| 2022 SUN BELT CHAMPIONSHIP |
| Dates |
Sunday, Apr. 16 - Tuesday, Apr. 18 |
| Format |
18 holes each day |
| Times |
8 a.m. CST tee times |
| Location |
Muscle Shoals, Ala. |
| Course |
The Shoals on the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail |
| Teams (7) |
Little Rock, Morehead State, Tennessee Tech, Eastern Illinois, Tennessee State, Lindenwood, Southern Indiana |
| Scoring |
GolfStat.com |
| Tournament Central |
Ohio Valley Conference |
2022-23 Little Rock Women's Golf Statistics (PDF)
LITTLE ROCK – Little Rock heads to Muscle Shoals, Alabama to compete in their first Ohio Valley Conference Championship Sunday, April 16 through Tuesday, April 18.
Tournament Information
The 2023 Sun Belt Conference Championship will be held at The Shoals on the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail, a par-72, 6,031-6,078 yard course in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. The 54-hole event will be held over the course of three days with tee times beginning at 8:00 a.m. each day. Little Rock enters the championship as the number one seed and will tee off from hole one Sunday, beginning at 9:20 a.m. CST and playing with second-seeded Morehead State and third-seeded Tennessee Tech. Live scoring is available at
GolfStat.com.
Tournament Field
All seven OVC teams head to Alabama for the 29
th annual OVC championship as the Trojans enter as the number one seed, sitting at number 150 in the latest GolfStat rankings. Morehead State (No. 154) is the next highest ranked team in the conference, followed by Tennessee Tech (No. 219), Eastern Illinois (No. 258), and Tennessee State (No. 260). Lindenwood and Southern Indiana cannot be included in the Golfstat rankings due to their transition to Division I and are automatically seeded in last place.
Trojan Lineup
Head coach
Jenna Wylie heads to Muscle Shoals with the top-five scoring average leaders on this year's squad as graduate student
Kellie Gachaga will hold the number one position.
Katja Mueller,
Viktoria Krnacova,
Agatha Alesson, and
Anna Dawson will round out the Trojan lineup as all five women rank among the top-10 in the conference in scoring average.
Bye-Bye Sun Belt
Little Rock is looking to make a name for themselves in the OVC as they compete in their first OVC Championship. The Trojans tied for eighth in their conference tournament in 2022 in their last year in the Sun Belt Conference, led by Mueller and Alesson's top-20 finishes. The Trojans also ended their time in the Sun Belt with a program best 301.33 team season scoring average, a record they are on track to surpass again as they enter this week with a 298.74.
Last Time Out
Anna Dawson tied for and Little Rock finished eighth at the Ironwood Invitational at the Ironwood Country Club in Greenville, N.C. The Trojans shot a 5-over 293 in the final round, closing out the event at 33-over 897. The Trojans. Were led by Dawson's 3-over 219, which included 2 under par rounds with a 3-nder 69 in round one and 2-under 70 the final round.
Record Chasing
Little Rock is on track to break the program season scoring average record for the second year in a row. Last season, the Trojans' 301.33 became the best team scoring average in program history, but the Trojans are heading into the OVC Championship with a 298.74.
Katja Mueller's 75.00 scoring average on the season not only leads the team and has her second in the conference, but is also tenth in the Little Rock record book. Mueller is one of four golfers in the lineup this week that have season scoring averages ranking in the top-15 all time in program history.
Sweet Home Alabama
Little Rock's tournament in Alabama will mark the third time this season the Trojans have visited the state, but this will be the first trip that is not to the coastal region. The Trojans have played in the USA Intercollegiate in Mobile, the Bama Beach Bash in Gulf Shores, and now the OVC Championship in Muscle Shoals.
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