TicketsPALM COAST, Fla. – University of Cincinnati women's golf will participate in the 2019 American Athletic Conference Women's Golf Championship Sunday-Tuesday, April 14-16, at the Conservatory Course at Hammock Beach Resort.
The tournament will cap a successful spring season for the Bearcats which has been highlighted by a fourth-place finish at the South Alabama/UAB Bama Beach Bash over spring break.
The highly-competitive field of conference competition includes No. 34 Houston, No. 51 UCF, No. 55 ECU, No. 61 SMU, No. 65 Memphis, No. 84 USF, No. 86 Tulsa, No. 97 Tulane, No. 146 Wichita State, and No. 153 UC.
Participants will play 18 holes on each of Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday with tee times beginning every day at 8 a.m. ET. For Sunday's opening round, the Bearcats will be paired with Wichita State with players teeing off from 10:40-11:12 a.m. ET.
Follow along with live scoring here.
Last season at the championship, UC finished in sixth place with Alyssa Burritt (Bellbrook, Ohio/Bellbrook) leading the way with a three-round 223 to tie for 12th on the player leaderboard.
// BEARCATS REWIND
UC carried its momentum over from an improved second round with third-round 297 – its best round of the tournament and one of the five-best of the day – to finish the Memphis Intercollegiate in 11th place at Ridgeway Country Club on April 2. Senior Anika Hitt (Mequon, Wis./Homestead) paced UC in 29th place with a final-round 73. Burritt was a stroke better on day two with a third-round 72.
In total, four Bearcats turned in their best rounds of the tournament on the final day. Hitt's third round was strong, in particular going 1-under-par on the back nine holes. Burritt was also impressive with a pair of birdies during the round. Sophomores Angela Lopez (Bogotá, Colombia) and Amalia Shahzan (Kedah, Malaysia) combined to sink four birdies to notch rounds of 76 and 79, respectively. Sophomore Vanessa Manrique (Bogotá, Colombia), too, saved her best for last with a score of 76.
// THE AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP
Dates: April 14-16
Course: Hammock Beach Resort – Conservatory Course
Par: 72
Yardage: 6,276
Schedule of Play: 54 total holes, 18 on each of Sunday, Monday, & Tuesday
Sunday, April 14 – Round 1 (tee times beginning at 8 a.m. ET)
Monday, April 15 – Round 2 (tee times beginning at 8 a.m. ET)
Tuesday, April 16 -- Round 3 (tee times beginning at 8 a.m. ET)
// PARTICIPATING TEAMS (10)
UCF
Cincinnati
ECU
Houston
Memphis
USF
SMU
Tulane
Tulsa
Wichita State
// CINCINNATI'S LINEUP
Scoring Team
No. 1 – Anika Hitt -- 75.4 stroke average
No. 2 -- Alyssa Burritt – 76.2
No. 3 – Vanessa Manrique – 76.3
No. 4 – Angela Lopez -- 76.8
No. 5 – Daniela Murcia -- 78.7
The tournament will cap a successful spring season for the Bearcats which has been highlighted by a fourth-place finish at the South Alabama/UAB Bama Beach Bash over spring break.
The highly-competitive field of conference competition includes No. 34 Houston, No. 51 UCF, No. 55 ECU, No. 61 SMU, No. 65 Memphis, No. 84 USF, No. 86 Tulsa, No. 97 Tulane, No. 146 Wichita State, and No. 153 UC.
Participants will play 18 holes on each of Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday with tee times beginning every day at 8 a.m. ET. For Sunday's opening round, the Bearcats will be paired with Wichita State with players teeing off from 10:40-11:12 a.m. ET.
Follow along with live scoring here.
Last season at the championship, UC finished in sixth place with Alyssa Burritt (Bellbrook, Ohio/Bellbrook) leading the way with a three-round 223 to tie for 12th on the player leaderboard.
// BEARCATS REWIND
UC carried its momentum over from an improved second round with third-round 297 – its best round of the tournament and one of the five-best of the day – to finish the Memphis Intercollegiate in 11th place at Ridgeway Country Club on April 2. Senior Anika Hitt (Mequon, Wis./Homestead) paced UC in 29th place with a final-round 73. Burritt was a stroke better on day two with a third-round 72.
In total, four Bearcats turned in their best rounds of the tournament on the final day. Hitt's third round was strong, in particular going 1-under-par on the back nine holes. Burritt was also impressive with a pair of birdies during the round. Sophomores Angela Lopez (Bogotá, Colombia) and Amalia Shahzan (Kedah, Malaysia) combined to sink four birdies to notch rounds of 76 and 79, respectively. Sophomore Vanessa Manrique (Bogotá, Colombia), too, saved her best for last with a score of 76.
// THE AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP
Dates: April 14-16
Course: Hammock Beach Resort – Conservatory Course
Par: 72
Yardage: 6,276
Schedule of Play: 54 total holes, 18 on each of Sunday, Monday, & Tuesday
Sunday, April 14 – Round 1 (tee times beginning at 8 a.m. ET)
Monday, April 15 – Round 2 (tee times beginning at 8 a.m. ET)
Tuesday, April 16 -- Round 3 (tee times beginning at 8 a.m. ET)
// PARTICIPATING TEAMS (10)
UCF
Cincinnati
ECU
Houston
Memphis
USF
SMU
Tulane
Tulsa
Wichita State
// CINCINNATI'S LINEUP
Scoring Team
No. 1 – Anika Hitt -- 75.4 stroke average
No. 2 -- Alyssa Burritt – 76.2
No. 3 – Vanessa Manrique – 76.3
No. 4 – Angela Lopez -- 76.8
No. 5 – Daniela Murcia -- 78.7