Women's Golf Heads to Conference USA Championships
4/22/2012 12:00:00 AM | Women's Golf
April 22, 2012
HATTIESBURG, Miss. - The Southern Miss women's golf team will travel to Gulf Shores, Ala., for the 2012 Conference USA Championships, Monday-Wednesday, April 23-25. The tournament will be played at the Peninsula Golf & Racquet Club on the par-72, 6,351-yard Cypress-Marsh Course.
The Golden Eagles will tee off from the 10th tee. Redshirt sophomore Lauren Judson will tee off at 8:20 a.m. in the No. 5 position. She is averaging 83.6 strokes per round. Her best finish in four events came at the Lady Eagle Invitational, where she tied for 53rd-place.
Freshman Sarah Hicks will tee off at 8:30 a.m. in the No. 4 position. The Gulf Breeze, Fla., native is averaging 79.0 stroke average on the year. In eight tournaments this year, Hicks has two top 20 finishes. Her best finish was a tie for 12th-place at the Lady Eagle Invitational.
Senior Sandra Sohlberg tees off at 8:40 a.m. from the No. 3 position. The Stockholm, Sweden native is averaging 78.2 strokes per round. She has two top 10 finishes in eight tournaments this year. Her best finish was a fifth-place finish at the USF/Waterlefe Invitational.
Junior Vicky Correa is in the No. 2 position and will tee off and 8:50 a.m. Correa is averaging 77.0 strokes per round. She has three top 10 and six top 20 finishes in eight tournaments this year. Her best finish came at the UAB Fall Beach Blast, where she tied for third-place.
Sophomore Brandi Rodriguez will tee off at 9:00 a.m. from the No. 1 position. Rodriguez is averaging 76.6 strokes per round. She has two top five, three top ten and four top 20 finishes. The Orlando, Fla., native earned her first career victory at the Lady Eagle Invitational.
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Southern Miss Line-up
1. Brandi Rodriguez
2. Vicky Correa
3. Sandra Sohlberg
4. Sarah Hicks
5. Lauren Judson