Trojans Return to Texas For Trinity Forest Invite

Trinity Forest Invitational
Dates	Sunday, Sept. 23 - Tuesday, Sept. 25
Format	18 holes each day
Times	8 a.m. tee times from holes 1 and 10
Location	Dallas, Texas
Course	Trinity Forest Golf Club
Teams (13)	Little Rock, Abilene Christian, Ball State, Baylor, College of Charleston, Florida, New Mexico, North Texas, Oral Roberts, Rice, Sam Houston State, SMU, UT San Antonio
Scoring	GolfStat

OPENING TEE
Little Rock returns to the Lone Star state for the second tournament of the 2018-19 season, heading to Dallas for the Trinity Forest Intercollegiate, hosted by SMU, being held Sunday, September 23 through Tuesday, September 25.
 
TOURNAMENT INFORMATION
The 2018 Trinity Forest Invitational will be a 54-hole tournament, held at Forest Valley Golf Club in Dallas with the par-71 course measuring 7,302 yards. 18 holes will be played each day, getting underway with tee times beginning at 8 a.m. off holes one and 10. Live scoring of the event is available at GolfStat.com.
 
TOURNAMENT FIELD
13 teams are scheduled to compete in the Trinity Forest Invitational as it will present one of the most challenging fields the Trojans will see this season. Nine teams finished last season ranked among the GolfStat Top-100, including a pair of top-20 teams in Florida (No. 7) and Baylor (No. 16). North Texas (No. 65), Sam Houston State (No. 74), UT San Antonio (No. 81), Rice (No. 83), host SMU (No. 85), College of Charleston (No. 88) and New Mexico (No. 98) all finished last year among the top-100 programs as well.
 
TROJAN LINEUP
Little Rock will utilize primarily the same lineup from the season-opening event in Texas, led by senior Justin Warren, sophomore Aaron Ramos and junior Logan Pate in the number one through three positions. Junior Danial Durisic will play the number five position for the Trojans with sophomore Marcel Rauch making his collegiate debut, occupying Little Rock's number four spot.
 

Golfer	Rds.	Strokes	Avg.	Low	Par-	10/20
Justin Warren	2	144	72.00	72	2	1/0
Aaron Ramos	2	146	73.00	73	0	1/0
Logan Pate	2	152	76.00	75	0	0/0
Marcel Rauch	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Danial Durisic	2	151	75.50	75	0	0/0

 
LAST TIME OUT
Little Rock had a strong showing in the opening event of 2018-19, tying for third among 15 teams at the Lone Star Invitational in San Antonio September 10-11. With the tournament shortened to 36 holes due to weather, the Trojans posted a 13-over 589, good enough to tie for third against a challenging field. Individually, Justin Warren and Aaron Ramos both recorded top-10 finishes as Warren tied for fifth with an even-par 144, two shots better than Ramos' 146, tying for 10th.
 
LONE STAR TROJANS
Texas has been a familiar road trip for Little Rock as the Trojans compete in a handful of trips to its neighboring state annually. Since 2012-13, Little Rock has competed in 14 events in the state of Texas, finishing in the top-10 as a team in 12 of those events. The Trojans will be making their first trip to the DFW Metroplex since competing at the Jim West Intercollegiate in McKinney in 2015, tying for fourth overall.
 
LOOKING AHEAD
After this week's trip to Texas, Little Rock will have some time off before returning to action in Florida. The Trojans' next event will be the Quail Valley Collegiate, taking place October 14-16 at Quail Valley Golf Club in Vero Beach, Florida.
 
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