@HurricanesGolf Returns to Action on Sunday at the UCF Challenge
CORAL GABLES, Fla. – The No. 14-ranked University of Miami women’s golf team returns to action on Sunday, as it heads to the 2017 UCF Challenge in Orlando. The Hurricanes will look to continue their strong play, as they will be in search of their fifth consecutive top-three finish.
THE BASICS
-The tournament will follow a 54-hole format.
-UCF, tournament host.
-Play begins at 9 a.m., each day with a Shotgun start.
-Live scoring can be found by clicking here.
THE WORD ON THE CANES
The Miami women’s golf team has been a model of consistency throughout the 2016-17 season as it has finished in the top three in each of its tournaments this year.
The Hurricanes are coming off a third-place finish at the 2017 Florida Challenge, where they posted back-to-back rounds of 301.
The Hurricanes posted an impressive 2016 fall season during which they posted three top-three finishes, including a dominating performance at the Mary Fossum Invitational, as Miami won by 40 strokes. Miami finished the fall campaign with a 286.22 team average.
DEWI CONTINUES TO DOMINATE
The Canes are led by sophomore standout Dewi Weber, who has posted top-10 finishes in each of her last seven tournaments during back to the 2016 spring season, including last week at the Florida Challenge when she tied for sixth.
Additionally, Weber claimed individual crowns at two of the three tournaments in the fall, winning outright titles at the Mary Fossum Invitational and the Betsy Rawls Invitational.
COMPETING TEAMS (Rankings based on GolfStat.com)
No. 20 UCF, Clemson, Daytona State, East Carolina, Iowa State, No. 10 Kent State, Kentucky, No. 14 Miami, Mississippi State, Old Dominion, SMU, No. 17, Texas, UNC-Wilmington, USF, Wisconsin and Tulane.
THE LINEUP
Dewi Weber
-Averaging a team-best 70.27 heading into the UCF Challenge.
-Tied for sixth last week at the Florida Challenge.
-Won medalist honors at the Betsy Rawls Invitational.
-Captured medalist honors at the Fossum Invitational.
-2016 NCAA National Runner-up.
Filippa Moork
-Tied for 12th at the Betsy Rawls Invitational to close out the fall season.
-Tied for 20th at the Jim West Challenge.
-Has posted a scoring average of 73.73
-One of three freshmen on this year’s roster.
Delfina Acosta
-Tied for 14th at the Florida Challenge to open the spring season.
-Tied for 15th at the Jim West Challenge.
-Opened the 2016-17 season by finishing third at the Fossum Invitational.
-The only senior on this year’s roster.
Renate Grimstad
-Tied for sixth last week at the Florida Challenge.
-Posted a season-low 69 in the final round of play at the Jim West Challenge.
-Tied for 22nd at the Fossum Invitational.
-One of three freshmen on this year’s roster.
Macarena Aguilera
-Tied for 35th at the Betsy Rawls Invitational.
-Tied for 44th at the Fossum Invitational in her Miami debut.
-One of three freshmen on this year’s roster.
UP NEXT
The Canes return to action in New Orleans on Feb. 19-21 for the Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate.
