CHATTANOOGA WOMEN'S GOLF
JMU/EAGLE LANDING INVITATIONAL
MARCH 11-13, 2011
EAGLE LANDING GOLF COURSE, ORANGE PARK, FLA. 

TOURNAMENT FIELD
Campbell, Central Arkansas, CHATTANOOGA, East Carolina, Elon, Florida Gulf Coast, Georgetown, Illinois State, Illinois, Jacksonville, James Madison, Kennesaw State, Longwood, Maryland, Miami, UNC Greensboro, South Florida, Stetson

TOURNAMENT INFO
Dates:  March 11-13
Location:  Orange Park, Fla.
Format:  54 Holes (18 per day)
Course:  Eagle Landing Golf Club; Par 72; Yardage 6,282
No. of Teams:  18
Defending Champ:  USF; 303-296-299=898 (+34)
Defending Medalist:  Hailey Koschmann, Illinois; 69-70-75=214 (-2)

LINEUP

HEAD COACH

COLETTE MURRAY (Jacksonville State '04) is in her fourth year as a head coach, all at Chattanooga.  She re-started a program that had been discontinued in the 1980's.  The Mocs have won nine team titles with six medalists under her watch in just three-plus seasons of competition.

LAST TIME OUT
The Mocs finished a disappointing tied for sixth at the SunTrust Gator Women's Golf Invite with No. 11 Iowa State and Coastal Carolina just two shots behind No. 22 Arkansas in fifth.  Emma de Groot recorded her third straight top five tying for third at 6-over par 216.  Marion Duvernay finished tied for 25th (227) in her first team event of 2010-11.

NEXT UP
Chattanooga gets some well-deserved time off before returning to action April 1-3 at the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic in Athens, Ga.  It will mark the Mocs' first entry in the event.

NOTES TO KNOW

• This is the 3rd consecutive year for UTC in the JMU/Eagle Landing Invitational. It won the inaugural event in 2009 shooting +2, 866, for 54 holes including a school-record final round of 283 (-5). Emma de Groot won the 2009 event (-4) and finished 2nd a year ago (+1) as the Mocs finished 8th (918).
• The women's golf program recorded a 3.65 GPA in the Fall semester which not only ranked No. 1 amongst the athletics programs at UTC (11 had GPAs of 3.0 or higher), but it is also the best team semester on record. Every Mocs golfer earned Dean's List and the Athletic Director's Honor Roll led by Maju Loza's 4.0.
• The Mocs have won twice in 2010-11. They closed the Fall slate with a win at the Lady Paladin Invitational and opened the Spring with a nice win at the Kinderlou Forest Challenge. Those are the eighth and ninth wins since the team was re-instated three-plus years ago. Murray's charges have earned at least one win every year since she restarted the program in 2007-08.
• Chattanooga has claimed wins over the likes of Florida State (2-1), Georgia (1-0), Kent State (1-1), Oklahoma State (1-0), San Jose State (1-0), South Carolina (1-0), Texas A&M (1-0) and Texas Tech (3-0) this season - all of whom advanced to the 2010 NCAA Women's Championship.
• The Mocs are closers.
  Averages by round:

• Chattanooga is No. 28 in the nation in Par 5 scoring at 5.03 strokes. Maria Juliana Loza leads the team with a 4.87 average which is No. 54 nationally.
• UTC is No. 49 in Par 4 scoring at 4.31. de Groot is leading the team at 4.18.
• The Mocs are No. 60 in Par 3 average (3.26). Wolf is the leader on those holes with a 3.15 average.
• This is the fourth year of Mocs golf since Colette Murray re-started the program after it was discontinued in the mid-1980s. In the previous three seasons, UTC won seven team titles, had six medalist winners and was a part of NCAA Regionals all three years with an individual (de Groot) qualifying the first season, and the team the last two. In 2009, the Mocs advanced to the NCAA Finals. UTC won its first Southern Conference Women's Golf Championship in 2010.
• The first recruiting class to go through the program from freshman to graduation is upon us. de Groot and Wolf are the first such seniors for the Mocs.
• Chattanooga's first event, the Labor Day Shootout, was shortened to 27 holes. Since the standings were decided by 27 holes, and the scoring averages are not computed per hole, the event is not included in the Mocs' averages for 2010-11. It was played at the famed TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course. For the record, all five Mocs, and Murray in the practice round, found dry land on each tee shot on the infamous No. 17 island green.
• The Mocs beat two top 25 programs finishing 10th at the Landfall Tradition at the Country Club of Landfall in Wilmington, N.C. UTC carded rounds of 309, 303 and 299 to shoot 911 topping No. 18 South Carolina by eight and No. 23 Oklahoma State by 13. Britt shot a career-low 69 (-3) in the final round to lead the Mocs tying for 11th at 222 (+6).
• Chattanooga claimed its first win of 2010-11 at the Lady Paladin Invitational at Furman G.C. It won going away by 14 shots over Georgia State shooting rounds of 305-308-302. Three Mocs finished in the top 15 led by Emma de Groot in fourth at 228. Christine Wolf (t5th) and Jordan Britt (t14th) joined her in the top 15. UTC topped three SoCon programs - Furman (24), Samford (38) and Wofford (51) - by a combined 113 strokes. Chattanooga also beat in-state rivals ETSU and Middle Tennessee by 31 and 40 shots, respectively.
• The Mocs won their 2nd straight event opening the Spring with a 9-stroke win over Coastal Carolina. Augusta State was third, 13 shots off the pace, while Florida State wound up fourth, 14 back. No. 12 Georgia started the event but did not complete after trailing by 20 strokes through 36 holes. Three Mocs claimed top 10 finishes led by Yushira Budhram in second at level par 219. She was one shot off the pace set by Augusta State's Casey Kennedy. Emma de Groot ended up fourth, while Christine Wolf was seventh with a closing round 69 (-4). UTC beat SoCon rivals Furman and Western Carolina by 24 and 35 shots, respectively.

PLAYER NOTES
Senior Emma de Groot

• SoCon Golfer of the Week (Mar. 9)
• 2010-11 Golf World Player to Watch.
• No. 44 in World Amateur Rankings.
• 3-time All-SoCon performer.
• 5 career wins. 4 top 10s this season, 22 career (41 starts). 3 top 5s this season, 18 career.
• Leads team with a 74.28 stroke average.
• Counted in 115 of 117 career team rounds - 19 of 20 this season.
• Squad leader with four par or better rounds. Has 29 in her career. Team lead in birdies (43).
• Best finish is 3rd at SunTrust Gator Women's Golf Invitational (216, +6) - also best 54-hole total.
• Season highs for birdies: 10 tournament (Kinderlou Forest), 4 in a round (3 times - MR: Kinderlou 3).
• -3 in 108 holes at Eagle Landing with four par or better rounds (Low of 69).

Senior Christine Wolf

• No. 83 in Golfstat rankings & No. 95 in Golfweek/Sagarin Performance Index.
• 2nd on team in scoring avg. (74.83) and birdies (42).
• Most pars (223) & fewest bogeys (69).
• 4 top 10 finishes, two top 5. 12 career top 10s. Tied for 4th at JU Labor Day Shootout (27 holes) and 5th at Lady Paladin Invite (54 holes).
• Tied for 2nd on team with three par or better rounds (13 career). Career-best 69 (-4) to lead the Mocs' final round charge to win the Kinderlou Forest Challenge.
• Tied career-best 54-hole total of 216 (E) at Mercedes-Benz.
• Beat 10 top 100 golfers tying for 22nd at the Landfall Tradition.
• Season highs of 11 total birdies (Mercedes-Benz) ties for team high (Britt) and five in a round (Mercedes-Benz Final).
• Had a team-best 16 pars in opening round of Lady Paladin Invite.

Junior Maria Juliana Loza

• 3rd on the squad with 209 pars and 95 bogeys. 2nd fewest scores higher than bogey (15).
• Tied for the low round of the season with a 69 (-3) during the 2nd round of the Mercedes-Benz Championship which tied her career best. It included 4 birdies, 13 pars and one lone bogey.
• Best finish is 2nd at JU Labor Day Shootout (27 holes).
• Best 54-hole total is 218 (+2) tying for 15th at Mercedes-Benz Women's Championship.
• Counted in 17 of 20 rounds.
• 4 birdies (Mercedes-Benz 2) and 15 pars (Mercedes-Benz Final) are season bests.
• 41 pars at Mercedes-Benz is team high so far as is 6 bogeys (low) for 54 holes.
• 2 top 10s (6th & T7th) in two starts at JMU/Eagle Landing. +11 in 108 holes. 69 in 2nd round last year is tied for career-best 18-hole score.

Freshman Jordan Britt

• Topped 17 top 100 golfers tying for 11th at Landfall Tradition including one top 10 (Stephanie Kono, UCLA) and Tennessee Amateur Champ Calle Nielson (Virginia).
• Tied for the team's low round with a 69 (-3) in the final round at the Landfall Tradition.
• Tied for 14th in the Fall's final event helping key the team's win at the Lady Paladin Invitational.
• 6 birdies in the final round at the Landfall Tradition ties team high so far this season.
• 11 total birdies at the Landfall is tied for team best with Wolf and Budhram.
• Tied for 3rd on the squad with 33 birdies this season.
• 3 rounds with 5 or more birdies.

Freshman Yushira Budhram

• SoCon Golfer of the Week (Mar. 3).
• Tied for 2nd at Kinderlou Forest Challenge. Played 1st nine holes at +6 and the final 45 at -6 playing par or better on 41 of the 45 holes.
• Shot 69 (-4) and 71 (-2) at Kinderlou Forest. 69 ties for the team's low round.
• 11 total birdies at Kinderlou ties team season high. Six birdies in 2nd round also tied team high.
• Played final 22 holes at Mercedes-Benz Championship at -4. Shot her first collegiate par or better round over the final 18 with a 72 (E).
• Closed Fall tying for 21st at Lady Paladin Invitational. 2nd round 73 (+1) tied for the tourney's low round.

Freshman Marion Duvernay

• Mid-season enrollee eligible immediately.
• Opened her career with a level par 73 at Kinderlou playing as an individual.
• 73 in 1st team round at SunTrust Gator.

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