Blue Raiders start spring at Florida State Match Up

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — Middle Tennessee women’s golf starts its spring season this weekend at a unique event in the world of golf, the Florida State Match-Up. Held at Seminole Legacy Golf Club, FSU’s on-campus course, the tournament pairs teams together to compete as partners while also competing in a traditional tournament format.

The field at this year’s Florida State Match-Up features No. 3 Oregon, No. 16 Florida State, No. 20 Arizona, Clemson, Coastal Carolina, Kent State, Mercer, Miami, Middle Tennessee State, Missouri, Oregon State, and Virginia Tech. The Match-Up portion of the tournament will be determined by taking the best four scores from the partners (out of ten players in the two lineups) and the worst score to make the Match Up team total. At the end of the tournament, the teams with the lowest score will win the Match Up. An individual champion and a team champion will also be crowned.

The Match-Up pairings are as follows: 

Florida State/Virginia Tech

Missouri/Coastal Carolina

Mercer/Middle Tennessee State

Oregon/Arizona

Clemson/Kent State

Miami/Oregon State

Tee times will begin at 7:30 CT each day.

WEATHER FORECAST

The forecast for Tallahassee over the weekend calls for mostly cloudy conditions and highs in the low 80s with a minimal chance of rain.

 
NOTES

• MT recorded a pair of top-10 finishes in the fall, including a third-place finish at the USA Intercollegiate and a fourth-place finish at the Ozarks National Invitational.
• The Blue Raiders opened the season by posting the second-lowest 54-hole score in program history, carding a collective 855 (-9) to finish third at the USA Intercollegiate in Mobile, Ala.
• Caroline Caudill is coming off a top-10 finish at the Olde Stone Intercollegiate, where she tied for sixth at 223 (+7). At No. 269, she is the highest-ranked Blue Raider by Golfweek.
• Graduate student Sophie Burks set a program record of her own in Mobile, turning in a 205 (-11) to tie for third individually and earn Conference USA Player of the Week honors.
• The Blue Raiders enter the tournament at No. 93 in the latest Golfweek Women’s Collegiate Team Rankings and No. 94 by Golfstat.

COACH ADAMS ON THE START OF THE SPRING SEASON
“We’re excited to get to play,” head coach Chris Adams said. “We’re going somewhere nice and warm. We’ve had some good weather to practice in, but we’ve also had some bad weather. Courses are just dormant, and were very excited about getting out and facing a good, challenging field. It’s loaded. It’s a top-heavy field. We’re excited to play against somebody besides ourselves.”
 
LINEUP

1. Sophie Burks, Gr
2. Caroline Caudill, Gr
3. Catherine Caudill, Sr.
4. Molly Bebelaar, Jr.
5. Madison Smith, Sr.

    Ind. – Abbie Lee, Fr.

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