Women's Golf Prepped For ICON Invitational

ICON Invitational
Golf Club of Houston | Humble, Texas

The North Texas women's golf team will get back to tournament competition after a few weeks off, as the Mean Green down I-45 to take on the loaded field at the ICON Invitational after a strong finish at the UCF Challenge, which included new program scoring records for 18 and 54 holes.

THE EVENT: The Golf Club of Houston will play as a par-72 course at 6,392 yards. The teams will play 36 holes on Monday and finish with the final 18 on Tuesday with shotgun starts each day at 8 a.m.

THE FIELD: There are 16 teams participating in the tournament, including 12 top-50 teams: Charlotte, No. 37 Houston, Illinois, No. 27 Iowa State, No. 45 Maryland, No. 43 NC State, No. 18 Oklahoma State, No. 28 SMU, No. 40 Tennessee, No. 10 Texas A&M, Texas State, No. 29 Texas Tech, No. 35 Tulsa, No. 50 UNT, No. 11 USC and UTSA.

REPRESENTING UNT: Competing for the Mean Green will be Audrey Tan, Shreya Pal, Emilie Ricaud, Ellie Roth and Sakura Sugiyama. Patricia Sinolungan will compete as an individual.

RESULTS: Live scoring and final results will be posted on Golfstat. A full recap will be posted on MeanGreenSports.com at the end of each day.

AKERS SAYS: "The field at UH is extremely strong and we are excited for the opportunity to improve our national ranking," head coach Michael Akers said. "I was very pleased with some of the wins we picked up down in Florida a few weeks ago. The Golf Club of Houston is a course that we are familiar with and have seen some success. I am glad we played a match down there in January. We played very well so I hope we do that again on Monday and Tuesday."

MOVING UP: North Texas has made significant strides since head coach Michael Akers took over seven years ago. The Mean Green were ranked No. 201 following the 2015-16 season, and since Akers arrived in Denton, UNT has soared more than 150 spots from that time. The Mean Green are now consistently ranked in the top 50 nationally.

THE GOAT: Lauren Cox, who graduated in Spring 2021 to finish off her stellar five-year Mean Green career, has attained partial status on the Epson Tour for the 2022 season, and she's currently on staff as a volunteer assistant coach.

THE CHEVRON CHAMPIONSHIP: The Chevron Championship, the first LPGA Tour Major of the season, will take place at The Club at Carlton Woods for the first time on April 20-23. To further Chevron's commitment of providing access and opportunity for female collegiate golfers, the individual champion of the ICON Invitational will receive an invitation to play in The Chevron Championship Official Pro-Am on April 18.

UP NEXT: The Mean Green will travel to Tucson, Arizona, for the MountainView Collegiate, which has become a staple on their annual schedule, on March 17-19.

NEW FACILITY: The Mean Green golf programs are thrilled to have the new Bruzzy's UNT Golf Practice Facility, which is a $3 million on-campus facility that features state-of-the-art technology, such as TrackMan, swing catalysts, indoor hitting bays, a short-game area and a PuttView indoor putting green.

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Shreya Pal

Emilie Ricaud

Ellie Roth

Patricia Sinolungan

Sakura Sugiyama

Audrey Tan

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