Women's Golf Ready For Betsy Rawls Invitational

Betsy Rawls Invitational
UT Golf Club | Austin, Texas

The UNT women's golf team is back to competition and will take on a loaded field at the Betsy Rawls Invitational, hosted by the University of Texas.

THE EVENT: The teams will play 36 holes on Monday with a shotgun start at 8:30 a.m., and the final 18 on Tuesday with tee times from 8:15-10:25 a.m..

THE FIELD: There are 14 teams participating in the tournament, including seven teams in the top 40 nationally and four top-20 squads: No. 2 Arkansas, Colorado, Eastern Michigan, Howard, No. 13 LSU, New Mexico, No. 34 Oklahoma, No. 16 TCU, No. 40 Tennessee, No. 7 Texas, Texas State, No. 33 UNLV.

REPRESENTING UNT: Competing for the Mean Green will be Shreya Pal, Mason Lewis, Bouquet Subsomboon, Malisone Chanthapanya and Katharina Anglett. Sakura Sugiyama will compete as an individual.

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

AKERS SAYS: "We are excited for another opportunity to play against great teams on a very good golf course," said head coach Michael Akers. "The practice round will be important as most of our team has not played this course. There is strategy in order to take advantage of the birdie holes and play smart on the difficult holes. The ladies seem to be improving every week and they show exceptional team chemistry. (Assistant coach) Lauren (Cox) and I keep driving home how good this team is the history of the accomplishments in recent years. We play the best and expect to beat the best."

MOVING UP: UNT has made significant strides since Akers took over eight 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 and have qualified for four straight NCAA Regionals - the only active AAC team with at least four consecutive NCAA berths.

UP NEXT: The Mean Green will aim for the first American Athletic Conference championship at the conference tournament in Brooksville, Florida, on April 14-16.

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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Katharina Anglett

Malisone Chanthapanya

Mason Lewis

Shreya Pal

Bouquet Subsomboon

Sakura Sugiyama

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