Middle Tennessee State University Athletics
Women's golf heads west for New Mexico State Golf Iconic Classic
10/8/2023 9:00:00 AM | Women's Golf
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — Middle Tennessee women's golf plays its second of three tournaments in three weeks starting Monday as it heads to the New Mexico State Golf Iconic Classic. The tournament will be held Monday through Wednesday at NMSU Golf Course in Las Cruces, N.M., with a 9:30 a.m. CT shotgun start each day.
MTSU is coming off a sixth-place finish at the Marilynn Smith Sunflower Invitational in Manhattan, Kan., where Kendall Maynard led the team with an 11th-place finish.
WEATHER FORECAST
The forecast for the tournament calls for sunny, dry conditions and temperatures into the low 80s each day.
NOTES
BLUE RAIDERS COMPETING
1. Kendall Maynard
2. Lanie Campbell
3. Abbie Lee
4. Nicole Johnson
5. Ella Manley
Ind. Lauren Gilchrist
COACH'S COMMENTS: CHRIS ADAMS
"This is another week to get better and to compete against some teams we don't usually see."
TOURNAMENT INFO
MTSU is coming off a sixth-place finish at the Marilynn Smith Sunflower Invitational in Manhattan, Kan., where Kendall Maynard led the team with an 11th-place finish.
WEATHER FORECAST
The forecast for the tournament calls for sunny, dry conditions and temperatures into the low 80s each day.
NOTES
- Kendall Maynard leads MTSU with a scoring average of 72.9.
- Maynard's season-opening victory in Mobile was the second of her career.
- Ella Manley earned a top-10 finish in her Blue Raider debut at the USA Intercollegiate.
- Three Blue Raiders - Manley, Nicole Johnson and Jillian Bowman - have made their NCAA debuts for the Blue Raiders this season.
- The Blue Raiders finished last season ranked No. 140 in the final Golfweek Women's Collegiate Team Rankings and No. 138 according to Golfstat.
BLUE RAIDERS COMPETING
1. Kendall Maynard
2. Lanie Campbell
3. Abbie Lee
4. Nicole Johnson
5. Ella Manley
Ind. Lauren Gilchrist
COACH'S COMMENTS: CHRIS ADAMS
"This is another week to get better and to compete against some teams we don't usually see."
TOURNAMENT INFO
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Golf Iconic Clasic |
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Dates |
Monday, Oct. 9 - Wednesday, Oct. 11 |
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Course |
NMSU Golf Course Las Cruces, NM Par 72 - 6,420Yards |
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Format |
18 holes each day; 9:30 a.m. shotgun start each day |
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Teams (16) |
Boise State, Boston College, Eastern Kentucky, Jacksonville State, Long Beach State, MTSU, New Mexico State, Nevada, Northern Arizona, San Francisco, Southern Utah, Texas A&M Corpus Christi, UC Davis, UT Arlington, UTEP, UTRGV
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Live Scoring |
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