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Lady Vols to Host 22nd Annual Mercedes-Benz Collegiate Championship at Cherokee Country Club
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- The University of Tennessee women's golf team will host the 22nd annual Mercedes-Benz Collegiate Invitational this week at Cherokee Country Club in Knoxville, Tenn.
The Lady Vols are part of a 17 team field which features three teams that were ranked or receiving votes in the WGCA Preseason Top 25 poll. Tennessee will be one of three SEC teams in the field as Kentucky and Ole Miss join the Lady Vols.
Tennessee has finished inside of the top five in the event every year since 2008 winning the tournament in 2009 and 2010. Three Lady Vols have claimed individual medalist honors at the Mercedes-Benz in Erica Popson (2010), Nathalie Mansson (2009) and Violeta Retamoza (2004). Popson holds the record for best 54-hole score to par when she shot a score of 9-under-par in the 2010 edition of the Mercedes-Benz.
This year's Tennessee line-up features four of the five players who competed at the Cougar Classic last week. The new addition to the starting five is freshman Malia Stovall who will play out of the No. 5 position.
All nine of the Lady Vols will compete this week with Allison Herring, Ariana Macioce, Hadley Walts and Haley Wagner playing as individuals.
Tennessee will be paired with Kent State and Ole Miss in tomorrow's rounds with their tee time scheduled for 8:30 a.m. The Lady Vols lineup will tee up off of holes No. 1-3 as apart of a shotgun start.
The Vols' Lineup
Micheala Williams
The Athens, Ala. native will start the top spot for the second time this season after being the top finisher for Tennessee at the Cougar Classic last week, finishing tied for ninth.
Mikayla Bardwell
Bardwell makes her second start in her collegiate career after tying for 44th at the Cougar Classic last week in South Carolina.
Waverly Whiston
The sophomore finished just two strokes behind Bardwell in the season-opening tournament. Whiston posted the low round for Tennessee in the second round with a 71 (-1).
Mariah Smith
Smith finished a stroke behind Bardwell at the Cougar Classic last week posting a 36-hole score of 4-over-par finishing second on the team in pars with 25 between her two rounds.
Malia Stovall
The freshman from Winchester, Tenn. will make her first start for the Lady Vols. Stovall was the No.1-ranked player in the state of Tennessee in the 2018 class winning the Tennessean Girls Golfer of the Year Award.
PARTICIPATING TEAMS (17)
BYU, Coastal Carolina, Charlotte, Chattanooga, Eastern Kentucky, East Tennessee State, Illinois, Iowa, Kent State, Kentucky, Maryland, Middle Tennessee State, Ole Miss, South Dakota State, Tennessee, UCF and UT-San Antonio
COURSE INFORMATION
Cherokee Country Club – Knoxville, Tenn. – Par 71 – 5,900 yards
LIVE SCORING
www.Golfstat.com
TEE TIMES
Monday, Sept. 17 – First Round and Second Round – 8:30 a.m. (ET) shotgun start with continuous play through the end of the second round
Tuesday, Sept. 18 – Final Round – 8:30 a.m. (ET) shotgun start
The Lady Vols are part of a 17 team field which features three teams that were ranked or receiving votes in the WGCA Preseason Top 25 poll. Tennessee will be one of three SEC teams in the field as Kentucky and Ole Miss join the Lady Vols.
Tennessee has finished inside of the top five in the event every year since 2008 winning the tournament in 2009 and 2010. Three Lady Vols have claimed individual medalist honors at the Mercedes-Benz in Erica Popson (2010), Nathalie Mansson (2009) and Violeta Retamoza (2004). Popson holds the record for best 54-hole score to par when she shot a score of 9-under-par in the 2010 edition of the Mercedes-Benz.
This year's Tennessee line-up features four of the five players who competed at the Cougar Classic last week. The new addition to the starting five is freshman Malia Stovall who will play out of the No. 5 position.
All nine of the Lady Vols will compete this week with Allison Herring, Ariana Macioce, Hadley Walts and Haley Wagner playing as individuals.
Tennessee will be paired with Kent State and Ole Miss in tomorrow's rounds with their tee time scheduled for 8:30 a.m. The Lady Vols lineup will tee up off of holes No. 1-3 as apart of a shotgun start.
The Vols' Lineup
Micheala Williams
The Athens, Ala. native will start the top spot for the second time this season after being the top finisher for Tennessee at the Cougar Classic last week, finishing tied for ninth.
Mikayla Bardwell
Bardwell makes her second start in her collegiate career after tying for 44th at the Cougar Classic last week in South Carolina.
Waverly Whiston
The sophomore finished just two strokes behind Bardwell in the season-opening tournament. Whiston posted the low round for Tennessee in the second round with a 71 (-1).
Mariah Smith
Smith finished a stroke behind Bardwell at the Cougar Classic last week posting a 36-hole score of 4-over-par finishing second on the team in pars with 25 between her two rounds.
Malia Stovall
The freshman from Winchester, Tenn. will make her first start for the Lady Vols. Stovall was the No.1-ranked player in the state of Tennessee in the 2018 class winning the Tennessean Girls Golfer of the Year Award.
PARTICIPATING TEAMS (17)
BYU, Coastal Carolina, Charlotte, Chattanooga, Eastern Kentucky, East Tennessee State, Illinois, Iowa, Kent State, Kentucky, Maryland, Middle Tennessee State, Ole Miss, South Dakota State, Tennessee, UCF and UT-San Antonio
COURSE INFORMATION
Cherokee Country Club – Knoxville, Tenn. – Par 71 – 5,900 yards
LIVE SCORING
www.Golfstat.com
TEE TIMES
Monday, Sept. 17 – First Round and Second Round – 8:30 a.m. (ET) shotgun start with continuous play through the end of the second round
Tuesday, Sept. 18 – Final Round – 8:30 a.m. (ET) shotgun start
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