University of Louisville
Tar Heel Invitational
Women’s Golf Participating in Tar Heel Classic This Weekend
October 08, 2015 | Women's Golf
The Cardinals tee off on Friday starting at 10:39 a.m.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The University of Louisville women's golf team is back in action this weekend against a highly competitive field at the Tar Heel Invitational from Friday through Sunday in Chapel Hill, N.C.
The Cardinals are competing against an 18-team field that features Duke, NC State, Wake Forest, Virginia, Tennessee, Alabama, and LSU, and includes 13 programs ranked in Golfweek's top 50. Teams will be playing on the UNC Finley Golf Course, a par-72, 6,379-yard venue.
The Cardinals are utilizing a lineup of Olivia Cason, Laura Restrepo, Katie Mitchell, Molly Skapik, and Lexie Long, and live scoring for the three-day event will be available on Golfstat.com. Louisville is paired with Baylor and NC State, with Long being the first to tee off at 10:39 a.m.
Louisville's scoring team has competed in two events this year, finishing in the top 10 in both.
Most recently, the group placed 10th in the Mason Rudolph Championship of a 17-team field. Cason, a freshman, led the squad with a 4-under-par 212, good enough to tie for fifth on the leaderboard. Restrepo tied for 24th with a 2-over-par 218.
This year, Mitchell is leading the team with a 72.20-stroke average, while Cason is second behind a 73.20 average.
Louisville participated in last year's event and took 13th, with Restrepo paced the Cardinals with a 31st-place showing. Skapik also finished in the top 50.
For the latest information on Louisville women's golf, log on to GoCards.com, or, for up-to-the-minute updates, follow the team's Twitter account at www.twitter.com/UofLWGolf or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/LouisvilleWomensGolf.
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