UVA Heads to Darius Rucker Intercollegiate for Spring Break
Charlottesville, VA – The No. 14 Virginia women’s golf team heads to South Carolina for the start of Spring Break week to play in the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate. The three-day, 54-hole tournament is held at the Long Cove Club in Hilton Head Island. The competition includes five teams ranked in Golfstat’s current top-10 and all 17 teams in the field are ranked among the top 60 in the Golfstat standings.
Format: The 54-hole tournament will take place Friday, March 8 through Sunday, March 10. Play starts at 8:30 a.m. Friday and Saturday and 8 a.m. Sunday The par-71 layout covers 6,160 yards.
UVA Lineup
Stroke Low Low
Golfer Events Rds. Avg. Rd. Tourney
Julia Ford* (Jr.) 5 15 74.73 70 219
Morgan Gonzales (Sr.) 4 12 75.58 73 224
Beth Lillie (So.) 5 15 73.20 69 212
Katharine Patrick (Sr.) 5 15 73.86 68 215
Anna Redding (Sr.) 5 15 73.00 68 207
Riley Smyth (Fr.) 1 3 75.67 72 227
* Competing as an individual
Follow: Live scoring for the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate will be available through Golfstat at http://results.golfstat.com//public/leaderboards/gsnav.cfm?pg=participants&tid=17683. Follow the Cavaliers on social media at Twitter: @UVAWomensGolf & @CoachRiaScott and Instagram: UVAWomensGolf.
The Field (with Golfstat rankings): Alabama (16), Arkansas (6), Auburn (11), Baylor (36), Duke (3), Florida State (19), Furman (23), Georgia (38), LSU (56), North Carolina (33), Northwestern (15), Oklahoma State (58), South Carolina (10), UCLA (4), Vanderbilt (7), Virginia (14) and Wake Forest (13).
Last Year: Alabama won the tournament at 14-over 866. UVA shot 57-over 909 and placed 18th. Arkansas’ Maria Fassi claimed medalist honors at 3-under 210. Anna Redding led UVA with a 15th-place finish, shooting 7-over 220.
The Rankings
Golfstat Golfweek
(3/5) (3/1)
Virginia 14 14
Anna Redding 70 41
Beth Lillie 67 51
Katharine Patrick 96 80
Up Next: The Cavaliers play in the Tar Heel Classic March 15-16. The tournament is taking place in Casa de Campo in the Dominican Republic.