TOLEDO, Ohio — The University of Toledo women's golf team concludes its busy month of October this weekend with its second trip to the Bluegrass State in three weeks. The Rockets will be competing in the Cardinal Cup for a second straight year at the par-72, 6,303-yard University of Louisville Golf Club in Simpsonville, Ky. The first day of play will consist of 36 holes beginning with a 9:15 a.m. shotgun start. The final 18 holes on Sunday will begin with a 9:15 a.m. shotgun start as well.

This weekend's tourney will be the Rockets' third event in the last three weeks. UT placed sixth at Kentucky's Bettie Lou Evans Invitational on Oct. 5-7 before finishing two strokes out of first at the MAC Preview on Oct. 14-15.

"Playing three weeks in a row can be a challenge if you aren't mentally and physically prepared," first-year head coach Jenny Coluccio said. "This is a great test for our team for those reasons exactly. We will be testing all the hard work they have put into their physical training over the past two months. I have a lot of faith in their ability to handle the stretch mentally. They are stronger now and ready for the challenge."

The Rockets have already posted some of the best rounds in school history just three tournaments into the season. UT's team score of 882 at Kentucky is tied for fifth in school history, while its 885 at the MAC Preview is tied for ninth. In addition, Toledo's two-under 286 in the second round of the MAC Preview is its second-best round ever, and its 288 in the first round of the same event is tied for third.

"I'm very pleased with everyone's progression thus far even though it hasn't all shown in all their scores yet," Coluccio said. "We have continued to focus on "little by little" and committing to make small improvements each day and seeing how those will turn into large gains by the end of the season."

Senior Pinyada Kuvanun leads the Rockets with an impressive 72.4 stroke average and is followed closely by classmates Pimchanok Kawil and Natcha Daengpiem with 73.7 and 74.1 marks, respectively. The trio will be joined in the Rockets' lineup by junior Saranlak Tumfong and junior Donchanok Toburint.

THE FIELD
The Rockets are ranked No. 90 in Golfstat's computer rankings and will be competing against seven Top 100 schools - No. 20 Illinois, No. 44 Ole Miss, No. 66 East Carolina, No. 73 Maryland, No. 83 Wisconsin, No. 84 East Tennessee State and No. 88 Western Kentucky. Also participating in the tournament are No. 112 Murray State, No. 130 Richmond, No. 177 UAB and No. 193 Ball State.

"The Cardinal Cup always has a good field and we are excited to play against teams we don't see that often," Coluccio said.

LIVE SCORING
• Live scoring for the Cardinal Cup can be found at golfstatresults.com.

ROCKETS AT THE MAC PREVIEW
• Natcha Daengpiem and Pinyada Kuvanun both registered Top 10 finishes at the MAC Preview with first- and fourth-place showings, respectively. Saranlak Tumfong nearly made it a trio of Rockets in the Top 10 with an 11^th-place standing.
• Daengpiem carded a career-best six-under 66 in the second round of the MAC Preview, the second lowest round in school history. Pimchanok Kawil registered the lowest round ever two weeks ago with a seven-under 65 at the Bettie Lou Evans Invitational.
• Daengpiem's career-best 54-hole total of four-under 212 at the MAC Preview ranked third in program history.
• Kuvanun carded a three-over par 219 (74-70-75) and has shot under par in four of her nine rounds this season.
• Tumfong fired a career-best three-under 69 in the first round of the MAC Preview en route to an eight-over par 224 (69-76-79).

ON THE HORIZON
• Toledo will wrap up its fall next month when it travels to Macon, Ga. for Mercer's Idle Hour Collegiate Championship on Monday-Tuesday, Nov. 5-6