University of Houston Athletics
Cougars Compete at HBU Husky Invitational
3/26/2017 12:00:00 AM | Women's Golf
| HBU HUSKY INVITATIONAL | |
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| Live Scoring | BirdieFire |
| Lineup | Kelli Rollo (Ind.) Tatiana Pineda (Ind.) Kailey Collier (Ind.) Amanda Elich (Ind.) |
| Time | Monday, March 27 • 36 holes 8:30 a.m. shotgun start
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| Location | Riverbend Country Club Sugar Land, Texas. 6,085 yards • Par 72 |
| Season Stats | Season Statistics |
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SUGAR LAND, Texas â€" Four University of Houston student athletes will compete as individuals at the HBU Husky Invitational in a recent addition to the Cougars' spring schedule, Head Coach Gerrod Chadwell announced Sunday.
Junior Kelli Rollo, sophomores Tatiana Pineda and Kailey Collier and freshman Amanda Elich will represent the Cougars on the 6,085-yard, par-72 course at Riverbend Country Club, starting Monday morning. With only four student-athletes, Houston will not compete for the tournament's team championship.
The tournament begins with 36 holes Monday with the final 18 holes slated to begin Tuesday morning.
LIVE SCORING
Fans can follow live scoring from the HBU Husky Invitational by visiting BirdieFire.com and following the appropriate links or by clicking here.
TEAM FIELD
The Cougars will compete against student-athletes from Creighton, Grand Canyon, UIW, Lubbock Christian, McLennan Community College, Sam Houston State, Stephen F. Austin, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, Texas Southern, Texas State and UT Rio Grande Valley.
THE LINEUP
Kelli Rollo â€" Competing as an individual … 76.85 average… Tied for eighth at the Bearkat Invitational on Oct. 3-4 at Raven Nest Golf Club in Huntsville, Texas… Opened that tournament with a career-best 72… One of the first four members of Houston Women's Golf after joining team in 2013-14… Native of Mont Belvieu, Texas, and product of Barbers Hill High School.
Tatiana Pineda â€" Competing as an individual … 79.33 average… Tied for 35th at the Bearkat Invitational on Oct. 3-4 at Raven Nest Golf Club in Huntsville, Texas… Sat out the 2015-16 season as a redshirt… Native of Bogota, Colombia, and product of Buchholz High School (Gainesville, Fla.)
Kailey Collier â€" Competing as an individual… 82.00 average… Finished 85th at The Dickson at The Woodlands Country Club in The Woodlands, Texas (Feb. 27-28)…Competed at the HBU Husky Invitational and tied for 11th with a score of 232 during the 2015-16 season… Native of Broken Arrow, Okla., and product of Broken Arrow High School.
Amanda Elich â€" Competing as an individual … 77.25 average… Made her collegiate debut at Trinity Forest Invitational in fall finale, tying for 20th and finishing second among the Cougars with a 77 in the rain-shortened event… Multiple All-State and All-Conference honoree during her high school career… Native of West Linn, Ore., and product of West Linn High School.
FIRST-ROUND PAIRINGS
The First Round begins with an 8:30 a.m., shotgun start.
Pineda begins her day in the First Group off No. 1 with Collier (second group off No 10), Elich (first group off No. 9) and Rollo (second group off No. 9) following
LAST TIME OUT
The Cougars wrapped up their tour through the state of Arizona with a fourth-place finish at the Clover Cup on March 17-19 at Longbow Golf Club in Mesa, Ariz.
Tibiletti opened that tournament and tied a school record with a career-best 66, and Harm tied that mark that she first set earlier this month as the Cougars posted a program-low round of 275.
Harm and Reijers led the Cougars and tied for 12th at even-par 216.
UP NEXT
Following the HBU Husky Invitational, the Cougars compete as a team at the Clemson Invitational, scheduled for March 31-April 2 at The Reserve at Lake Keowee in Sunset, S.C., in the team's regular-season finale.
From there, Houston enters the postseason when they compete at the American Athletic Conference Championships on The Conservatory Course at Hammock Beach Golf & Spa Resort on April 16-18.
The Cougars look to defend their title from a year ago, the first in the program's young history.
JOIN THE P.A.R. 4 CLUB
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