The Southern Invitational
February 20-21, 2023
Cypress Spring, Texas (Cypresswood Golf Club)
From the Tee Box
•   St. Mary's will take place in the newly formed The Southern Invitational, hosted by Central Oklahoma in Cypress Spring, Texas. The Rattlers will be one of 12 teams in the field and one of four Lone Star Conference teams, along with Midwestern State, UT Tyler and West Texas A&M.
•   The lineup for the tournament will be Rebecca Reed (1), Estelle Beck (2), Libby Kilbride (3), Orla O'Leary (4) and Jordyn Wray (5).
•   The Rattlers are coming off a third-place finish at the Jack Brown Memorial Tournament in the first invitational of the spring. Senior Rebecca Reed placed fourth, while both Estelle Beck and Libby Kilbride tied for 11th. It is the fourth-straight year the Rattlers have finished either third or fourth in Laredo.
•   St. Mary's wrapped up the fall at the annual Nick Turner Invitational, hosted by Fort Lewis in Albuquerque. The Rattlers won the 15 team field with a two-day total of 595. The title is the first for the Rattlers since May 3-5, 2021 when they won the NCAA West Regional. Senior Estelle Beck was the top individual, finishing third with a 146.
•   During the fall semester, the women's golf team posted a combined 3.97 GPA to lead all sports at St. Mary's.
•   Senior Rebecca Reed was named the St. Mary's University 2022 Outstanding Student in Marketing in October and finished her bachelor's degree in December.
•   Senior Rebecca Reed is currently tied for fifth in St. Mary's history with 14 rounds shooting par or better. Fellow senior Estelle Beck is right behind Reed, ranked sixth with seven and Jordyn Wray is 10th on the list with four rounds.
•   Rattlers golfers have tallied nine rounds of par of better so far this season, led by senior Rebecca Reed's five, while Libby Kilbride has two and Estelle Beck and Jordyn Wray each have one.
•   After tying the St. Mary's school record for lowest 54-hole tournament record at 210, senior Rebecca Reed was named the Lone Star Conference Golfer of Week. Reed tied for fourth place at the DBU Women's Classic, tying graduate assistant coach Sofia Ruescas for the StMU record. Ruescas shot her 210 at the 2021 NCAA West Regional.
