BROKEN ARROW, Okla. - The Florida Gulf Coast University women's golf team heads to Oklahoma this week for the Route 66 Invitational Honoring Dale McNamara, hosted by Tulsa. The Eagles join a 16-team field at the Golf Club of Oklahoma for 54 holes on Monday and Tuesday, Oct. 19-20.
 
Play on the par-72, 6,337-yard layout opens with 36 holes Monday after an 8:30 a.m. shotgun start, and the final 18 holes are Tuesday.
 
Joining FGCU in the field are Cal Poly, Coastal Carolina, Colorado State, Georgia, Georgia Southern, Gonzaga, Iowa, Montana State, No. 37 North Florida, Oral Roberts, Rutgers, Seattle U, Texas A&M, Tulsa and Wisconsin. Sydney Deal, Gia Culler-Guerra, Sarah Hyten, Charlene Lamb and Annie Yost make up the Eagles' lineup, and Ann Burel will compete as an individual. FGCU plays alongside Gonzaga, Georgia and Cal Poly on day one.

Live stats will be available through Scoreboard.
 
Deal returns to the Route 66 Invitational after leading the Eagles there a season ago. She tied for 11th at 2-over and recorded 15 birdies, tied for the most in the field. Yost also played the event last fall and tied for 42nd.
 
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FGCU placed 10th at the Fighting Irish Classic at Warren Golf Course in South Bend, Ind. The Eagles posted a 54-hole total of 904 (+52) and finished one shot behind ninth-place Furman.
 
Deal led the Eagles. She tied for 18th at 222 (+9) on rounds of 69-75-78, and her opening 69 was FGCU's low round of the tournament. Yost and Hyten tied for 37th at 228 (+15). Yost carded the Eagles' low round of the final day with a 75, and Hyten's nine birdies tied for the sixth most in the field. Culler-Guerra tied for 51st at 232 (+19), and Lamb tied for 54th at 233 (+20).
 
The Eagles close the fall slate at the Pat Bradley Invitational, hosted by FIU, at Miami Lakes Golf Club in Miami, Fla., on Oct. 26-27.
 
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