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March 14, 2007
Charlottesville, VA – The No. 17 Virginia women’s golf team looks to rebound after a 14th-place finish at the Arizona Invitational, its first event of the spring season, when the Cavaliers travel to the LSU/Cleveland Golf Classic. The 54-hole event takes place March 16-18 at LSU’s par-72, 6,424-yard University Club. The tournament will feature 18 holes of play each day with live scoring on the Internet at Golfstat.com.
Virginia’s lineup includes Jennie Arseneault, Leah Wigger, Kristen Simpson, Rachel Smith and Lindsay Robinson. Robinson is making only her second tournament appearance this year. Her only other competition was with the UVa B-team at Richmond’s Spider Invitational. Arseneault currently leads Virginia with a 74.00 stroke average while Wigger is right behind her at 74.07. Arseneault is ranked 18th in the latest Golfweek standings while Wigger is 20th.
The field for this year’s tournament includes LSU, Alabama, No. 5 Auburn, Augusta State, Birmingham Southern, the College of Charleston, No. 1 Duke, Furman, Kentucky, Louisville, Memphis, Mississippi State, Mississippi, No. 22 North Carolina, NC State, UNC Wilmington, South Carolina, No. 14 Tennessee, No. 7 Vanderbilt and No. 13 Wake Forest.
Last season Virginia, ranked 15th at the time, was fourth at the tournament with a score of 894. Auburn took top honors by shooting 873. Wigger was UVa’s top finisher, placing 10th at 3-over 219. Arseneault was 11th at 220.
Scoring from the tournament will be available at Golfstat.com.