WGOLF CENTRAL: Bobby Nichols Intercollegiate

SEVIERVILLE, Tenn. -- Tennessee women's golf will have three individuals competing in the 2018 Bobby Nichols Intercollegiate on Sunday, March 18, through Tuesday, March 20. Hosted by Tennessee Tech, the sixth annual tournament will be held at the Highlands Course in Sevierville, Tennessee.

The Field

Belmont University
Carson Newman University
Dalton State College
University of Evansville
Jacksonville State University
Marshall University
Radford University
Tennessee
Tennessee State University
Tennessee Tech

Tournament Format

The Bobby Nichols Intercollegiate will be played in an 18-18-18 format with the practice round being played on Saturday, March 17.
Day one will feature an 8:30 a.m. ET shotgun start on Sunday, March 18.
The second round will be played on Monday, March 19, and will begin in a shotgun start at 8:30 a.m. ET.
The third and final round is scheduled to begin on Tuesday, March 20, at 8:30 a.m. ET in a shotgun start. The awards presentation will immediately follow the round.

Tennessee's Lineup

Individuals: Allison Herring, Mariah Smith and Haley Wagner

2017-18 Lady Vols
Allison Herring

In her third season at Tennessee, Herring has played in one tournament so far this season. The New Jersey native duplicated her first round score of 77 to tie for 78th place (235, +22) at the Mercedes-Benz Collegiate Championship in the fall.

Mariah Smith

Smith continues her freshman season this weekend after playing in all four of Tennessee's fall tournaments and two this spring. The Clarksville native opened her collegiate career with a 51st place finish at the Ocean Course Invite before shooting 226 in the annual Mercedes-Benz Collegiate Championship. She capped the fall with back-to-back 41st place finishes at the Magnolia Invite and the Trinity Forest Invite. Smith started the spring off at the Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge where she shot a 242, finishing tied for 85th place. Competed as an individual for Tennessee in the SunTrust Gator Invite, she tied for 38th place (222, +12) after shooting 72 in the second and third rounds.

Haley Wagner

After redshirting during the 2016-17 season, Wagner made her debut for the Lady Vols in the Mercedes-Benz Collegiate Championship this past fall. She shot 70 in the first round and finished tied for 56th place.

Program Notes:

In the team's first tournament of 2017-18, UT tied for fifth place (893), while Anna Newell and Micheala Williams placed in the top 16 individually. Overall, the Vols shot five rounds of par or better in the Ocean Course Invitational (Sept. 4-5).
The Lady Vols closed out the Mercedes-Benz Collegiate Championship (Sept. 18-19) with a final round of 280 (-4) to jump into third place. Newell also placed third in the tournament.
Tennessee women's golf carded 293 in the final round of the Magnolia Invitational (Oct. 1-3) to place third in the tournament. The finish marked the Lady Vols' second top-three finish this season and the team's first back-to-back placement in the top three since the beginning of the 2015-16 season.
The Vols closed out the fall with a third-place finish in the Trinity Forest Invitational where Whiston carded her second collegiate top-10 finish.
The Lady Vols struggled in their opening spring tournament, where they faced one of the strongest fields they will face this season, including 17 other ranked opponents, finishing 16th at the Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge.
The Vols finished tied for 16th at the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate where they faced another strong field including nine teams ranked in Golfstat's top-20.
Tennessee's early enrollee, Malia Stovall, was ranked as the No. 1 golfer in the state of Tennessee in the 2018 signing class.
Whiston was named a freshman to watch on Golfweek's Preseason Top 10 Freshmen List in September.
Head Coach Judi Pavon is in her 18th season at the helm of the program. Under her tutelage, Tennessee has reached 10 NCAA Championships in the last 14 years and posted a winning record in all but one season. The Vols have also had success in the classroom as the team posted the highest GPA (3.79) in both women's golf and Tennessee Athletics history during the 2016-2017 season.
Since the program's first regional bid in 1993, the Vols have qualified for the NCAA postseason every year with 2017 marking Tennessee's 25th consecutive appearance.

Additional Information
Live stats will be available at Golfstat.com and results will be posted to the recap at the conclusion of each round.

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