Spartans Back in Action at Tar Heel Invitational

Friday, October 15

Chapel Hill, N.C. (UNC Finley Golf Course)

Michigan State University

Ruth's Chris Tar Heel Invitational

Photo by: Justin Naro

10/14/2021 2:47:00 PM | Women's Golf

East Lansing, Mich. – Michigan State's women's golf team will be looking to defend its 2019 team title at the UNC Tar Heel Invitational when the Spartans tee off on Friday morning, Oct. 15. The three-day, 54-hole event will be held at the UNC Finley Golf Course in Chapel Hill, N.C. and features an 18-team field with five of the top-25 ranked teams in the country and 14 teams among the top-60 overall.
This is the first time the event has been held since MSU posted a 12-under par 852 to hold off Alabama by one stroke in 2019.

Date: Friday, Oct. 15 - Sunday, Oct. 17
Course: UNC Finley Golf Course
Live Scoring: Golfstat
Par/Yardage: 72 / 6,457 yards
Format: Stroke play, 54 holes, play five, count four
Schedule: Friday – Round 1; Saturday – Round 2; Sunday – Round 3 (all with 8:30 a.m. shotgun starts)

THE LINEUP
1. Valery Plata (Sr., Floridablanca, Colombia / Colegio La Quinta del Puente)
2. Brooke Biermann (Fr., Wildwood, Mo. / Lafayette)
3. Valentina Rossi (So., Rosario, Argentina)
4. Leila Raines (So., Galena, Ohio / Olentangy Berlin)
5. Nina Rissi (Jr., Barcelona, Spain)
IND. Haylin Harris (Sr., Carmel, Ind. / Carmel)

THE TAR HEEL CLASSIC FIELD
Michigan State, Alabama, No. 6 Michigan, Clemson, No. 12 Duke, Furman, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi State, North Carolina (host), North Carolina State, UNC Wilmington, Ohio State, SMU, Rollins College, Vanderbilt, No. 24 Virginia Tech, No. 13 Wake Forest.

LAST TIME OUT
Michigan State finished in 12th place among 15 teams at the Windy City Collegiate Classic with a 54-hole score of 58-over par 922 (304-308-310). Senior Valery Plata tied for 14th place at 8-over par 224 and freshman Brooke Biermann tied for 19th place at 9-over par 225.

TAR HEEL INVITATIONAL HISTORY
Michigan State has a strong history at the Tar Heel Invitational as the Spartans are making their 12th consecutive appearance in the tournament. The Spartans have won the event twice, most recently in 2019 (the last time it was played), when Plata took home medalist honors with an 11-under par 205, the second-lowest 54-hole score in program history. MSU also won the event in 2009. In 2011, Caroline Powers set a then school-record 8-under-par 208 to finish second, while Sarah Burnham finished as the runner-up in 2015. Paz Marfa Sans set a tournament record with an 8-under-par 64 in the second round in 2017.