Women’s Golf to Wrap Fall Season at Mercer Event

MACON, Ga. – University of Cincinnati women's golf is set to close the 2018 fall season Monday – Tuesday, Nov. 5-6, at the Mercer Idle Hour Collegiate Championship at Idle Hour Golf & Country Club.

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Women’s Golf to Wrap Fall Season at Mercer EventWomen’s Golf to Wrap Fall Season at Mercer Event
MACON, Ga. – University of Cincinnati women's golf is set to close the 2018 fall season Monday – Tuesday, Nov. 5-6, at the Mercer Idle Hour Collegiate Championship at Idle Hour Golf & Country Club.
 
Capping a successful fall season in which it won a pair of tournaments, the Bearcats will face a talented field in Macon in its final event of 2018.
 
The two-day tournament hosted by Mercer features 36 holes on Monday and 18 on Tuesday. Play will begin both Monday and Tuesday with shotgun starts at 8 a.m. ET. Live scoring and results will be available on Golfstat.
 
The 13-team field features Cincinnati, Eastern Kentucky, Georgia Southern, James Madison, Lipscomb, McNeese State, Mercer, Texas A&M Corpus Christi, Toledo, Towson, Troy, UNCG, and Western Carolina.
 
// BEARCATS REWIND
UC fought to the finish on Oct. 23 with a final-round score of 294 at the 41st Annual Pat Bradley Invitational at Lakewood Ranch Golf & Country Club to finish the three-day, three-round tournament in ninth place. Junior Alyssa Burritt (Bellbrook, Ohio/Bellbrook) continued her impressive play with a third-round 73 to place in a tie for seventh overall. After carding a second-round 299, UC improved on the tournament's final day with a score of 294 featuring 12 birdies and 59 pars. As a result, the Red & Black ended the tournament in ninth place in a very-competitive field. Burritt continued to anchor the Bearcats during the final round with a 1-over-par 73, including a pair of birdies on the front nine holes and eight pars on the back. She finished in a tie for seventh at 1-under-par for the tournament.
 
// IDLE HOUR COLLEGIATE CHAMPIONSHIP
Dates: Nov. 5-6
Course: Idle Hour Golf & Country Club
Par: 72
Yardage: 6,083
Schedule of Play: 54 total holes -- 36 holes on Monday, 18 on Tuesday
Monday, Nov. 5 – Rounds 1 & 2 (shotgun start at 8 a.m., continuous play into second round)
Tuesday, Nov. 6 – Round 3 (shotgun start at 8 a.m.)
 
// PARTICIPATING TEAMS (13)
Cincinnati
Eastern Kentucky
Georgia Southern
James Madison
Lipscomb
McNeese State
Mercer
Texas A&M Corpus Christi
Toledo
Towson
Troy
UNCG
Western Carolina
 
// CINCINNATI'S LINEUP
Scoring Team
No. 1 -- Anika Hitt – 73.3 stroke average
No. 2 -- Alyssa Burritt – 74.0
No. 3 -- Angela Lopez – 75.2
No. 4 -- Amalia Shahzan – 75.8
No. 5 – Vanessa Manrique – 75.1
 
Individual
Daniela Murcia – 76.9