Cullowhee, N.C. – It's right back in the saddle for the Western Carolina women's golf team as the Catamounts head to the Lowcountry of South Carolina for the Edisto Invitational, hosted by the College of Charleston at the par-71, 5,980-yard Plantation Course at Edisto.
WCU is coming off its second top-five finish of the season with a runner-up showing at the Jupiter Women's Invitational last weekend. It marked the fourth top-five finish over its last five events – and the 10th dating back to last fall.
The practice round for the Edisto Invitational is slated for Sunday, Oct. 15, with the teams to play 36 holes with continuous play on Monday, Oct. 16, with a 9 a.m. shotgun start. The final round is scheduled for a 9:30 a.m. shotgun start on Tues., Oct. 17. Live scoring through GolfStat will be available
through a link at CatamountSports.com.
In addition to the host Cougars and the Catamounts, WCU is joined in the field by fellow SoCon foes The Citadel and Wofford. Rounding out the field are golfers from Appalachian State, Charleston Southern, East Carolina, Elon, Georgia Southern, Jacksonville, Lipscomb, Longwood, Rollins, Towson, UAB, and William & Mary.
The last two event champions – Charleston Southern in 2022 and CofC in 2021 – as well as the runner-up from the same events – Georgia Southern in 2021 and the Cougars in 2022 – are in this year's field.
Western Carolina's scoring five is led by sophomore
Brie Mapanao who is coming off a runner-up finish at the Jupiter Women's Invitational. The Quakers Hill, New South Wales, Australia, currently ranks tied for ninth in the SoCon in seasonal scoring average at 72.67. She is flanked by redshirt junior
Kayleigh Baker in the No. 2 position with junior
Elizabeth Lohbauer playing as the third seed. Baker enters the week after tallying a career-best third-place showing in Florida.
Rounding out WCU's scoring five are fifth-year senior
Victoria Ladd and sophomore
Sadler Miller as the No. 5 seed. Competing unattached for a second-consecutive event is junior
Kaitlyn Wingnean.
The Catamounts are paired with golfers from Elon and Lipscomb in Monday's first two rounds, slated to begin the shotgun start between the fourth and sixth holes on the front nine.
Following this week's tournament, WCU concludes the fall portion of its schedule on Oct. 23-24 at the Terrier Intercollegiate in Spartanburg, S.C.
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