SAN ANTONIO — The UTSA women's golf team will travel to Knoxville, Tenn., and take on a tough field that features five teams ranked in golfstat.com's top 30 and eight teams ranked in the top 50 at the Mercedes-Benz Collegiate Championships. The three-day tournament gets underway on Friday and the 15-team field will play one round each day through Sunday.
Where: Holston Hills Country Club (6,302 yards/par 72) – Knoxville, Tenn.
When: Friday, Oct. 8 – Sunday, Oct. 10
Format: Three-day event with shotgun start
Tournament Field: #14 Arkansas, #43 Chattanooga, Coastal Carolina, #22 Denver, Furman, Georgia State, James Madison, #18 Kent State, Kentucky, #29 Mississippi, #12 Notre Dame, #35 TCU, #31 Tennessee, UNC-Greensboro, UTSA.
Live scoring: golfstat.com
UTSA Lineup
Fabiola Arriaga (Fr. – Torreon, Mexico)
· Tied for 16th at the season-opening Chip-N Club Invitational (Sept. 13-14)
· Second on the squad with a 77 stroke average
· Recorded a 74 in her first collegiate round
· Former teammate of Paola Valerio on the Mexican National Team
Summer Batiste (Jr. – Spring, Texas)
· Will make her 2010 debut at the Mercedes Benz Championships
· 2009-10 second-team All-Southland Conference selection
· Owns a career 78.41 stroke average
Chelsea Bretcher (Fr. – Austin, Texas)
· Tied for 36th at the season-opening Chip-N Club Invitational (Sept. 13-14)
· Owns a 78 stroke average
· Fired a 77 in her first collegiate round
Taylor Newlin (Fr. – Frisco, Texas)
· Finished tied for fourth in her first collegiate tournament at the Chip-N Club Invitational (Sept. 13-14)
· Third on the team with a 77.60 stroke average
· Recorded a 70 in her first collegiate round
Paola Valerio (So. – Mexico City, Mexico)
· Recorded her third career top-10 finish last weekend at the William K. Warren Irish Invitational
· Leads the team with a 75.60 stroke average
· Recorded a 73 in the first round of the fall
· 2010 first-team All-Southland Conference choice
