MOREHEAD, Ky. – After competing for a tournament championship its last time out at the Kiawah Island Classic—the largest collegiate tournament field in the country—Morehead State women's golf enters its next event as a first-time participant.

Scheduled to play in the event last season before the Covid-19 pandemic cancelled the remainder of the spring season, Morehead State's appearance in the 2020-21 Spring Break Shootout field marks the program's first.

The Eagles enter off an 18th-place finish in a 41-team field at the Kiawah Island Classic as the Eagles claimed one top-50 finisher with two more knocking on the door in the 210-player field. Olivia Hensley led Morehead State by tying for 46th while MacKenzie Neal and Gypsie Hutchinson nearly cracked the top-50, tying for 51st.

Play at the Spring Break Shootout begins Monday at Lake Jovita Golf & Country Club in Dade City, Fla.

TOURNAMENT INFORMATION
Course: Lake Jovita Golf & Country Club – South Course (Dade City, Fla.)
Yardage (Par): 6056 yards (71)
Teams (15): Akron, Ball State, Bowling Green, Daytona State College, Florida Gulf Coast, Georgia State, Loyola Chicago, Morehead State, North Florida, Oakland, Ohio, Seminole State College, Toledo, Troy, Western Kentucky

TOURNAMENT LINEUP
1. MacKenzie Neal (So., Richmond, Ky.)
2. Olivia Hensley (Fr., Ashland, Ky.)
3. Bridget Connolly (R-Sr., Auckland, New Zealand)
4. Gypsie Hutchinson (5th, Lexington, Ky.)
5. Hailey Rietz (So., Rancho Cordova, Calif.)

LAST TIME OUT
Morehead State (297-304-320-921) – 18th
Olivia Hensley (76-73-79-228) – t-46th
MacKenzie Neal (75-73-81-229) – t-51st
Gypsie Hutchinson (71-80-78-229) t-51st
Bridget Connolly (75-78-82-235) – t-100th
Hailey Rietz (85-89-84-258) – t-200th

NOTABLE

• Olivia Hensley concluded the Kiawah Island Classic tied for tenth in the field in Par-5 scoring, finishing three-under for the tournament on Par-5s, averaging 4.77 strokes per Par-5. It marks the second time in as many events to start her career that she has finished in the top-10 in a tournament field in Par-5 scoring.
• In Sunday's opening round, Hensley also carded one of 24 total eagles at the Kiawah Island Classic, doing so on the Kiawah Island Golf Resort – Cougar Point's Par-5 ninth hole. Her eagle is the first for an Eagle since MacKenzie Neal's hole-in-one at the Mid-American Challenge on Feb. 3, 2020.
• Carding 38 total pars this week, Neal tied for ninth in the Kiawah Island Classic field in pars. The event marks the second-consecutive in which she's finished top-10 in the field in pars, carding 79 total pars this season.
• Gypsie Hutchinson paced Morehead State in Par-4 Scoring at the Kiawah Island Classic, finishing three-over for the tournament in Par-4s, tying for seventh in the field. Neal who tied for 19th at six-over on Par-4s joined her in the top-20 in the field.
• Hutchinson's opening-round 71 marked the third-lowest round for an Eagle this season while being the third individual round below par for the team this season. Hensley's second-round 73 tied for the lowest round of her young career.