Pirates Set To Play In 2015 American Championship
April 18, 2015 | Women's Golf
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - The East Carolina women's golf team will look to improve its position for potential post-season play this week in it participates in the 2015 American Athletic Conference Championships. The three-day event will be held at the Hammock Beach Resort & Golf Club in Palm Coast, Fla. and hosted by The American and UCF Sunday through Tuesday, April 19-21.
Play on the 6,225-yard, par-72 Ocean Course begins at 8 a.m. (ET)on Sunday with 18 holes each of the three days. An awards presentation will take place following the final round on Tuesday. Admission to the event is free and open to the public, and live scoring can be found through www.GolfStat.com.
The Pirates (76-55-1), who are ranked No. 71 in the latest GolfStat rankings, will need to win The American Championships in order to keep their current string of consecutive NCAA Regional bids alive. ECU Head Coach Kevin Williams will use a lineup consisted of Nicoline Engstroem Skaug, Frida Gustafsson Spang, Katie Kirk, Lisa Pettersson and Lane Gakeler.
The event features all nine American teams that sponsor women's golf. The nine institutions that sponsor women's golf are UCF, Cincinnati, East Carolina, Houston, Memphis, USF, SMU, Tulane and Tulsa.
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