GAINESVILLE, Florida (March 10, 2017) -- FIU women's golf has its shortest turnaround of the season, less than two weeks, as the Panthers hit the Mark Bostick Golf Course in Gainesville, Florida, at the 2017 SunTrust Gator Women's Golf Invitational Saturday and Sunday. The University of Florida hosts the tournament, on the Par-70, 6,002-yard course.
In addition to the sixth-ranked Gators and FIU, the field includes No. 12 Duke, No. 23 UCF, Campbell, Clemson, Kansas, Maryland, Mercer, Troy, USF, Virginia Tech and Wisconsin.
The Panthers sport the reigning Conference USA Golfer of the Week, senior
Camila Serrano (Bogota, Colombia), an award she won for the third time this season. Serrano finished in ninth place at the Hurricane Invitational in Coral Gables last week, shooting a 2-under 214. Her three rounds included a pair of 2-under scores, giving her 10 rounds under par of the 17 competitive rounds played by FIU this season. Her 72.41 season-stroke average is two strokes better than her career mark and leads the Panthers this season.
The tournament field will play 36 holes on Saturday with a final round of 18 holes on Sunday. FIU will be paired with Maryland and Virginia Tech for the 36-hole Saturday. The teams will start from the 11
th hole at 8:15 a.m. in the shotgun format. The pairings will be reset for the final day based on the scores after Saturday.
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About FIU Athletics: FIU Athletics is home to more than 400 student-athletes in 18 different sports, and is a proud member of Conference USA. Athletic events are played in seven different venues on FIU's campuses (Modesto A. Maidique and Biscayne Bay), including FIU Arena and the FIU Football Stadium.
About FIU: Florida International University is recognized as a Carnegie engaged university. It is a public research university with colleges and schools that offers more than 180 bachelor's, master's and doctoral programs in fields such as engineering, international relations, architecture, law and medicine. As one of South Florida's anchor institutions, FIU contributes $9.8 billion each year to the local economy. FIU is Worlds Ahead in finding solutions to the most challenging problems of our time. FIU emphasizes research as a major component of its mission. FIU has awarded over 200,000 degrees and enrolls more than 54,000 students in two campuses and three centers including FIU Downtown on Brickell, FIU@I-75, and the Miami Beach Urban Studios. FIU also supports artistic and cultural engagement through its three museums: the Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum, the Wolfsonian-FIU, and the Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU. FIU is a member of Conference USA and has over 400 student-athletes participating in 18 sports. For more information about FIU, visit http://www.fiu.edu/.
