Nov. 1, 2008
The Vanderbilt women’s golf team returns to action to face 15 of the nation’s top teams Sunday through Tuesday at the NGCA Match Play Championship on the Independence Course at the Ginn Reunion Resort in Kissimmee, Fla. The upcoming tournament will be the Commodores’ lone venture into match play this season.
This year’s championship brings a change in format. On day one (Nov. 2), all 16 teams will compete in a 36-hole stroke play competition. The results of this competition will be used to seed teams 1 – 16 for the match play competition with the top eight competing in the championship bracket. Match play competition begins on Nov. 3 with two 18-hole matches followed by the championship final on Nov. 4. The event is the only match play championship on the collegiate schedule.
The field in 2008 features Alabama, Arizona, Auburn, Denver, Duke, Florida, Georgia, Kent State, Michigan State, Tennessee, Texas A&M, Tulsa, UCLA, USC, Vanderbilt and Virginia.
The Commodores, who will close out the fall schedule with the NGCA Match Play Championship, will send senior Jacqui Concolino, junior Brooke Goodwin, sophomore Megan Grehan, and freshmen Marina Alex and Andrea Messer.
Live scoring can be found throughout the tournament at golfstat.com.
