Miami Travels to the Bryan National Collegiate
CORAL GABLES, Fla. – The No. 15-ranked University of Miami women’s golf team returns to action on Friday to take part in the 2017 Bryan National Collegiate in Greensboro, N.C.
THE BASICS
-The tournament will follow a 54-hole format.
-UNCG and Wake Forest are the tournament hosts.
-The tournament will be played at the par 72, 6,386-yard, Bryan Park Champions Course.
-Play opens at 8:30 a.m., on hole 1 with 18 holes. Play continues on Tuesday off of holes No. 1 and No. 10, beginning at 8:30 a.m. Final round competition tees off at 8:30 a.m., 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 five of its eight tournaments this year. The Hurricanes are coming off a fourth-place finish on March 21 at the Briar’s Creek Invitational.
Miami enters this week’s Bryan National Collegiate with a team average of 289.22 strokes per round.
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. The Hurricanes finished the fall campaign with a 286.22 team average.
LAST TIME OUT
The Miami women’s golf team finished fourth at the 2017 Briar’s Creek Invitational on March 21.
The Hurricanes posted a final round score of 294 and finished the tournament with a three-round total of 870. Sophomore Dewi Weber and freshman Filippa Moork highlighted tournament competition for the Hurricanes as both finished in the top 10.
Weber posted her sixth top-10 finish this season as she tied for third with a three-round total of 213. Weber posted a final round score of even par to finish the tournament three-under-par.
DEWI CONTINUES TO DOMINATE
The Canes are led by sophomore standout Dewi Weber, who has posted top-10 finishes in nine of her last 11 tournaments dating back to the 2016 spring season. Weber is currently ranked No. 12 by Golfstat.com and is the fifth-highest ranked women’s golfer in the ACC.
Additionally, Weber claimed individual crowns in two of the Hurricanes’ three tournaments this past fall, winning outright titles at the Mary Fossum Invitational and the Betsy Rawls Invitational.
COMPETING TEAMS – TOP 25 RANKINGS ACCORDING TO GOLFSTAT.COM
No. 12 Wake Forest, UNCG, No. 3 Alabama, No. 20 Baylor, Charleston, Colorado State, Georgetown, No. 9 Georgia, No. 15 Miami, Michigan, North Carolina, NC State, Notre Dame, Oregon, Penn State, No. 11 South Carolina, No. 22 UCF, Virginia
THE LINEUP
Dewi Weber
-Averaging a team-best 71.05 heading into this week’s tournament.
-Tied for third at the Briar’s Creek Invitational.
-Tied for third at the Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate.
-Tied for sixth 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
-Has posted a scoring average of 72.91 in 23 rounds this year.
-Has tallied three top-10 finishes this season.
-Tied for eighth at the Briar’s Creek Invitational.
-Placed 21st at the Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate.
-Tied for 12th at the Betsy Rawls Invitational to close out the fall season.
-Tied for 20th at the Jim West Challenge.
-One of three freshmen on this year’s roster.
Delfina Acosta
-Has posted a scoring average of 73.70 in 23 rounds this year.
-Posted her best finish of the spring at the Hurricane Invitational on March 1, as she tied for ninth.
-Tied for 35th at the Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate.
-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
-Owns a scoring average of 74.48 in 23 rounds this season.
-Tied for third at UCF Challenge to lead the team.
-Tied for sixth 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
-Has totaled a scoring average of 74.88 in 17 rounds this year.
-Tied for 47th last week at the Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate.
-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 the action April 13-15 where they will compete in the 2017 ACC Championship in Pawleys Island, S.C.
