EVANSVILLE, Ind.—For the sixth straight year, the University of Southern Indiana women's golf team will host the Screaming Eagles' Golf Classic at the Cambridge Golf Course, located south of the Hwy. 41 and I-64 intersection.
The 15th annual tournament will be played Sunday and Monday and features 15 teams, including nine GLVC schools as well as two squads.
Joining USI from the GLVC is Bellarmine University, Drury University, the University of Indianapolis, Kentucky Wesleyan College, Lewis University, Maryville University, the University of Missouri-St. Louis, and Northern Kentucky University.
Other teams competing include California University-Pennsylvania, Concord University (W.V.), John A. Logan College, Lindenwood University, Ohio Dominican University, and Rend Lake College.
Of the 15 teams in the tournament, six are either ranked or receiving votes in the Golf World/NGCA Coaches' Top 25 Poll. While Indianapolis (10), California-Pennsylvania (13), and Drury (21) are among the top 25, USI, Lewis and Northern Kentucky are all receiving votes.
Indianapolis, the two-time defending GLVC champions, won the team title for the second straight season last fall. The Greyhounds shot a 623 after setting the course record in 2008 with a 604.
USI, which graduated its top three players from the 2009-10 campaign, enters its home tournament after coming off a tough season-opening outing at the Drury Fall Shootout. The Eagles finished with a two-day total of 677, but were 17 strokes better on the second-day of competition when they recorded a 330.
The tournament begins with USI teeing off at 10 a.m., while Monday's closing round is a shotgun start beginning at 8:30 a.m.