TOURNAMENT INFORMATION
Event (host): The Judson (Southern Miss)
Course: Hattiesburg Country Club
Dates: October 26-27 (Monday – Tuesday)

TOURNAMENT PREVIEW
•    The two-day, 54-hole tournament is set to get underway on Monday morning with a 8 a.m. shotgun start on the par 72, 6,284-yard course
•    On Tuesday, the teams will begin final round action at 8 a.m., with a shotgun start
•    Live scoring links for each round will be available on USAJaguars.com

THE FIELD
•    Joining South Alabama and tournament host Southern Miss in the 13-team field are Alabama State, Belmont, East Texas A&M, Jackson State, Lamar, North Alabama, Northern Colorado, Samford, Tulane, UAB and West Florida
•    South Alabama will be paired with Southern Miss, Tulane and Samford and tee off on holes 1-4

THE LINEUP
•    The Jaguar lineup will feature (1) Lilian Buehle | 1B Tee; (2) Mercedes Aldana | 1A Tee; (3) Rebekka Stutley | 2 Tee; (4) Daniela Palmeros | 3 Tee; (5) Léa Giron| 4 Tee
•    Also slated to compete as individuals at the event are Katelyn Foster (Tee 14), Shiloh Gilbert (Tee 15), Ana Malcolm Poch (Tee 16) and McKenna Murphy (Tee 17)
•    Buehle leads the club in scoring averaging 70.67 strokes per round, while Stutley (71.17) and Aldana (71.56) are right behind the sophomore in the category 
•    Aldana has fired a team-best five rounds under par this fall, including four in the 60s, and also leads the team with 32 birdies
•    Buehle has 25 birdies and three rounds in the 60s
•    Buehle and Stutley both tied for fifth in their last outing with a three-round 207, while Aldana finished one stroke behind them at 208 to tie for 10th at the Sixth Annual Evie Odom Invitational
•    Aldana fired a school-record 65 in the final round at the tournament, and helped the Jags post a program-low, 54-hole 839 to finish one-under at the event
•    South Alabama has competed in the event two times throughout its program history, doing so at the 2023 and 2022 tournaments
•    The Jags best finish came at the 2022 tournament where they fired a three-round 871 and placed second out of the 11-team field

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