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ULM Women’s Golf Heads to Phoenix for GCU Invitational

ULM Women’s Golf Heads to Phoenix for GCU Invitational

Women's Golf Feb 26
GCU Invitational Live Scoring

PHOENIX – The ULM women's golf team resumes its 2023 spring schedule Feb. 27-28 at the 10th-annual GCU Invitational, hosted by Grand Canyon University in Phoenix. The 54-hole tournament will be played at the par-72, 6,100-plus yard GCU Golf Course.
 
ULM is seeking its seventh consecutive Top 10 finish of the 2022-23 season. The Warhawks kicked off their spring schedule by placing seventh on the team leaderboard at the Sea Best Intercollegiate, held Feb. 13-14 in Jacksonville, Florida, shooting a 44-over-par 908. ULM fired an 8-over 296 over the final 18 holes – its lowest round in the tournament.
 
The 17-team field features six programs currently ranked among Golfstat's Top 125, including No. 104 Delaware, No. 107 UTEP, No. 114 ULM, No. 117 GCU, No. 118 Seattle and No. 121 Northern Arizona. Other participants in the GCU Invitational field include Eastern Washington, Idaho, Marshall, Montana State, North Dakota, North Dakota State, Northern Colorado, Southern Utah, Tarleton State, UC Riverside and Utah Valley.    
 
Host GCU has won the last three team titles. Last season, the Lopes fired a course-record 4-under-par 860 to claim the championship.
 
ULM head coach Rachel Pollock's lineup card includes freshman Johanna Sjursen, sophomore Sara Hagglund, senior Chantal Dueringer, junior Alessia Mengoni and freshman Anna Andrysova.
 
Sjursen was ULM's top performer in the Sea Best Intercollegiate, finishing tied for 17th at 9-over 225 (79-72-74). Her 73.94 scoring average ranks third on the team. She also is listed among the team leaders in birdies (second with 54) and par-3 scoring (second at 3.17). Sjursen has completed two rounds in the 60s, including a first-round 66 at the Lady Red Wolves Classic and third-round 67 at the Little Rock Golf Classic last fall. She has three Top 20 finishes to her credit. Her best finish of the year came in the Remax Prime Properties last fall where she tied for 12th at 11-over 224 (79-75-70).
 
Hagglund is making her fifth tournament appearance of the season. She has posted a scoring average of 77.75 through 12 rounds. Her top finish came at the Little Rock Golf Classic last fall where she tied for 28th at 9-over 225 (74-71-80).
 
Dueringer fired a final round 3-under 69 at the Sea Best Intercollegiate, climbing 32 places on the individual leaderboard into a tie for 26th at 11-over 227. She leads the Warhawks in scoring average (73.06), birdies (55), par-4 scoring (4.03) and par-5 scoring (4.96). Dueringer has posted five rounds in the 60s this season. She has placed in the Top 10 in three tournaments this season. Her top finish came in the Little Rock Classic last fall, finishing tied for third at 1-under 215 (74-73-68).
 
Mengoni ranks fourth on the team in scoring average (74.78) and birdies (48). Her top performance came at The Judson last fall where she tied for second at even-par 216 (74-71-71). She carded a second-round 69 at the Lady Red Wolves Classic last fall.
 
Andrysova leads the team in par-3 scoring (3.11) while ranking second in scoring average (73.17) and third in birdies (49). Her four Top 10 finishes lead the Warhawks, and her best performance came in The Judson last fall, tying Mengoni for second place at even-par 216 (74-75-67).
 
The teams will play 36 holes on Monday, Feb. 27, with a shotgun start at 8 a.m. MT/9 a.m. CT. The second round will begin 30 minutes after the completion of the first round. The third round of the GCU Invitational is schedule for Tuesday, Feb. 28, beginning with a shotgun start at 8 a.m. MT/9 a.m. CT.
 
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