FARMVILLE, Va. - Longwood women's golf looks to continue its strong fall campaign when it competes at the Spider Invitational on Monday and Tuesday.
Richmond hosts the two-day event at the Independence Golf Club in Midlothian, Va. Joining the Spiders and Lancers in competition are Bucknell, Florida Atlantic, Navy, Old Dominion, Rollins, and William & Mary. The event starts on Monday with 36 holes, and the final 18 will take place on Tuesday.
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Lancer News and Notes
- The Lancers have finished in the top five in all three of its tournaments during the fall season. Longwood led wire-to-wire to win the eight-team field at the Tribe Invitational at the Kingsmill River Course, Sept. 7-8. The Lancers finished fourth in a 13-team field at the Pirate Collegiate Classic, Sept. 14-15, before posting a fifth-place finish in a 13-team field at the Marilynn Smith Sunflower Invitational in Kansas, Oct. 5-6, in its last outing.
- On the strength of its start to the fall, Longwood has risen to No. 105 in the NCAA Division I Rankings, which is second in the Big South. The Lancers have jumped each season in the rankings under head coach
Megan Weaver.
- Longwood's win at the Tribe Invitational was the program's first since it won the 2012 C&F Bank Intercollegiate at the Kingsmill River Course in Williamsburg.
- Sophomore Avery Nordman led Longwood for the second-straight tournament, finishing 10th at 224 (+11) in the Marilynn Smith Sunflower Invitational. She posted a 12th-place showing at the Pirate Collegiate Classic with a career-best 2-under 214. Nordman earned Big South Golfer of the Week honors for her performance in Greenville.
- At the Pirate Collegiate Classic, Longwood rewrote the record book, setting two school records during the tournament. The Lancers fired a school-record 2-under 286 in the third and final round. In total, Longwood established a new 54-hole school record behind a 4-over 868.
- Junior Madison Lehr was named the Big South Golfer of the Week after winning the Tribe Invitational to open the fall season. Lehr posted a career-best 2-under 214 at hte event.
