two of those teams, Arizona (4) and Pepperdine (9), ranked in the top 10, while four more were in the top 25.
Junior Maria Juliana Loza (Bucaramanga, Colombia) led the Mocs in the opener finishing a career-best second in the Labor Day Shootout at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. The event was shortened to just 27 holes due to daylight, but Loza's five-over par 113 was just two shots behind medalist Courtney Bowe of Coastal Carolina.
Seniors Christine Wolf (Igls, Austria) and Emma de Groot (Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia) each ended up in the top 10 tying for fourth and seventh, respectively. Freshman Yushira Budhram (Johannesburg, South Africa) ted for 20th, while fellow freshman Jordan Britt (Dayton, Tenn.) tied for 26th.
WHO: Christine Wolf. Wolf's best collegiate performance was at last year's Golfweek Conference Challenge (Primm, Nev.) where she tied for third shooting an even-par total of 216 keying the Mocs to a third-place finish ahead of notables such as Oklahoma State and Ohio State.
WHAT: Golfweek Conference Challenge - 54 holes (18 per day)
WHEN: Sunday, Sept. 26-Tuesday, Sept. 28. Live scoring link can be found on GoMocs.com on the schedule page.
WHERE: Red Sky Golf Club (Fazio Course); Vail, Colo.
HOW: This year's Golfweek Conference Challenge features a strong field. It has six teams that ended 2009-10 in the top 25 - two top 10 - and 12 total that were top 50.
QUOTABLE: "This is a very strong field. There are several top teams and if we want to continue to be mentioned among the best teams in the country, we have to compete at this level. We look forward to the challenge." - Head Coach Colette Murray.
LINEUP (Scoring Avg.): Emma de Groot, Maju Loza, Christine Wolf, Jordan Britt, Yushira Budhram
FIELD: Arizona, UC Davis, Campbell, Central Arkansas, CHATTANOOGA, Coastal Carolina, Denver, Harvard, Minnesota, Missouri State, UNLV, Pepperdine, Sacramento State, San Jose State, Tennessee, Texas A&M, Tulane, Virginia
FIELD WITH RANKINGS (Golfstat/Golfweek): Rankings not yet available.
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