Women’s Golf Begins 2017-18 Friday at Vanderbilt - University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Athletics

Friday, September 15

Nashville, Tenn.

Chattanooga

Mason Rudolph Championships - Round 1

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Senior Cristina Perez.

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9/13/2017 2:09:00 PM | Women's Golf

Senior Cristina Perez and the Chattanooga Mocs open the 2017-18 campaign in the Mason Rudolph Championships.

SCORING | PAIRINGS | ROSTER | SCHEDULE

CHATTANOOGA---The Chattanooga Mocs women's golf team is ready to get the season started. It opens Friday at the Mason Rudolph Championships in Franklin, Tenn. The three-day, 54-hole event is played at the Vanderbilt Legends Club.

The ladies return all five starters from a season ago and welcome one newcomer. Seniors Cristina Perez and Megan Woods are joined by junior All-Southern Conference selection Monica San Juan and sophomores Maddy McDanel and Holly Morgan, a member of the league's All-Freshman squad. The quintet welcomes junior Kirsty Beckwith who transferred from St. John's where she earned All-BIG EAST honors.

Here's a look at the lineup along with a few extra tidbits for the weekend.

LINEUP
Maddy McDanel (So.), Holly Morgan (So.), Cristina Perez (Sr.), Monica San Juan (Jr.) & Megan Woods (Sr.)

3 NOTES TO KNOW

UTC finished tied for fifth a year ago matching Auburn at 879. The total was 16 shots better than its previous top number in the event. That beat host Vanderbilt (2 strokes), Baylor (4), Virginia (7) and Michigan State (30). Auburn ended up reaching match play at the NCAA Championships, while Michigan State and Vanderbilt both reached the finals falling short of match play by one and 16 strokes, respectively.
The Mocs average score in the 12 previous rounds played at the Legends Club is 301.17.
Chattanooga turned in the three best scoring seasons in school history over the last three: 296.43, 2015-16; 299.68, 2016-17 & 301.43, 2014-15.

FIELD
Chattanooga, Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona State, Auburn, UCF, Charlotte, Clemson, Houston, Middle Tennessee, North Carolina, Northwestern, South Carolina, Vanderbilt & Virginia

COURSE
Vanderbilt Legends Club – North Course – Par 72 – 6,451 Yards

DATES/TEE TIMES (EDT) – ADMISSION IS FREE
Friday, Sept. 15 – 10:05 a.m. (No. 10)
Saturday, Sept. 16 – Determined by Friday play
Sunday, Sept. 17 – Determined by score over first 36 holes

Live scoring and pairing links are at atop this story when available.

HISTORY
This is the Mocs' fifth entry in the event.

2009: 13th – 308-292-302=902 | T35, Emma de Groot, 76-74-73=223
2012: 14th – 311-317-310-938 | T28, Jordan Britt, 75-80-74=239
2014: 7th – 291-300-304=895 | T13, Emily McLennan, 71-73-76=220
2016: T5th – 292-295-292=879 | T15, Cristina Perez, 76-70-72=218

DEFENDING CHAMPS
Team: Alabama (284-278-263=825)
Medalist: Cheyenne Knight, Alabama (68-67-67=202)

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ABOUT CHATTANOOGA GOLF
The Chattanooga Mocs golf program has won five Southern Conference Championships (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014) since restarting the program in 2007-08.
- 1 NCAA Championships Appearances: 2009.
- 8 NCAA Regional Appearances: 2008 (Emma de Groot), 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016 (Emily McLennan).
- 1 Olympian (Christine Wolf-2016 Austria).
- 21 WGCA All-American Scholar honors.
- 1 COSIDA Academic All-District (Maria Juliana Loza, 2012).
- 5 SoCon Champions: Emma de Groot (2011), Jordan Britt (2012), Agathe Sauzon (2013), Emily McLennan (2014) and Megan Woods (2016).
- 3 SoCon Golfers of the Year: de Groot (2011), Britt (2014) and McLennan (2016).
- 3 SoCon Freshman of the Years: de Groot (2008), Maria Salinas (2009) and McLennan (2013).
- 2 Ladies European Tour Pros: Wolf (2014, 2015, 2016) and Agathe Sauzon (2016).