Mercer Readies for First Appearance at NCAAs

Monday, May 10

Simpsonville, Ky. (University of Louisville GC)

All Day (18 Holes)

Mercer University

NCAA Regionals

Photo by: Southern Conference

5/9/2021 9:06:00 AM | Women's Golf

The Bears will compete in its first-ever regional in Louisville from Monday-Wednesday

By: Stephen Waldman

MACON, Ga. – The Mercer women's golf team is set to make history as it competes in its first-ever NCAA Regional at the University of Louisville Golf Club from Monday through Wednesday.

Payton Schanen, the 140th-ranked golfer in the country, is one of 37 golfers in the conference ranked inside the top-150, along with #1 Pau Roussin-Bouchard (South Carolina), #3 Ana Pelaez (South Carolina), #9 Beatrice Wallin (Florida State), #15 Kaitlyn Papp (Texas), #22 Emma Spitz (UCLA), #30 Agathe Laisne (Texas), #33 Lauren Hartlage (Louisville), #36 Sara Kouskova (Texas), #42 Valery Plata (Michigan State), #43 Brooke Matthews (Arkansas), #48 Charlotte Heath (Florida State), #52 Anna Morgan (Furman), #57 Megan Schofill (Auburn), #59 Lois Kaye Go (South Carolina), #64 Elena Hualde (Auburn), #68 Sofia Garcia (Texas Tech), #69 Mychael O'Berry (Auburn), #77 Annabel Wilson (UCLA), #78 (Amelia Williamson (Florida State), #82 Tunrada Piddon (Central Florida), #86 Sophie Guo (Texas), #89 Elina Sinz (Auburn), #92 Kaleigh Telfer (Auburn), #95 Cory Lopez (Arkansas), #117 Paula Kirner (South Carolina), #119 Julia Gregg (Arkansas), #122 Madison Moosa (Furman), #123 Mikayla Bardwell (Tennessee), #124 Pimnipa Panthong (South Carolina), #129 Ashleigh Park (Texas), #132 Mathilde Claisse (South Carolina), #133 Hana Ryskova (Louisville), #137 Nicole Whiston (Tennessee), #138 Taylor Roberts (Florida State), #141 Gala Dumez (Texas Tech) and #146 Jess Yuen (Missouri).

TOURNAMENT INFORMATION
Dates: Monday, May 10 – Wednesday, May 12
Location: Simpsonville, Ky. | University of Louisville Golf Club
Course Info: Par 72 | 6,289 Yards
Format: 18-18-18 (Monday-Tuesday-Wednesday)
Live Scoring: golfstat.com

MERCER LINEUP
Lauren Lightfritz
Laila Hrindova
Carol Pyon
#140 Payton Schanen
Tracy Rodriguez

THE FIELD (18)
#17 Arkansas, #9 Auburn, #34 Central Florida, #58 College of Charleston, Fairleigh Dickinson, #8 Florida State, James Madison, #48 Louisville, #56 Mercer, #32 Michigan State, #41 North Florida, #1 South Carolina, #39 Tennessee, #16 Texas, #23 Texas Tech, #25 UCLA, #51 UTSA, #96 Xavier

TEE TIMES
Mercer's golfers will be paired up with UTSA and the College of Charleston and will tee off from the first tee between 9:50-10:30 a.m.

Tracy Rodriguez | 9:50 a.m. | Tee 1
Payton Schanen | 10:00 a.m. | Tee 1
Carol Pyon | 10:10 a.m. | Tee 1
Laila Hrindova | 10:20 a.m. | Tee 1
Lauren Lightfritz | 10:30 a.m. | Tee 1

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