Busy Stretch Continues For Little Rock at Bama Beach Bash

2022 BAMA BEACH BASH
Dates	Sunday, Mar. 20 - Tuesday, Mar. 22
Format	18 holes each day
Times	8 a.m. times from holes 1 and 10
Location	Gulf Shores, Ala.
Course	Gulf Shores Golf Club
Teams (17)	Little Rock, Central Arkansas, Dartmouth, Elon, Georgia State, IUPUI, Jacksonville, Murray State, North Alabama, South Alabama, Southern Illinois, Texas State, Troy, UAB, ULM, UT Arlington, Western Carolina
Scoring	GolfStat.com

2021-22 Little Rock Women's Golf Statistics (PDF)

Opening Tee
Little Rock continues its busy spring season with its second tournament in as many weeks, traveling to Gulf Shores, Alabama for the Bama Beach Bash March 20-22.
 
Tournament Information
The 2022 Bama Beach Bash, co-hosted by South Alabama and UAB, will be held Sunday, March 20 through Tuesday, March 22 at Gulf Shores Golf Club – a par-72 6,002-yard course in Gulf Shores, Alabama. The 54-hole event will be played over the course of three days with 18 holes per day, beginning with tee times from holes 1 and 10 beginning at 8 a.m. each day. Live scoring is available at GolfStat.com.
 
Tournament Field
Little Rock is one of 17 teams competing in this year's event in Gulf Shores as the Trojans are one of seven Sun Belt teams among the field, joined by Georgia State, host South Alabama, Texas State, Troy, ULM and UT Arlington. Nine of the 17 teams are currently among the GolfStat Top-150, including the 143rd-ranked Trojans, making for a challenging three days in South Alabama.
 
Trojan Lineup
Little Rock will utilize the same lineup it did last week at the Jackrabbit Invitational, anchored by Agatha Alesson and Katja Mueller, who are coming off top-20 individual finishes. Malena Austerslaatt, Anna Dawson and Sydney Scraba round out the field for the Trojans with Viktoria Krnacova competing as an individual.
 
Last Time Out
Led by top-20 finishes by Agatha Alesson and Katja Mueller, Little Rock placed sixth among the 16-team field at the Jackrabbit Invitational in Boulder City, Nevada with an 18-over 882, including a 7-over 295 over the final 18 holes. Alesson finished in sole possession of 15th at 2-over 218, her new tournament career low, with Mueller posting a 5-over 221 to tie for 20th, her fourth-straight top-20 individual showing.
 
Trojans at the Bama Beach Bash
This will be the second-straight season Little Rock will compete in the Bama Beach Bash, tying for fourth with a 40-over 904, including an 11-over 299 in round three. Three Trojans finished among the individual top-20, led by Kellie Gachaga's 9-over 225, notching her first career top-10 individual showing after tying for eighth. Viktoria Krnacova tied for 12th with an 11-over 227 with Malena Austerslaatt placing 20th with a 13-over 229 as Sydney Scraba just missed joining the group, tying for 21st at 14-over 230.
 
Shooting Low
Little Rock continues to shave strokes off its average as the Trojans head into the weekend's event with a season scoring average of 298.22, two shots lower than the program record of 301.39 set in 2014-15. Little Rock has finished among the team top-10 in four-straight tournaments and five of six this season, shooting below 300 in 11 of its 18 rounds on the year.
 
Eyeing History
Sophomore Katja Mueller continues to keep herself in the running for setting a new program milestone as her season scoring average of 73.50 is on pace to check in as the lowest in program history, besting the 73.78 average set by Trojan Hall of Famer Sara Wikstrom in 2006-07. Mueller has finished in the top-20 in each of the last four events with a pair of top-10 finishes, including tying for the individual title at the Tchefucta Invitational February 21-22 in Covington, Louisiana.
 
Closing in on 100
Senior Sydney Scraba continues to inch closer to an impressive career milestone, heading into this week's event with 93 career rounds played, the most on the team. Fellow seniors Malena Austerslaatt and Kellie Gachaga have each played 87 total rounds during their Trojan careers.
 
Busy Stretch
This week's tournament in Alabama continues a busy stretch of the spring for Little Rock as the Trojans will play tournaments in three consecutive weeks, going from Nevada to Alabama to Georgia. Little Rock's six spring tournaments will be played in six different states, culminating with the 2022 Sun Belt Championship in Daytona Beach, Florida.
 
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