Trojans Open 2022-23 Season at USA Intercollegiate

2022 USA INTERCOLLEGIATE
Dates	Saturday, Sept. 3 - Monday, Sept. 5
Format	18 holes each day
Times	8 a.m. tee times each day
Location	Mobile, Ala.
Course	Magnolia Grove G.C.
Teams (13)	Little Rock, Arkansas State, Georgia State, Houston Baptist, Memphis, Middle Tennessee, South Alabama (host), Southern Miss, Troy, UAB, ULM, UT Arlington, Western Kentucky
Scoring	GolfStat.com

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

Opening Tee
Little Rock opens the 2022-23 season down in Mobile, Alabama, competing in the 2022 South Alabama Intercollegiate September 3-5 at Magnolia Grove Golf Club.
 
Tournament Information
The 2022 USA Intercollegiate will once again open the collegiate season for Little Rock, being held Saturday,  September 3 through Monday, September 5 at Magnolia Grove Golf Club, a par-72, 6,110-yard course in Mobile that is part of the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail. The 54-hole event will be played out over the course of three days, playing 18 holes per day and getting underway with tee times starting at 8 a.m. each day. Live scoring will be available on GolfStat.com.
 
Tournament Field
Little Rock is one of 13 teams competing in Mobile and will see some familiar faces, going head-to-head against former Sun Belt foes Arkansas State, Georgia State, South Alabama, Troy, ULM and UT Arlington. All 13 teams finished the year ranked between 106 and 199 in the final GolfStat rankings of 2021-22, led by South Alabama (No. 106), Middle Tennessee (No. 109), Arkansas State (No. 111), Southern Miss (No. 122), Western Kentucky (No. 124) and Memphis (No. 129) sitting ahead of Little Rock's 134 ranking.
 
Trojan Lineup
Head coach Jenna Birch will field her team with five returners from last year's record-setting squad, led by Viktoria Krnacova playing in the number one spot. Agatha Alesson, Katja Mueller, Anna Dawson and Kellie Gachaga round out the Trojan scorecard, comprised by four of the top five scoring leaders from last season for Little Rock.
 
Trojans at USA Intercollegiate
This is the fourth-straight season Little Rock will open its season in Mobile, Alabama, competing in South Alabama's host event. The Trojans have finished in the top-seven in each of the last two events, finishing sixth in 2020 and seventh in 2021 with a 17-over 881. Krnacova was the top Trojan finisher last season, tying for 11th among the individual field with a 1-under 215, including a 4-under 68 in round three.
 
One More Go-Round
2022-23 marks the return of both Malena Austerslaatt and Kellie Gachaga for their fifth season in Little Rock as the duo are currently pursing their master's degrees. They both bring experience to the Trojan lineup as each has competed in over 90 rounds in a Trojan uniform with Austerslaatt boasting a 77.24 scoring average in 93 career rounds while Gachaga has a 77.91 average in 90 rounds played.
 
Experience Counts
Little Rock returns its top three leading scorers from last year's squad that set the program record with a team scoring average of 301.33. Katja Mueller is Little Rock's returning leading scorer, earning second team All-Sun Belt honors with a 74.53 average, five par-or-better rounds and three top-10 individual tournament finishes. Viktoria Krnacova ranked second with a 75.67 average and four par-or-better rounds with Agatha Alesson shooting a 75.70 average over 27 rounds with five par-or-better rounds on the year.
 
World Representation
Once again, Little Rock will represent a handful of nations across the globe as eight different countries are represented on this year's Trojan roster: Denmark (Emilia Poulsen), Germany (Katja Mueller), Ireland (Anna Dawson), Kenya (Kellie Gachaga), Norway (Malena Austerslaatt), Slovakia (Viktoria Krnacova), and Venezuela (Agatha Alesson). Head coach Jenna Birch hails from England, bringing the grand total to eight different countries.
 
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