CORAL GABLES, Fla. – The University of Miami women’s golf team returns to the course for the second straight week as they travel to Orlando, Fla., to begin competition in the UCF Challenge. This year’s event will take place at the Par 72, 6,349-yard Eagle Creek Golf Club.
 
THE BASICS
-Tee times will begin at 8:45 a.m. on Sunday and will conclude on Tuesday.
-The tournament will consist of 54 holes over a three-day stretch.
-Live scoring for the tournament will be available at Golfstat.com.
 
THE FIELD
Auburn, College of Charleston, East Carolina, Iowa State, Memphis, Miami, Mississippi State, Old Dominion, Penn State, SMU, Texas Tech, Tulane, UCF, UNC Wilmington, Vanderbilt, Wisconsin,
 
THE WORD ON THE CANES
-Miami will look to win the UCF for the second straight season. The Hurricanes shared the tournament title after it posted a three-round score of 850.
-The Hurricanes captured the Florida Challenge to open the spring portion of its 2017-18.
-Miami will tee it up for the second time this spring.
-The Hurricanes enter the spring in the hopes of earning a third-consecutive trip to the NCAA Championship.
-The Hurricanes tied for 16th at the 2017 NCAA Championship. Miami’s finish in the NCAA Championship was its 10th top-20 finish in tournament history. The Hurricanes’ finish also was their best since the 1992 appearance when they placed 10th.
-Miami returns three starters from last year’s NCAA lineup, including Dewi Weber, Renate Grimstad, and Macarena Aguilera.

LAST TIME OUT: WEBER CONTINUES TO FINISH STRONG
The Miami women’s golf team opened 2018 on a high note on Jan. 29, as it captured the Florida Challenge for the second time in four years.
 
The win also served as Miami’s seventh win and the 40th top five finish under head coach Patti Rizzo.
 
The Hurricanes won the team title after they posted a two-round total of 582 (288, 294). Miami’s first round score of 288 marked the fourth time this year the Hurricanes have shot under 290 as a team.
 
THE LINEUP
Macarena Aguilera
-Her sixth-place finish at the Florida Challenge on Jan. 29 was the best of her collegiate career.
-Tied for 60th at the Betsy Rawls Invite.
-Finished the ANNIKA Intercollegiate in 45th place.
-Logged her first career hole-in-one at the ANNIKA Intercollegiate. 
-Posted a second-round 70 at the Schooner Fall Classic – her second lowest round of her collegiate career.
 
Kristyna Frydlova
-Finished 37th at the Florida Challenge to open up the spring campaign.
-Tied for 31st at the Betsy Rawls Invitational.
-Placed 48th last fall at the ANNIKA Intercollegiate.
-Tied for 26th at the Schooner Fall Classic thanks to a pair of rounds fewer than 70.
-Made her collegiate debut on Sept. at the Schooner Fall Classic.
-One of three freshmen on this year’s team.
 
Renate Grimstad
-Averages 73.55 strokes per round.
-Placed fourth at the Florida Challenge.
-Tied for 28th in the Betsy Rawls Invitational on Oct. 10.
-Posted her fourth top-15 finish of her career at the ANNIKA Intercollegiate on Oct. 3.
-Tied for 63rd in her first tournament of the year at the Schooner Fall Classic on Sept. 25.
 
Roos Haarman
-Took 50th at the Florida Challenge to open up the spring campaign.
-Tied for 60th at the Betsy Rawls Invitational.
-Finished in 60th place last week at the ANNIKA Intercollegiate.
-Made her collegiate debut at the Schooner Fall Classic on Sept. 23.
-Captured the 2016 Dutch National Open Championship.
-Captured her first amateur championship crown during the 2014 Faldo Series.
-One of three freshmen on this year’s team.
 
Dewi Weber
-Leads the Hurricanes with a scoring average of 71.0 per round.
-Finished second at the Florida Challenge.
-Has posted 14 career top 10 finishes.
-Tied for 18th in the 2017 Betsy Rawls Invitational.
-Captured medalist honors at the 2016 Betsy Rawls Invitational with a three-round total of 201, posting rounds of 64-65-72=201.
-Tied for seventh at the ANNIKA Intercollegiate.
-Tied for fourth to open the year at the Schooner Fall Classic on Sept. 25.
-Has posted 22 rounds of 70-or-fewer.
-Selected as a 2017 Golfweek Preseason All-American.
 
UP NEXT
Miami returns to action on Feb. 18, as it heads to the Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate in New Orleans, La.