Rebels Begin Play In SEC/PAC-12 Challenge Friday

Oct. 20, 2011

OXFORD, Miss. - After a one month layoff since an impressive fifth place finish at the Golfweek Conference Challenge, the Ole Miss women's golf team will return to action Oct. 21-23 for the Mercedes-Benz SEC/PAC-12 Challenge in Knoxville, Tenn.

Among the 23-team field, consisting of every SEC and PAC-12 program, are 15 top-25 teams, including No. 1 UCLA, No. 2 Auburn, No. 4 LSU, No. 6 Alabama, No. 7 Vanderbilt, No. 8 Arizona State, No. 9 Washington, and No. 10 Southern California.

"The SEC/PAC-12 Challenge is a prestigious event," said Ole Miss head coach Michele Drinkard. "This is a fun event for both conferences. With more than half of the field ranked inside the top-25, this will be one of the toughest tournaments on our schedule."

The Rebels finished in a tie for 15th place in last year's event, hosted by Stanford. UCLA won the team championship.

The tournament will take place at a course that is familiar to Ole Miss-the Holston Hills Country Club.

The Rebels took part in the Mercedes-Benz Championship last year at the Knoxville course, finishing in fourth. Natalie Gleadall fired a career-best 207 on the course to end in a tie for first place before falling on the first playoff hole.

Gleadall leads the Rebels with a 73.10 stroke average per-round this season. The senior is coming off of a second place finish at the Golfweek Conference Challenge-the fourth top-five placement of her career.

Junior Haley Sanders and senior Haley Millsap have each notched one top-20 finish this season.

Also competing for the Rebels will be junior Ericka Schneider and freshman Taelor Rubin.

Fans can follow the action with live scoring at www.OleMissSports.com.

The University of Mississippi Athletics

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