"We're looking forward to testing our games against some of the top teams in the country," FGCU head coach Sarah Trew said. "We will need a lot of patience this week as it looks like we are going to be playing in the rain. I think this will be a great opportunity for us to show we can compete with some of the best in the country."
The 15-team tournament, hosted by Mercer University, will feature 13 teams ranked within the GolfStat top-100. FGCU checks in at 108 and will enter the event having finished among the top two in four consecutive tournaments to open the spring season.
The event will mark the regular-season finale for the Green and Blue, who will compete in the A-SUN tournament April 21-23 at Chateau Elan in Braselton, Ga.
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The Eagles are coming off of a top-3 finish in the John Kirk Panther Invitational in Stockbridge, Georgia, hosted by Georgia State. The Eagles finished runner-up behind USF.
FGCU is being led by freshman Laura Edmonds, who has a 73.00 stroke average and a team-best six par-or-better rounds. She has finished among the top 10 in four of the six tournaments she has competed in, including each of the past three. Her season-best second-place finish came in the Johnie Imes Invitational on Oct. 3, and she recorded a team-best seventh-place tie in the John Kirk Panther Intercollegiate on April 2.
Another underclassman, sophomore Natalia Nassar, is second on the team with a 74.89 stroke average through her six events. She has produced four par-or-better rounds this year, highlighted by a 3-under and 2-under second and third round, respectively, at the Pat Bradley Invite on Oct. 21-22. Similar to Edmonds, Nassar's best finish came at the Johnie Imes Invitational (16th-place), although her best 54-hole score came with a 218 in the Pat Bradley Invite.
A pair of seniors - Madeline Marck-Sherk (74.81) and Kelsy Holbert (75.05) - have competed in seven tournaments.
Marck-Sherk recorded a season-best finish at the John Kirk Panther Intercollegiate by tying for 10th, although her best 54-hole score (220) came in the Pat Bradley Invite. She has four par-or-better rounds, including three in the final round of tournaments.
Holbert has five par-or-better rounds this year, led by a 4-under in the second-round of the Johnie Imes Invite, where she had a season-best 14th-place finish.
Junior Ailsa Clark, who won the Spring Break Shootout on March 12, is producing a career-low 75.75 stroke average. In her first career collegiate win, she tallied two sub-70 rounds, including a program record 67 in the opening round. Her 54-hole 206 was also an FGCU record.
FGCU's Lineup
1. Laura Edmonds
2. Madeline Marck-Sherk
3. Kelsy Holbert
4. Natalia Nassar
5. Ailsa Clark
Complete Field (Sorted by GolfStat rankings as of April 2)
#29 - North Carolina
#37 - Kennesaw State
#41 - Old Dominion
#46 - Mississippi State
#51 - UCF
#60 - UTSA
#61 - Charlotte
#67 - Mercer
#68 - North Florida
#73 - Sacramento State
#74 - Notre Dame
#77 - ETSU
#91 - Chattanooga
#108 - FGCU
#124 - Troy
Livestats Link: http://results.golfstat.com//public/leaderboards/gsnav.cfm?pg=participants&tid=15876
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