SAN ANTONIO – Two seniors and a pair of newcomers highlight the University of South Alabama men's golf team's lineup as the Jaguars open the 2019-20 campaign at Texas-San Antonio's Lone Star Invitational.

The duo of Rasmus Karlsson and Yannick Schütz will be joined by sophomore Jordan Plunkett, with junior-college transfer Mathias Lorentzen and freshman Jacob LeCroy rounding out the Jags' five.  Dawson Atkinson is also set to participate as an individual in the competition, which gets underway Monday with an 8:30 a.m. (CDT) shotgun start to the first and second rounds.

The tournament — which will conclude with 18 holes holes on Tuesday, also set to begin with a shotgun start at 8:30 a.m. — is set to be played at the TPC San Antonio AT&T Oaks Course, home of the PGA Tour's Valero Texas Open.

TOURNAMENT INFORMATION
Event (host): Lone Star Invitational (Texas-San Antonio)
Dates: 9/16-17 (Monday-Tuesday)
Format: 36 holes Monday, 18 holes Tuesday
Start times: 8:30 a.m. (CDT) shotgun start both days
Course: TPC San Antonio AT&T Oaks Course (par 72, 7,435 yds)
Live scoring: http://results.golfstat.com//public/leaderboards/gsnav.cfm?pg=participants&tid=18624

THE FIELD (11)
Houston, Lipscomb, Little Rock, Louisiana, ULM, McNeese State, New Mexico State, Rice South Alabama, UTA, Texas-San Antonio

THE JAGUAR LINEUP
-Yannick Schütz (Sr., Friolzheim, Germany; 25 rds, 72.40 avg, 5 T20s, 68 low 18, 213 low 54, 14 rds =/- par in 2018-19)
-Mathias Lorentzen (Jr., Hvidovre, Denmark; making NCAA Division I debut)
-Jacob LeCroy (Fr., Anniston, Ala.; making collegiate debut)
-Rasmus Karlsson (Sr., Fiskars, Finland; 25 rds, 72.88 avg, 3 T20s, 65 low 18, 203 low 54, 9 rds =/- par in 2018-19)
-Jordan Plunkett (So., Sterrett, Ala.; 25 rds, 73.20 avg, 2 T20s, 68 low 18, 210 low 54, 13 rds =/- par in 2018-19)
-*Dawson Atkinson (So., Trussville, Ala.; 10 rds, 75.90 avg, 72 low 18, 225 low 54, 2 rds =/- par in 2018-19)
*denotes competing as an individual

TEE SHOTS
-This event is the first of four on the Jags' fall schedule.
-It's the second year in a row that South will begin its season at the tournament after placing sixth in a field of 15 schools last September.
-Schütz posted a top-10 performance at last year's event following a 3-under-par 69 in the final round.
-Both Karlsson and Schütz are coming off their second all-Sun Belt Conference selections after being named third-team all-league in 2018-19.
-Schütz enters his final season at the collegiate level with a 72.98 scoring average that ranks fifth on the school's career list (minimum 60 rounds) while Karlsson stands seventh with a 73.32 mark after his first three years as a Jaguar.
-Plunkett was the only other individual on the roster last season to participate in all 25 of the team's rounds, ending his freshman campaign third on the squad in stroke average and among the top 25 in the conference in score against par.
-A two-time PING All-America selection at McLennan (Texas) C.C., Lorentzen earned three top-five finishes this summer in international competition including winning the Moellenaans Cup with a 203 54-hole total.
-LeCroy will be making his collegiate debut after picking up medalist honors at the state 1A-2A tournament each of the last two years at The Donoho School.
-It's the second straight season Atkinson will be competing individually at the event after he recorded a career-low 72 over the final 18 holes last fall.

THEY SAID IT
Head coach Ben Hannan
On his expectations for the opening event of the year: "Everybody is excited to get going, we've been working hard competing well at home.  We're travelling back to the TPC San Antonio, it's a beautiful golf course and a great venue.  We're looking forward to competing and and starting the year the right way."
On competition to make the team's lineup: "At the start of the season you'll normally log a number of qualifying rounds internally.  We had some really good play from multiple individuals, including both of our newcomers over the course of the rounds.  From a team standpoint we are deep and talented, if we continue to work hard and get better every day it's exciting to think about what this group can accomplish this year."

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