San Antonio - The Trinity Tigers women's golf team, led by Head Coach and Director of Golf Carla Spenkoch, will compete in the five-team Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Championship April 21-22 in Boerne, Texas.

The Tapatio Springs Hill Country Resort & Spa Golf Course will serve as the site of the two-round stroke-play event.  The Tigers open play at 8:40 a.m. on Monday morning.  Check out more details at the SCAC Championships page.

Trinity is ranked 13th in the NCAA Division III by Golfstat. Southwestern University holds a No. 17 ranking, while Schreiner University is 23rd. Centenary College stands at No. 39, and Texas Lutheran rounds out the field at No. 90.

Last year, the Tigers finished in second place at the SCAC Championship held at Shreveport, Louisiana. Trinity posted its best finish since the 2005 season. Southwestern won the event by four strokes over the Tigers, who made up eight strokes from the opening round.

Trinity sophomore Brigette Lee posted the low score of the individual tournament. Lee, then a first-year student-athlete, was named the SCAC Women's Golf Player of the Year. She was also selected as the SCAC Women's Golf Freshman of the Year, becoming just the second player in conference history to win both awards in one season. Lee was Trinity's lone representative on the All-SCAC First Team, as well.

Four Tiger players earned All-SCAC Second Team honors, including junior Alessa Hutter (tied for seventh place) and sophomore Madeline Moran (tied for 10th place).

Hutter and Lee were among four Trinity players named as Women's Golf Coaches Association Division III All-American Scholars.

The Tigers began this season by finishing fifth at the UMHB Lady Cru Fall Invitational at Temple, Texas. Christine Campbell, one of four first-year golfers on the team, jumped from an eighth-place slot to finish third in the event. First-year Hanna Niner, playing as an individual, finished in a tie for ninth place.

Trinity produced a respectable sixth-place finish at the 17-team Golfweek Division III Fall Invitational Tournament at Destin, Florida. The Tigers were just five strokes behind defending NCAA champion Mary Hardin-Baylor. Campbell captured eighth place, and Niner finished in a tie for 21st. Lee tied for the No. 36 position. while Moran was in a tie for 42nd place.

Trinity placed fourth at its Alamo City Classic in Spring Branch, Texas. Hutter, competing as an individual, came in tied for ninth place, while Campbell stood alone in the No. 13 position.

The next tournament, the Schreiner Spring Shootout at Kerrville, Texas, was an improvement for the Tigers, as Trinity finished in third place. Niner held the No. 3 line, and Lee tied for 12th place. Campbell finished at No. 17, and Hutter came in at No. 24. First-year Yanina Soudaly, playing as an individual, improved her score by 16 strokes and wrapped up the tournament at No. 29.

In the spring, the Tigers traveled to Jekyll Island, Georgia, to compete in the prestigious Jekyll Island Women's Collegiate Invitational. Trinity finished the three-round event in seventh place, among 20 teams. Niner had Trinity's best finish, at No. 6, and Lee tied for 23rd place among some 120 golfers.

Georgetown, Texas, was the setting for the West Region Invitational, where the Tigers placed fifth. Campbell tied for 20th place, Niner finished in a tie for the No. 26 slot, Lee tied for 30th, and Hutter was in a tie for the No. 34 position.

Trinity won the inaugural SCAC Women's Golf Championship in 1995, and has finished as runner-up on five occasions (1996, 1998, 2004, 2005, 2013).