Little Rock Set To Compete at Memphis Intercollegiate

Memphis Tiger Intercollegiate
Dates	Monday, Apr. 1 - Tuesday, Apr. 2
Format	36 holes Monday, 18 holes Tuesday
Times	8:30 a.m. shotgun start both days
Location	Collierville, Tenn.
Course	Ridgeway Country Club
Teams (14)	Little Rock, Arkansas State, Central Arkansas, Cincinnati, Marshall, Memphis, Middle Tennessee, Missouri State, Penn State, Southern Miss, Toledo, Troy, UAB, Western Kentucky
Scoring	GolfStat

Opening Tee
Little Rock prepares for the final tournament before the Sun Belt Conference Championships, heading east on I-40 to compete in the Memphis Tiger Intercollegiate on April 1-2 at Ridgeway Country Club.
 
Tournament Information
The 2019 Memphis Tiger Intercollegiate will be a 54-hole event, held Monday, April 1 and Tuesday, April 2 at Ridgeway Country Club in Collierville, Tennessee – a par-71, 6,105-yard course. The tournament will begin with 36 holes Monday, with an 8:30 a.m. shotgun start, and conclude with the final 18 holes Tuesday with an 8:30 a.m. shotgun start as well. Live scoring will be available through GolfStat.com.
 
Tournament Field
14 teams will head to Tennessee for the Memphis Tiger Intercollegiate, comprising one of the more challenging fields for the Trojans, who are ranked 198th in the latest GolfStat rankings. Six teams currently sit among the top-100, comprised of Penn State (No. 51), Middle Tennessee (No. 67), Memphis (No. 70), Marshall (No. 93) and Toledo (No. 94). Little Rock is one of three Sun Belt teams competing in Memphis, joined by Troy and Arkansas State, with rival Central Arkansas also among the field.
 
Trojan Lineup
Head coach Bridgett Norwood will once again field her usual lineup, consisting of a senior and four true freshman as the Trojans compete in Tennessee. Emelie Blennow will fill the number one spot for Little Rock, boasting a team-best scoring average of 75.65 with four rounds of par or better.
 

Golfer	Rds.	Strokes	Avg.	Low	Par-	10/20
Emelie Blennow	26	1,967	75.65	68	4	2/1
Kellie Gachaga	23	1,820	79.13	72	0	0/0
Malena Austerslaatt	23	1,808	78.61	72	1	0/0
Sydney Scraba	26	2,070	79.62	75	0	0/0
Tilde Bocker	26	2,003	77.04	71	1	0/1

 
Trojans in the Volunteer State
Little Rock will head to Memphis for its first tournament under head coach Bridgett Norwood and its first in the state of Tennessee since the 2015-16 season. The Trojans were regulars at the Blue Raider Invitational in Murfreesboro from 2012-16, finishing among the team top-10 four times, placing third in both 2013 and 2015.
 
Last Time Out
Little Rock is coming off a 10th-place finish at the Houston Baptist Husky Invitational in Sugar Land March 18-19. The Trojans finished with a 98-over 962 in Texas with Malena Austerslaatt, Emelie Blennow and Kellie Gachaga each tying for 22nd overall with a 24-over 240. Blennow notched the low round of the tournament for Little Rock with a 2-over 74 in round one.
 
The Travels Continue
When the Trojans tee off in Collierville, Tennessee, it will mark the seventh different state Little Rock will tee off in this season as the trip to Memphis is the second-shortest of the year for the Trojans. With this week's travels east on I-40, it will bring the Trojans' total miles traveled this season to over 9,500.
 
Moving Up the Charts
Senior Emelie Blennow continues to move up the charts in the Trojan all-time record book. To date, she has played in 115 round for Little Rock, sitting tied for 10th overall, while her 77.25 career scoring average is 11th all-time. Blennow has posted nine rounds of par-or-better in her career, which is 10th all-time, while her 2018-19 season scoring average of 75.65 would rank as the 11th-best in program history.
 
Looking Ahead
After this week in Tennessee, Little Rock will prepare for the 2019 Sun Belt Conference Championships in Daytona Beach, Florida. The conference meet will be held Monday, April 15 through Wednesday April 17 at LPGA International, with an automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Regional Championship on the line.
 
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