Ladyjacks Head to Montgomery For 2017 Southland Conference Championship
4/16/2017 12:00:00 AM | Women's Golf
2017 Southland Conference Championship
Monday, April 17 – Wednesday, April 19
Woodforest Golf Club | Montgomery, Texas
Live Scoring: Golfstat.com
Opening Tee
Stephen F. Austin wraps up the 2016-17 season at the 2017 Southland Conference Championship, being held Monday, April 17 through Wednesday, April 19 at Woodforest Golf Club in Montgomery.
Tournament Information
After spending the past two years in McKinney, the women’s Southland Conference Championship will move to Montgomery, competing at Woodforest Golf Club – a par-71 course measuring 6,191 yards. The 54-hole event will be spread out over three days with teams playing 18 holes per day, beginning with tee times starting at 8:00 a.m. each day. SFA will play with Texas A&M-Corpus Christ in the Monday pairings, beginning at 8:45 a.m. with Haleigh Jordan, teeing off in nine-minute increments leading up to Jessie White’s 9:21 a.m. tee time.
Tournament Seeding
The eight teams that sponsor women’s golf will all be competing in Montgomery this week, vying to win a spot in the NCAA Regional Tournament. Central Arkansas holds the top spot in the latest Golfstat rankings at number 80, joined in the top-150 by Lamar (No. 104), Houston Baptist (No. 140) and Sam Houston State (No. 144). The official seedings for the 2017 Southland Conference Championship are led by number one overall Central Arkansas, followed by Sam Houston State, Lamar, Houston Baptist, SFA, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, McNeese and Incarnate Word.
Ladyjacks Against the Field
Head-to-head against the field, SFA has posted a 12-11 record on the year, going 1-1 against Central Arkansas, 2-4 against Houston Baptist, 4-0 against Incarnate Word, 0-2 against Lamar, 1-0 against McNeese, 1-3 against Sam Houston State and 3-1 against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.
Ladyjack Lineup
Head coach Trey Schroeder will once again field a young team in this week’s Southland Conference Championship, comprised of a senior, a redshirt sophomore and three true freshmen.
| Golfer | Year | Average | Par - | 10/20 |
| Jessie White | Senior | 76.30 | 4 | 2/4 |
| Erica Lautensack | R-Sophomore | 77.10 | 5 | 4/2 |
| Paola Cortes | Freshman | 79.71 | 1 | 1/0 |
| Alexandra Batista | Freshman | 77.43 | 1 | 3/0 |
| Haleigh Jordan | Freshman | 80.04 | 1 | 0/1 |
Ladyjacks at the SLC Championship
This week’s trip to Montgomery marks SFA’s eighth Southland Conference Championship appearance since adding the program in 2009-10. The Ladyjacks have finished among the top-five in each of the last three years, finishing fifth in 2014, fourth in 2015 before tying for fourth in 2016. During that span, SFA has registered a top-10 individual finisher each year, comprised by Piper Kyle (T-3rd in 2014), Jessie White (1st in 2015) and Sydney Reed (T-4th in 2016).
Last Time Out
SFA completed its final tune-up for the conference meet last week in Maryland, placing 11th in the Georgetown Hoya Invitational. Competing in the Eastern time zone for just the sixth time in program history, SFA shot an 82-over 946 at Four Streams Golf Club, competing against a 15-team field comprised of entirely new opponents for SFA. Redshirt freshman Erica Lautensack tied for eighth overall with a 9-over 225, sparked by her 1-over 145 through two rounds, including an even-par 72 in round one.
Ladyjack Leaders
Heading into this week’s Southland Conference Championship, SFA has posted a 309.03 scoring average as a team in 2016-17, finishing among the top-10 in the team standings in nine of its 10 events on the year. Senior Jessie White leads the way with a 76.30 scoring average and four par-or-better rounds, followed by redshirt sophomore Erica Lautensack’s 77.10 average and five par-or-better rounds as Lautensack has finished among the top-10 individually four times.
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