University of Tennessee Athletics
Head Coach Judi Pavon Announces 2001-02 Golf Schedule
July 26, 2001 | Women's Golf
June 19, 2001
KNOXVILLE - Second-year Lady Vol head golf coach Judi Pavon has announced the team's golf schedule for the 2001-02 season. The Orange and White could play in a possible 11 events, including seven tournaments that they have played in previously and three new events.
The journey begins Sept. 24-26 when the team travels to Auburn, Wash., to compete in the NCAA Fall Preview with the hopes of taking on the Washington National Golf Course again in late May at the 2002 National Championships. Three weeks later, during Columbus Day weekend (Oct. 12-14), the Lady Vols will host the fifth annual Mercedes Benz Women's Intercollegiate at the Gettysvue Polo, Golf and Country Club looking to capture the title for the first time.
The weekend of Oct. 26-28 serves as a homecoming for Pavon as the Orange and White will compete in the Alabama Capstone Intercollegiate in Tuscaloosa. As a member of the Crimson Tide from 1985-89, Pavon was a three-time Academic All-American and earned All-America honors her senior year.
The Lady Vols will close out their fall season at the Golfworld Palmetto Dunes Invitational from Nov. 9-11. UT's spring season gets underway over Feb. 25-27 at the Arizona Wildcat Invitational in Tucson. From Mar. 15-17 in Columbia, S.C., the Orange and White will participate in the Lady Gamecock Invitational.
Two days later, the team embarks on the longest trip in school history as the squad will travel halfway across the Pacific to the 50th state to compete in the Rainbow Wahine Invitational in Honolulu, Hawaii. The regular season concludes at the Bryan National Collegiate in Greensboro, N.C., April 5-7.
The 2002 Southeastern Conference Championships will be held at the University of Georgia Golf Course in Athens, from April 19-21. The sites and dates for the NCAA Regionals have not been selected yet.
The Lady Vols are coming off their most successful season ever as Pavon's unit was ranked as high as third during the season. The Orange and White claimed two tournaments marking the first tournament title since 1997. Although, the team struggled in the postseason, finishing sixth at the SEC's and 11th at the NCAA West Regionals, junior Young-A Yang captured fifth place at the 2001 NCAA Championships with an even par 288. Yang returns for her senior season possessing eight of the nine individual school records and with the hopes of bringing an SEC crown and anational title to the Lady Vol golf program for the first time.
2001-02 LADY VOL GOLF SCHEDULE
Date Event Site
Sept. 24-26 NCAA Fall Preview Auburn, Wash.
Oct. 12-14 Mercedes-Benz Collegiate Knoxville, Tenn.
Oct. 26-28 Alabama Capstone Intercollegiate Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Nov. 9-11 Golfworld Palmetto Dunes Hilton Head, S.C.
Feb. 25-27 Arizona Wildcat Tucson, Ariz.
Mar. 15-17 Lady Gamecock Invitational Columbia, S.C.
Mar. 19-20 Rainbow Wahine Invitational Honolulu, Hawaii
Apr. 5-7 Bryan National Collegiate Greensboro, N.C.
Apr. 19-21 SEC Championships Athens, Ga.
May TBA NCAA Regional TBA
May TBA NCAA Championships Auburn, Wash.
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