By Mike Lehman, TTU Sports Information

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee Tech women's golf team heads for familiar territory, competing in Eastern Kentucky's Colonel Classic for the seventh time in the past eight years. Play will take place at the University Club at Arlington on Monday and Tuesday.

COLONEL CLASSIC: Mar. 29-30, 2021 – 54 holes (36 Monday, 18 Tuesday), located at the par-72, 5,910-yard University Club at Arlington in Richmond, Ky. Play will begin Monday with a 7:30 a.m. CT shotgun start and wrap up with the final round set to begin at 8:00 a.m. on Tuesday.

GOLDEN EAGLE LINEUP: Competing for the Golden Eagles are senior Hannah Bratton, sophomore Elisabeth Toennessen, redshirt senior Arianna Clemmer, junior Heidi Lawson and freshman Ainsley Simms.

THE COMPETITION: The 14-team field consists of host Eastern Kentucky, as well as Akron, Ball State, Belmont, Butler, Cincinnati, Cleveland State, Dayton, Green Bay, Northern Illinois, Ohio, Purdue Fort Wayne, Tennessee Tech and Western Michigan.

THOUGHTS FROM ASSISTANT COACH AMANDA SMITH: "We are nearing the halfway point through the season and the ladies are starting to pull everything together. It's the small touch-ups with scoring and finishing we're still working on. Richmond is close to home and has a mix of conference teams in the field, so going in there with a confident attitude will give us an idea of where we stand."

Photo by Thomas Corhern, TTU Sports Information