| 2018 Kansas City Intercollegiate |
| Dates |
Monday, Apr. 9 - Tuesday, Apr. 10 |
| Format |
36 holes Monday, 18 holes Tuesday |
| Times |
8:30 a.m. shotgun start both days |
| Location |
Raymore, Mo. |
| Course |
Creekmore Golf Course |
| Teams (9) |
Little Rock, Creighton, Illinois State, IUPUI, North Dakota State, Omaha, South Dakota, South Dakota State, UMKC |
| Scoring |
Golfstat.com |
Opening Tee
Little Rock prepares for the final event before the Sun Belt Conference Championship, making a return trip to Missouri for the 2018 Kansas City Intercollegiate on Monday, April 9 and Tuesday, April 10, at Creekmore Golf Club in Raymore, Missouri.
Tournament Information
The 2018 Kansas City Intercollegiate will be a 54-hole event, played at Creekmore Golf Club, a par-72, 6,151 yard course in Raymore, Missouri. Two rounds will be played Monday, April 9, beginning with a shotgun start at 8:30 a.m., followed by the final 18 holes on Tuesday, April 10 with an 8:30 a.m. shotgun start. Live scoring of the event is available at
GolfStat.com.
Tournament Field
Little Rock will be one of nine teams competing in Missouri this week and will be the lone Sun Belt Conference representative among the field. South Dakota State enters as the highest-ranked team in the latest GolfStat rankings at 151, 30 spots ahead of the Trojans. Host UMKC (No. 183) is the only other team in the field among the top-200 with Illinois State (No. 203), IUPUI (No. 204) and South Dakota (No. 207) on the fringes.
Trojan Lineup
Fresh off her top-10 finish at the Little Rock/A-State Invitational, junior
Emelie Blennow will be in the Trojans' number one spot this week, ranking second on the team with a 77.07 average. Senior
Sabrina Bonanno will occupy the number two slot as she continues to pace Little Rock with a 74.63 scoring average, finishing in the top-20 in eight of nine events this season.
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Tournament History
This week marks the fourth-straight season Little Rock will compete in UMKC's host event – one in which the Trojans have experienced some success. Little Rock has placed among the top-eight in each of the previous three seasons, highlighted by capturing the team title in 2016. Little Rock roared back over the final round, making up a seven-stroke difference, to defeat Wichita State by two shots with four Trojans finishing among the top-20 individually.
Last Time Out
Emelie Blennow and
Sabrina Bonanno both finished among the top-10, pacing Little Rock to a fifth-place showing at the 2018 Little Rock/A-State Invitational at Maumelle Country Club on March 27. Blennow posted a 4-over 220, tying for seventh overall, while Bonanno was a shot back at 5-over 221, sitting in sole possession of 10th. The Trojans finished with a 42-over 906, their second-lowest 54-hole total of the season, registering their third-straight top-six team finish.
Back to the Show-Me State
This week's Kansas City Intercollegiate marks Little Rock's second trip to Missouri this season, marking the first time they will return to a state to compete in a tournament outside the state of Arkansas. In nine events to date, Little Rock has competed in eight different states and four time zones, racking up over 12,000 miles in the process. This weekend they will add 800 miles to that total, bringing the Trojans to nearly 13,000 miles heading into next week's Sun Belt Conference Championship.
Looking Ahead
The 2017-18 regular season comes to a close with the 2018 Sun Belt Conference Championship, being held Sunday, April 15 through Tuesday, April 17. The championship event will be held at Raven Golf Club in Destin, Florida, with a berth to the NCAA Regional Championship on the line.
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