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Grand Canyon University Athletics
Friday, May 12
Maricopa, Ariz. | Ak-Chin Southern Dunes
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National Golf Invitational
Lopes to play in National Golf Invitational
5/11/2023 4:12:00 PM | Women's Golf
Inaugural NGI begins Friday, May 12, in Maricopa
The Grand Canyon women's golf team received and accepted a bid to the first-ever National Golf Invitational, which will be held this weekend at the Ak-Chin Southern Dunes Golf Club in Maricopa, Arizona.
The three-day tournament begins Friday and runs through Sunday with each day consisting of 18 holes. The Ak-Chin Southern Dunes Golf Club is a par-72 course measured at 6,318 yards.
Ten teams make up the field. GCU enters ranked No. 95 via Golfstat and is one of two WAC competing teams, joining Seattle U. Among the field are Big Ten representatives Penn State and Iowa with Penn State entering with the highest ranking at No. 68.The tourney also includes Mercer, Western Carolina, Iowa, Texas State, Santa Clara, UC Riverside and Middle Tennessee.
GCU recently finished fifth at the WAC Championship in Blaine, Washington, after having one of the best spring seasons in program history with seven top-five finishes and two team wins. The seven top-five placements broke the school's Division I-era record for most in a single season.
The Lopes' starting five will consist of the rotation mainly used throughout the spring season in senior Carmen Belmonte, juniors Carly Strole, Becca Tschetter and Constanza Guerrero and freshman Ryan Flynn. Flynn was named WAC Freshman of the Year, while she and Guerrero garnered All-WAC first-team honors while Tschetter, Strole and junior Lani Luafalealo received second-team accolades. The three-day tournament in Maricopa will be Belmonte's last for GCU after graduating in late April.
Live scoring of the National Golf Invitational can be found here.
The three-day tournament begins Friday and runs through Sunday with each day consisting of 18 holes. The Ak-Chin Southern Dunes Golf Club is a par-72 course measured at 6,318 yards.
Ten teams make up the field. GCU enters ranked No. 95 via Golfstat and is one of two WAC competing teams, joining Seattle U. Among the field are Big Ten representatives Penn State and Iowa with Penn State entering with the highest ranking at No. 68.The tourney also includes Mercer, Western Carolina, Iowa, Texas State, Santa Clara, UC Riverside and Middle Tennessee.
GCU recently finished fifth at the WAC Championship in Blaine, Washington, after having one of the best spring seasons in program history with seven top-five finishes and two team wins. The seven top-five placements broke the school's Division I-era record for most in a single season.
The Lopes' starting five will consist of the rotation mainly used throughout the spring season in senior Carmen Belmonte, juniors Carly Strole, Becca Tschetter and Constanza Guerrero and freshman Ryan Flynn. Flynn was named WAC Freshman of the Year, while she and Guerrero garnered All-WAC first-team honors while Tschetter, Strole and junior Lani Luafalealo received second-team accolades. The three-day tournament in Maricopa will be Belmonte's last for GCU after graduating in late April.
Live scoring of the National Golf Invitational can be found here.
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