Women’s golf opens spring slate at FAU Paradise Invitational on Monday
TOURNAMENT: FAU Paradise Invitational
WHEN: Monday, February 7-Tuesday, February 8
LOCATION: Boca Raton, Fla.
COURSE: Osprey Point Golf Club (Par 72/6,204 yards)
FOLLOW: Live Scoring | Twitter @USFWGolf
TAMPA (February 4, 2022) – Following a successful fall campaign, the University of South Florida women's golf team continues the 2021-22 season with its first spring event. The Bulls will compete at the FAU Paradise Invitational at Osprey Point Golf Club beginning on Monday, February 7.
The 14-team field includes: USF, Arkansas State, Colorado State, No. 5 Florida, FGCU, FIU, James Madison, Loyola-Chicago, Mississippi State, Missouri, North Florida, Seton Hall, UTSA and Vanderbilt.
Teams will play 36 holes on Monday (8 a.m. shotgun start) and conclude the tournament with 18 holes on Tuesday (8 a.m.). Tee times and pairing will be released in the coming days.
Head coach Erika Brennan (4th season) has announced the following lineup for South Florida: Melanie Green (Medina, N.Y.), Morgan Baxendale (Windermere), Leonor Medeiros (Palmela, Portugal), Ashley Zagers (Oldsmar) and Juliana Camargo (Juliana Camargo).
"We are eager to get underway and test ourselves right out of the gate this spring," Brennan said. "Playing in our home state means a lot and we want to demonstrate what we're capable of. We've had some adversity to start the season, but we are back to full strength and looking to create some good early momentum that will carry us through the spring."
The Bulls finished fourth at the FAU Paradise Invitational which was hosted at Boca Lago Country Club last season by registering a then-program record 54-hole score of 861. USF has since bested that mark twice – both during the fall portion of the 2021-22 season – and the record now stands at 852.
South Florida tallied a pair of runner-up finishes this past fall, including the opening event at the USA Intercollegiate where the Bulls carded the 852.
Green paced the Bulls during the fall with a 70.45 scoring average over four events. Baxendale (72.45) and Zagers (74.09) ranked second and third, respectively. Camargo, a true freshman, will be playing in her first event of the 2021-22 campaign at the FAU Paradise Invitational.
Complete player and team season stats can be found, here.
Up Next
The Bulls will have the remainder of the month to practice before the spring schedule ramps up in March. USF returns to action on March 7-8 at the Trinity Forest Invitational in Dallas, Texas.
About USF Women's Golf
The Bulls are in their fourth season under head coach Erika Brennan in 2021-22. USF is among the fastest rising program in the country, as they climbed 75 spots in the national Golfstat rankings following Brennan's first season. The Bulls won two tournaments in 2018-19 and set several program records, including season scoring average (293.43) and team rounds of par or better (6), and in 2019-20 the Bulls posted a wire-to-wire win at the Old Friends Invitational, marking the program's third tournament title since spring 2019. USF opened its abbreviated 2020-21 campaign by breaking the program team record for low 54-hole team score (861).
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