Little Rock Returns To Action in Jonesboro at Lady Red Wolves Classic

2020 Lady Red Wolves Classic
Dates	Monday, Oct. 12 - Tuesday, Oct. 13
Format	36 holes Monday, 18 holes Tuesday
Times	8 a.m. shotgun start each day
Location	Jonesboro, Ark.
Course	Sage Meadows Country Club
Teams (15)	Little Rock, Arkansas State (host), BYU, Central Arkansas, Chattanooga, Houston Baptist, Missouri State, Middle Tennessee, Stephen F. Austin, Southern Illinois, South Alabama, Southern Miss, Troy, UAB, Western Kentucky
Scoring	GolfStat.com

2020-21 Little Rock Women's Golf Statistics (PDF)

Opening Tee
After a three week break, Little Rock returns to action this week up in Jonesboro, competing in the Lady Red Wolves Classic Monday, October 12 and Tuesday, October 13.
 
Tournament Information
The 2020 Lady Red Wolves Classic, hosted by Arkansas State, will be held Monday, October 12 and Tuesday, October 13 at Sage Meadows Country Club in Jonesboro – a par-72 course measuring 6,565 yards. The first two rounds will be held Monday, getting underway with an 8:30 a.m. shotgun start, followed by Tuesday's final round also starting with a shotgun start at 8:30 a.m. Live scoring will be available at GolfStat.com.
 
Tournament Field
Little Rock is one of 15 teams competing up in northeast Arkansas next week and is one of four Sun Belt Conference teams in the mix, joining host Arkansas State, South Alabama and Troy. Central Arkansas, Houston Baptist and Stephen F. Austin will represent the Southland Conference with Middle Tennessee, Southern Miss, UAB and Western Kentucky representing Conference USA. BYU, Chattanooga, Missouri State and Southern Illinois will round out the 15-team field.
 
Trojan Lineup
Little Rock's usual five will represent Little Rock in Jonesboro with Malena Austerslaatt sitting in the number one position after tying for eighth at the Hoover Invitational back on September 22. Austerslaatt has emerged as the Trojans' on-course leader in the fall, boasting a team-best 73.33 scoring average with three rounds of par-or-better and a pair of top-20 individual finishes.
 

Golfer	Rds.	Strokes	Avg.	Low	Par-	10/20
Malena Austerslaatt	6	440	73.33	69	3	1/1
Sydney Scraba	6	453	75.50	71	1	0/0
Tilde Bocker	6	465	77.50	74	0	0/0
Kellie Gachaga	6	472	78.67	75	0	0/0
Viktoria Krnacova	6	494	82.33	78	0	0/0

 
Trojans at Sage Meadows
The Trojans return to Arkansas State's host event for the second-straight year, looking to build off last season's seventh-place finish. Little Rock shot a 40-over 904 and was led by Malena Austerslaatt tying for 10th at 4-over 220, including a 3-under 69 in round three. Thea Wakeford-Wesmann just missed a top-20 finish as well as last year's event, tying for 21st at 9-over 225.
 
Last Time Out
Malena Austerslaatt tied her career low with a 3-under 69 in round three, tying for eighth at the Hoover Invitational in Alabama on September 22. Austerslaatt finished with a 3-over 219, guiding the Trojans to a 10th-place showing. Sydney Scraba tied for 26th for Little Rock and posted a 1-over 73 in round two, notching an 11-over 227.
 
Strong Start
Junior Malena Austerslaatt is off to a strong start through the first two tournaments of the year for Little Rock. She leads the team with a 73.33 scoring average, going par or better in three of her six rounds on the season with a low of 69 in Alabama. She has tied for eighth and 16th in the first two events on the year, upping her career top-20 individual showings to four.
 
Gaining Experience
Now in their third season playing together, the Trojan junior quartet of Malena Austerslaatt, Tilde Bocker, Kellie Gachaga and Sydney Scraba are getting the benefit of experience on the course. The foursome has combined for 230 career rounds played since the start of the 2018-19 season with each playing at least 56 rounds. Each has seen an improvement in their career scoring average of at least one stroke with Austerslaatt (77.30) and Bocker (77.37) leading the charge.
 
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