PENSACOLA, Fla. – The 39th-ranked UWF women's golf team will open play at the 2024 Gulf South Conference Championships on Monday morning. The Argonauts will be the third seed in the field and paired with No. 15 Lee and No. 30 Montevallo, with the first of those groups starting on No. 10 at 10:10 a.m. Eastern time.
 
The women's tournament is being played in Valdosta, Georgia at Kinderlou Forest Golf Club. The course will play to a par 72 and a length of 5,962 yards.

UWF has an adjusted stroke average of 306.2 stroke average over 23 rounds in eight events this season.
 
UWF GSC HISTORY:
* The Argonauts have won a league-record 11 conference championships, including the 2022 event by one shot over Lee. The Argonauts overcame a 9-shot deficit in the final round, clinching the title on a 12-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole by Alegria Lopez.
* The 9-shot deficit is the largest overcome to win in GSC tournament history. UWF's previous title came in similar fashion as the 2016 team climbed out of an 8-shot hole on the last day. The 2014 title for the Argos came in the form of a 6-stroke comeback over Lee.
* UWF has won titles in 2004, 2006-10, 2012-16, finished as the runner-up three times and third three times. The Argos finished fourth a year ago.
* Alia Scotka is the defending champion after establishing a championship record with a 69-72-71=212, 4-under-par. She broke the previous record held by former UWF All-America Paloma Vaccaro of 214 in 2018. Scotka is looking to become just the fourth 2-time winner in league history and the second to go back-to-back.
* Current UWF graduate assistant coach Solange Gomez won the title two years ago with a 2-stroke victory over teammate Alegria Lopez. 
* A UWF player has won the individual title 10 times in the previous 18 championships, with Natalia Espinosa (2008 & 2010) and Camila Sevillano (2012 & 2013) winning twice.
 
NCAA REGIONAL RANKING:
* Based on the Scoreboard by Clippd national ranking order, UWF is No. 18 in the South Super Region Rankings. The conference champions from the GSC, Sunshine State, Peach Belt and South Atlantic Conferences will earn automatic bids to the regional, with the top eight teams earning at-large bids. The NCAA Regional will be May 6-8 at Cleveland Country Club in Cleveland, Tennessee.
  
2024 UWF Lineup (in rank order)
Millie Thompson
So., Gillingham, England
2024: 77.1 stroke average over 20 rounds … Has three top-25 finishes and two top-10s … 247 National Rank; 116 Regional Rank; 16 GSC Rank … 2-time GSC Golfer of Week.
GSC Championship History
First appearance

Kenzie Heba
Jr., St. Augustine, Fla.
2024: 77.9 stroke average over 23 rounds … 3 top 25 finishes … 76.8 stroke average in the Spring (12 rounds) … Regional Rank 133; National Rank 296.
GSC Championship History
2023 – 77-81-73=231, 17th

Isabela Yu Lee
So., Quito, Ecuador
2024: 79.64 stroke average in 11 rounds at four events … Six rounds in the 70s, including her last five … UWF's top finisher at the Lady Moc 2.0 with a 76-74-77=227 where she tied for 32nd.
GSC Championship History
First appearance
  
Alia Scotka
Jr., Niceville, Fla.
2024: 75.7 stroke average over 17 rounds … Has 2 top-10 finishes … Had low rounds of 69 at the Emerald Coast Collegiate and a 72 at the Lady Moc Classic … 164 National Rank; 76 Regional Rank; 7 GSC Rank.
GSC Championship History
2022 – 75-83-72=230, t-11th
2023 – 69-72-71=212, 1st
  
Kate Kenthack
Sr., Pinehurst, N.C.
2024: 77.3 stroke average over 23 rounds … 3 top 25 finishes and a season-best 73-67-73=213 at the Savannah Lakes Invitational where she tied for 1st place … National Rank 210; Regional Rank 97; GSC Rank 11.
GSC Championship History
2023 – 78-79-76=233, 19th