FORT MYERS, Fla. - FGCU Women's Golf is set to wrap up the fall campaign at the Mercer Invitational starting Monday.

The two-day (Oct. 31-Nov. 1), 54-hole event will take place at the Brickyard in Macon, Georgia, a par 72 and a 6,174-yard course. Thirty-six holes of play are scheuled for Monday's opening action while the final 18 will occur on Tuesday.

Fifteen programs will compete in the Peach State, including three fellow ASUN members in Eastern Kentucky, Stetson and Jacksonville.

Lousiane Gauthier, Anna Claire Bridge, Posie Farrelly (Lutz, Fla.), Grace Rigby-Walden (England) and Leonie Wulfers round out the Eagle starting five. Gabriella Vetter (Punta Gorda, Fla.) will compete as an individual for the Green and Blue. The Eagles will tee off Monday starting at 9 a.m. on holes 14-17.

Last time out, FGCU finished eighth at the Little Rock White Sands Invitational down in the Bahamas. The Green and Blue battled and closed with its lowest round (302) of the event on the final day, improving by 15 strokes. Gauthier (Uruguay) led all Eagles to finish tied for 27th (232).

FGCU holds a 299.78 average score through three fall events with a low round of 284.

Gauither paces all Eagles in round average this fall, 74.63 through nine rounds. Teammate Wulfers (Germany) has carded a team-leading three at or under par rounds with a season-best finish of T9th.

Bridge (Collierville, Tenn.) has added an individual title and a ASUN Women's Golfer of the Week award to her resume this fall. Bridge is also the only Eagle to post a round in the 60s this season.

MERCER INVITATIONAL
Oct. 31-Nov. 1
Brickyard
Par 72, 6,174 yards
Macon, Georgia
Hosted by Mercer

TEAMS
Daytona St. College
Eastern Kentucky
FGCU
FIU
Georgia State
Jacksonville
Lamar
Mercer
Morehead State
Samford
Seminole State
Stetson
Troy
UTEP
Wofford

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COACH SYKORA
After a highly successful decade leading Barry University, Shannon Sykora was named the FGCU women's golf head coach on June 16, 2022. During his career with Barry, the Buccaneers won the 2017 NCAA Division II National Title, while finishing runner-up in 2014 and placing third in 2013 and 2022. Sykora led Barry to 28 tournament wins in his decade as head coach including four Division I tournament victories. He has produced five WGCA All-America First Team selections, nine WGCA Scholar All-Americans, one honorable mention All-American, the 2013 NCAA Division II Individual National Champion, and the only D-II player to compete in the inaugural Augusta Women's Amateur.

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ABOUT FGCU
FGCU teams have combined to win an incredible 92 conference regular season and tournament titles in just 15 seasons at the Division I level. Additionally, in just 11 seasons of D-I postseason eligibility, the Eagles have had a combined 45 teams or individuals compete in NCAA championships. In 2022, the men's golf team became the first program to earn at at-large berth to the NCAA Tournament. Eight FGCU programs have earned a top-25 national ranking in their respective sport - including women's basketball (No. 20, 2021-22), beach volleyball (No. 20, 2022) and both men's soccer (2018, 2019) and women's soccer (2018) as four of the most recent. In 2016-17, the Green and Blue posted a department-best sixth-place finish in the DI-AAA Learfield Directors' Cup and top-100 showing nationally, ahead of several Power-5 and FBS institutions. In 2018-19, the Eagles had an ASUN and state of Florida best seven teams earn the NCAA's Public Recognition Award for their Academic Progress Rate in their sport. FGCU also collectively earned a record 3.50 GPA in the classroom in the fall 2020 semester and has outperformed the general University undergraduate population for 26 consecutive semesters. The past five semesters (Fall 2019 – Spring 2022) saw another milestone reached as all 15 programs achieved a 3.0-or-higher cumulative team GPA. The Eagles also served an all-time high 7,200 volunteer hours in 2017 - being recognized as one of two runners-up for the inaugural NACDA Community Service Award presented by the Fiesta Bowl.