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RANCHO SANTA FE, Calif. – The 26th-ranked Miami Hurricanes women’s golf team concludes its regular-season schedule against some of the nation’s top teams March 24-26 at the SDSU Farms Invitational.
Miami will face a 16-team tournament field that includes No. 1 USC, No. 2 UCLA, No. 6 Arizona State, No. 13 Stanford, No. 14 Oklahoma State and No. 21 Oregon.
The 2014 SDSU Farms Invitational will consist of three rounds over three days. Monday’s first round and Tuesday’s second round will begin with tee tees starting at 11 a.m. ET, while Wednesday’s final round will begin at 10:30 a.m. ET. Live scoring for all three rounds will be available at www.birdiefire.com.
Miami enters its regular-season finale having finished either second, third or fourth in each of its last six tournaments. This will be Miami’s first tournament outside the state of Florida since finishing third in Austin, Texas, at the Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational in October.
For the eighth straight tournament, the Hurricanes lineup will feature juniors Leticia Ras-Anderica and Rika Park, sophomore Kailey Walsh, and freshmen Daniela Darquea and Delfina Acosta.
Darquea has won back-to-back tournaments with victories at the Hurricane Invitational and Gator Invitational this month. Darquea leads the Hurricanes with a 72.60 scoring average through 20 rounds. Both Acosta and Ras-Anderica rank second on the team with a 73.75 scoring mark.
Following its trip out west, the Hurricanes will prep for the ACC Championship, which will be held April 17-19 in Greensboro, N.C.
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SDSU FARMS INVITATIONAL INFORMATION | |
Date: | Monday, March 24 – Wednesday, March 26 |
Location / Course: | Rancho Santa Fe, Calif. / The Farms Golf Club |
Par / Yardage: | 72 / 6,211 |
Format: | 18-18-18 |
Field (16 teams): | (6) Arizona State, (36) Cal, Cal State Fullerton, Idaho, (26) Miami, (71) New Mexico, (14) Oklahoma State, (21) Oregon, Portland State, (45) San Diego State, (13) Stanford, (65) Texas, UC Irvine, (2) UCLA, (50) UNLV, (1) USC, Xavier |
Live Scoring: | www.birdiefire.com |