MOBILE, Ala. – The University of South Alabama women's golf team will open its spring schedule Monday with the first two rounds of the First Coast Classic at Deerwood Country Club in Jacksonville, Fla.

TOURNAMENT INFORMATION
Event (Host): First Coast Classic (Hosted by Western Kentucky)
Dates: Feb. 14-15 (Monday – Tuesday)
Format: 54 holes (36/18)
Course: Deerwood Country Club (Jacksonville, Fla.)
Yardage:  6,002 yards
Par:  72
Live Scoring:  GolfStat.com
 
THE FIELD (11)
Arkansas State, Daytona State College, Eastern Kentucky, Florida Gulf Coast, Georgia State, High Point, Marshall, South Alabama, Stetson, Troy and Western Kentucky

JAGUAR LINEUP (Shotgun Start – 7:30 a.m. [CT])
1.) Siti Shaari – Starting on hole No. 1
2.) Belinda May – Starting on hole No. 1
3.) Malia Uyeshiro – Starting on hole No. 2
4.) Carlota Garcia – Starting at hole No. 3
5.) Catharina Lohoff – Starting at hole No. 4
Ind.) Cassidy Lambert – Starting at hole No. 18
 
TEE SHOTS 
- South Alabama shot a season-low 3-over par 867 in three rounds at the Lady Red Wolves Classic (Oct. 11-12) in Jonesboro, Ark., to earn a second-place finish to close the fall schedule.
- The Jaguars closed the Lady Red Wolves Classic with a 5-under par team total of 283, which marked the lowest team round since the opening round of the 2019 Pat Bradley Invitational where USA shot a 283.
- South Alabama ranked second in birdies (48) at the Lady Red Wolves Classic.
- USA earned two runner-up finishes in the fall:  Hoover Invitational (Sept. 20-21) and Lady Red Wolves Classic.
- South Alabama finished tied for fifth at last year's First Coast Classic with a three-round total of 891.
- Siti Shaari carded a season-low 5-under par 211 at the Lady Red Wolves Classic to finish in third place, which marked her second top-10 finish of the season.
- Shaari led the Jags in stroke average (72.33) through three fall events.
- May earned a career-best finish (T-4th) at the Lady Red Wolves Classic, and recorded a career-low three-round, 3-under par total of 213, which included a career-low 5-under par 67 in the final round.
- Uyeshiro posted a career-low 6-under par 66 in the final round of the Lady Red Wolves Classic, which tied Julie Hovland and Elin Andersson for the lowest single-round in program history.

QUOTES
Head Coach Matt Luther
- On Deerwood Country Club:
"It's a place we went to last year, and it sort of fits what we do. It's a tough tee shot golf course, which is really good for us early in the year to have to work that out and take on that challenge; I'm excited about that. It's just a good place to start the spring for us."

- On what he has seen from the team from end of fall to the spring:
"We're doing a lot more playing-type of practicing in the spring, and it's been good. Like the rest of the country, we've been battling weather; we haven't had a ton of time to get reps in, but we have a busy spring so there going to hit the ground running and work it out as we go."

- On newcomer Catharina Lohoff:
"She is solid – a good ball-striker. In qualifying the last couple of week, I watched her hit a lot of super high-quality shots. The big thing with her is just learning how to better manage a golf course. But she is going to add some firepower to our lineup for sure."

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Join the Chip-In Club, the women's golf specific support club of the Jaguar Athletic Fund. All donations to the Chip In Club go directly to support the South Alabama women's golf program. For more information on how you can join visit: jaguarathleticfund.com/chipinclub.

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