LUBBOCK, Texas – The No. 25 Texas Tech women’s golfing crew will open up its spring slate Sunday early morning when the Red Raiders tee off at the Columbia Classic hosted at the Duran Golf Club just exterior of Orlando, Florida.

The two-day, 54-gap function is the very first of seven tournaments this spring for the Pink Raiders, who took on a complicated fall with a few top-five finishes, together with a 3rd-spot showing at the Blessings Collegiate in October. Tech started out its time with a runner-up finish at the Sam Golden Invitational hosted by North Texas.

The Purple Raiders will be the next-optimum rated faculty in the 15-crew subject, trailing only Massive 12 counterpart Oklahoma Point out, which is at No. 2 in the hottest Golfweek Journal poll. The subject also includes numerous probable NCAA Regional contributors in No. 26 Virginia Tech, No. 29 Ga, No. 32 Illinois, No. 36 Purdue and No. 39 Iowa State as properly as a slew of Ivy League schools these kinds of as Dartmouth, Yale, Princeton and host Columbia.

Texas Tech will send out 3 freshmen to Florida as part of its lineup as Chiara Horder, Libby Fleming and Chelsea Romas all certified for the event alongside reigning Significant 12 personal winner Gala Dumez, a sophomore, and senior veteran Amy Taylor. Junior Cecilie Nielsen will also participate as an unique but will not contribute to the workforce score.  

Taylor led the Red Raiders with a 71.5 stroke normal about five gatherings this slide, edging Dumez and her 71.8 clip for the group small. Dumez experienced a team-leading two top rated-5 finishes, although, finishing tied for fourth at both equally the Blessings Collegiate and the Jim West Problem.

Horder and Romas, in the meantime, confirmed they could each contend at a significant stage all over the drop, finishing with a stroke regular in close proximity to par at 72.8 and 73.8, respectively. This will be the collegiate debut for Fleming, a San Diego native who joined the Crimson Raiders this slide just after a stellar substantial university job in California.

The Crimson Raiders are slated to open up the event with a 7:15 a.m. CT shotgun start out Sunday morning. Dwell scoring will be offered during the tournament at Golfstat.com.

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