Women's Golf Resuming Competition

SMU/DAC Challenge
Dallas Athletic Club (Blue Course) | Dallas

The North Texas women's golf team returns to action after a three-month layoff with a one-day, 36-hole mini tournament featuring six teams.

THE EVENT: The Dallas Athletic Club Blue Course will play as a par-72 course at 6,151 yards. The teams will play 36 holes on Monday with an 8:30 a.m. shotgun start.

THE FIELD: There are six teams participating in the tournament: No. 25 Baylor, Kansas State, No. 53 North Texas, SMU, No. 26 Texas Tech and Tulsa.

REPRESENTING UNT: Competing for the Mean Green will be Lauren Cox, Audrey Tan, Patricia Sinolungan, Katie Finley and Emilie Ricaud. Marija Jucmane will compete as an individual.

RESULTS: Final results will be posted on GolfStat.com. A full recap will be posted on MeanGreenSports.com at the end of the day.

LAST TIME OUT: North Texas finished sixth at the White Sands Bahamas Invitational at the end of October to wrap up the fall season and had a strong showing, topping five teams ranked in the top 35. Senior Lauren Cox was the Mean Green's leading finisher at even-par, putting her in a tie for 14th.

MOVING UP: North Texas has made significant strides since head Michael Akers took over roughly four years ago. The Mean Green were ranked No. 201 following the 2015-16 season, and since Akers arrived in Denton, UNT has soared as many as 123 spots to break into the top 80, and ended last season 112 spots better than when he arrived in Denton. The Mean Green ended last season ranked No. 89, but climbed as high as No. 79. Now, the team is ranked No. 53 in the latest GolfStat poll – just three spots behind the best ranking in program history (2010-11).

AKERS SAYS: "We are excited to get back into competition at SMU," UNT head coach Michael Akers said. "This is the earliest I have scheduled a spring event in many years. It will be good to see where we are at and begin our journey to the C-USA Championship."

UP NEXT: North Texas will resume its full-tournament schedule Feb. 16-18 at the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans.

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Lauren Cox

Katie Finley

Marija Jucmane

Emilie Ricaud

Patricia Sinolungan

Audrey Tan

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