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Women’s Golf Back in Action to Defend Lady Redwolves Crown

10/10/2022 7:35:00 AM

JONESBORO, Ark. – EKU women's golf returns to action after a two-week layover this week at the Lady Redwolves Classic hosted by Arkansas State from October 10-11.
 
Eastern Kentucky will look to defend its title from a season ago, ending last year's Lady Redwolves Classic with a first-place finish shooting a three-round score of 858 (-6).
 
The two-day 54-hole event will be played at the Sage Meadows Golf Club, the course is a par 72 – 6,194-yard feat.
 
Fans can keep up with this week's golf action by tuning into GolfStat, where live scoring will be updated regularly throughout the event. EKU is currently slated for a 9:30 a.m. ET tee time paired with Southern Miss and Houston Christian.
 
The Colonels are coming off three-straight top-10 performances to kick off the 2022-23 campaign, highlighted by a second-place finish at the Redbird Invitational and a top-5 outing at the Johnie Imes Invitational.
 
Junior Rylea Marcum sits atop the EKU season standings through three events, competing in all nine rounds with a 73.89 stroke average.
 
Alice Daag leads the Colonels with an individual-low round of 69 (-3), achieving the score in the second round of the Johnie Imes Invite.
 
Freshman Mary Keene Marrs made her EKU collegiate debut last time out, shooting a three-round 54-hole score of 233 and a low of 77.
 
Marcum, Daag, Elisa Orduna Shackleton, and Maddie Hensley have played in all nine EKU rounds at this point in the season.
 
Accompanying EKU in this year's Lady Redwolves field will be Arkansas State, Austin Peay, Central Arkansas, Houston Christian, Memphis, North Alabama, Omaha, Samford, Southern Miss, Stephen F. Austin, Texas A&M-Commerce, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, Troy and ULM.
 
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