TOLEDO, Ohio — Toledo travels to Richmond, Ky. this weekend to compete in Eastern Kentucky's Colonel Classic. The tournament will consist of 54 holes with 36 holes being played on Friday, March 30 and final 18 on Saturday, March 31 at the par-72, 5,815-yard University Club at Arlington.
THE FIELD
• Fifteen schools are participating in the Colonel Classic.
• Toledo will be competing against a trio of Mid-American Conference members – Akron, Ball State and Ohio – as well as Austin Peay, Belmont, Dayton, Eastern Kentucky, Louisiana-Monroe, Northern Kentucky, Oakland, Ohio, Tennessee Tech, Western Carolina, Western Kentucky and Xavier.
LIVE SCORING
• Live scoring for the Clover Cup can be found at golfstatresults.com.
ROCKETS AT THE COLONEL CLASSIC
• Toledo will be making its ninth appearance at the Colonel Classic. The Rockets have brought home the tournament title on five occasions (2002, 2003/Tie, 2006, 2009, 2013). The Rockets' last appearance was in 2013.
• UT's lineup this week will include junior
Pinyada Kuvanun at #1, sophomore
Saranlak Tumfong at #2, junior
Pimchanok Kawil at #3, junior
Natcha Daengpiem at #4 and junior
Hannah Kochendoerfer at #5. Sophomores
Thunpijja Sukkasem and
Donchanok Toburint will be competing as individuals.
LOOKING BACK AT THE CLOVER CUP
• Toledo tied for 11
th place with Minnesota at Notre Dame's Clover Cup in Mesa, Ariz. The tournament included six schools that ranked among the Top 75 in the country.
• Sophomore
Saranlak Tumfong led the Rockets in the tournament at six-over par 222 (76-73-73) to finish alone in 17
th place.
• Junior
Pinyada Kuvanun posted the Rockets' best round of the tourney in the final round with an even-par 72 to finish tied for 29
th place at nine-over par 225 (77-76-72). Kuvanun leads the Rockets with a 72.7 stroke average.
• Rounding out the Rocket lineup were junior
Pimchanok Kawil (80-74-79=233/T-53
rd), sophomore
Donchanok Toburint (79-79-80=238/T-67
th) and junior
Natcha Daengpiem (85-77-83=245/75
th).
ON THE HORIZON
• Toledo will return to action on Saturday-Sunday, April 7-8 with a trip to Bowling Green, Ohio for the Dolores Black Falcon Invitational.
