| Mizzou Heads to Arizona for MountainView Collegiate | |||||
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| OPPONENT | LOCATION | DAY | TIME | LIVE RESULTS | |
| Mountain View Collegiate | Tucson, Ariz. | March 10-12 | All Day | Results | |
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Mizzou Women's Golf heads to Tucson, Ariz., this weekend (March 10-12) for the MountainView Collegiate. The Tigers are set for their second tournament of the Spring 2017 season, as they originally began play a month ago at the Florida State Match-Up.
The Tigers are one of 13 teams competing from Friday-Sunday at the MountainView Golf Club. Mizzou will be joined by Arizona, Central Arkansas, Colorado State, Houston, Kansas State, Middle Tennessee State, New Mexico State, North Texas, Oklahoma, Ole Miss, Redlands Community College and UNLV.
Mizzou has enjoyed recent success at the annual MountainView Collegiate, posting top 5 finishes three of the past four years. The Tigers collectively placed fourth in 2016 and tallied a program-best third place finish in 2014.
Projected Mizzou Lineup
- 1) Emma Allen
- 2) Jessica Meek
- 3) Jessica Yuen
- 4) Clara Young
- 5) Cayce Hendrickson
- Indiv.) Amanda Kim
- Indiv.) Cherise Otter
- Indiv.) Mackenzie Perez
Mizzou Opens 2017 Spring Schedule With Top 5 Finish
- On Sunday, Feb. 12, the Tigers wrapped up their Spring 2017 tournament opener in Tallahassee, Fla. Mizzou finished in fifth place overall at the Florida State Match-Up.
- The Tigers turned in a top 5 team performance for the second time this 2016-17 season, joining their first place finish at the 2016 Johnie Imes Invitational.
- Mizzou concluded its Florida State Match-Up with its top round of the tournament, shooting even par (288).
- Meek delivered her top single round of the 2016-17 season thus far, firing a 2-under (70) final round at Don Veller Seminole Golf Club.
- Meek's T-25th final individual finish marked a new single season high.
- Yuen recorded her second consecutive round of 1-over (73) to conclude her respective tournament. Her final even par (216) weekend placed T-13th overall. It marked her third top 15 individual finish and fourth top 25 individual finish this season.
Tigers Enjoyed Standout Fall 2016 Season
- From Oct. 3-4 in Columbia, Mo., Mizzou claimed top honors at the 2016 Johnie Imes Invitational, marking its third consecutive team victory at the event.
- Mizzou's 864 team score at the Johnie marked the program's third-lowest all-time 54-hole team total.
- The Tigers continued their success the following week at the Jim West Challenge (Oct. 9-10), shooting an 878 total score, marking the ninth-lowest all-time 54-hole score in program history.
- Mizzou tallied two top 10 all-time 18-hole team scores this fall (282 at Johnie Imes – seventh lowest, 283 at Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown – tied for ninth lowest).
- Since the Fall 2015 season began (1.5-year span), Mizzou has produced three team tournament wins.
- The Tigers continue to show substantial improvement overall, as they claimed only three team victories the previous five years (Fall 2009 – Fall 2013).
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