WKU Begins March In North Florida

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – WKU women's golf is back in action on Monday and Tuesday at the University of North Florida Collegiate. The 16 team field features seven Top-100 programs with the Lady Tops the highest ranked at No. 69. WKU won in its first tournament of the spring, claiming a six-shot victory at the Reynolds Lake Oconee Invitational just six days ago.

TOURNAMENT INFO

UNF Collegiate (March 3-4)
Jacksonville Golf & Country Club – Par 72/6,266 yards
Monday, March 3: 36 holes (8:30 a.m. ET/7:30 a.m. CT shotgun start)
Tuesday, March 4: 18 holes (8:45 a.m. ET/7:45 a.m. CT shotgun start)
Results

ABOUT THE LADY TOPS

The Lady Tops lineup will be Catie Craig, Sydney Hackett, Kaylee Dwyer, Averi Cline and Julia Zigrossi. Reagan Folk will compete as an individual.
WKU, who cracked the Top 70 in the national rankings this week at No. 69, won the Reynolds Lake Oconee Invitational last Sunday, defeating No. 26 Florida by six shots. The Lady Tops fired a 1-under 287 during Sunday's final round, the only team round in the entire tournament (45 rounds) under par.
Catie Craig is fresh off winning her eighth career Conference USA Golfer of the Week award on Wednesday. She has finished inside the top two three times in five events this season and now has 15 Top-5 finishes in her career (35 events). She has five career victories, one shy of Mary Joiner's school record of six.
Sydney Hackett finished third at the Reynolds Lake Oconee Invitational last weekend. That marked her best finish of the season and her fifth career Top-5 finish.
Kaylee Dwyer finished a career-best fourth last weekend, thanks to a final-round 3-under 69 (the best round of the tournament by any golfer). She led the field in Par 4-scoring and her eight birdies tied for third-most in the field.
Averi Cline tied for 20 th last weekend and led the field in Par 5-scoring at 4-under.
JMU transfer Julia Zigrossi has played in four events at WKU, with a tie for 21st at the Cardinal Cup being her best finish.
Freshman Reagan Folk, playing as an individual this week, is fresh off her best finish at WKU, tying for 30th last weekend in Georgia.

THE FIELD

No. 69 WKU, North Florida (hosts), Arkansas State, Austin Peay, No. 88 Boise State, No. 83 Charlotte, Daytona State, Eastern Kentucky, No. 91 High Point, Kennesaw State, Lipscomb, Louisiana Monroe, No. 96 Old Dominion, No. 92 Sam Houston, No. 98 South Alabama, Xavier

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Players Mentioned

Averi Cline

Catie Craig

Kaylee Dwyer

Reagan Folk

Sydney Hackett

Julia Zigrossi