TALLAHASSEE, Fla.- Texas A&M's women's golf team heads to the Florida State Match-Up for their first tournament of the spring season, February 9-11. The 12-team, 54-hole tournament is held on the par 72/6,212-yard Don Veller Seminole Golf Club.
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The Aggies compete against No. 7 South Carolina, No. 13 Michigan State, No. 16 Virginia, Coastal Carolina, Columbia, Kentucky, Minnesota, Missouri, Notre Dame, Princeton and hosts Florida State.
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Texas A&M senior Maddie Szeryk is looking to continue her success at the event, as she won the 2016 version of the event, and finished second in the 2017 tournament.
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In addition to the traditional format where team and individual champions are crowned, each school is paired up with another competing school for the Match-Up portion of the event. The Match-Up portion of the event counts the best four scores from the paired up teams, along with the highest score among the 10 players. Texas A&M and Florida State have won the match-up portion for each of the past three seasons, and are paired up again for the 2018 tournament.
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Szeryk, Courtney Dow, Amber Park, Chloe Velasco and Elizabeth Caldarelli make up the lineup for Texas A&M, with Ariana Saenz competing as an individual.
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Live scoring for the tournament is available on golfstat.com.
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Coaches' Friendship Creates Match-Up Pairing
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This is the sixth edition of the Florida State Match-Up, and the sixth time that Texas A&M and hosts Florida State have been paired together in the match-up portion, due to the friendship between Texas A&M head coach Trelle McCombs and Florida State head coach Amy Bond.
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Bond and McCombs have been friends for over a decade, starting when Bond, then an assistant at Florida State, brought the Seminoles to a tournament McCombs was hosting at Augusta State.
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"We just kind of hit it off then," said McCombs. "A lot of people don't understand our relationship, because she's so quiet and I'm usually the vocal one. It's just a special friendship."
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The tournament, which is one of the best of the early spring season, gives the two friends an opportunity to catch up off the course between rounds.
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"We will probably go to dinner once or twice while we're in Tallahassee," said McCombs. "Friday is my birthday, Amy, [Texas A&M assistant & Trelle's husband] John and I will probably go to an oyster house."
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On the course, the Match-Up gives Texas A&M a great chance to prepare for the postseason, with a competitive field on a track that the Aggies could see again in May.
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"They're also hosting one of the regional sites this year, which gives us an opportunity to see the course, if we're chosen to the Tallahassee site," said McCombs. "It's a really good field. You've got a good mix of teams from the ACC, Big Ten and SEC."
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"We've been fortunate to win the Match-Up the past several years, but I really want the spear," said McCombs of the trophy given to the overall team champion. "It's hand-made in Florida, and it would be so cool to hang on the wall."
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The Aggies compete against No. 7 South Carolina, No. 13 Michigan State, No. 16 Virginia, Coastal Carolina, Columbia, Kentucky, Minnesota, Missouri, Notre Dame, Princeton and hosts Florida State.
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Texas A&M senior Maddie Szeryk is looking to continue her success at the event, as she won the 2016 version of the event, and finished second in the 2017 tournament.
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In addition to the traditional format where team and individual champions are crowned, each school is paired up with another competing school for the Match-Up portion of the event. The Match-Up portion of the event counts the best four scores from the paired up teams, along with the highest score among the 10 players. Texas A&M and Florida State have won the match-up portion for each of the past three seasons, and are paired up again for the 2018 tournament.
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Szeryk, Courtney Dow, Amber Park, Chloe Velasco and Elizabeth Caldarelli make up the lineup for Texas A&M, with Ariana Saenz competing as an individual.
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Live scoring for the tournament is available on golfstat.com.
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Coaches' Friendship Creates Match-Up Pairing
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This is the sixth edition of the Florida State Match-Up, and the sixth time that Texas A&M and hosts Florida State have been paired together in the match-up portion, due to the friendship between Texas A&M head coach Trelle McCombs and Florida State head coach Amy Bond.
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Bond and McCombs have been friends for over a decade, starting when Bond, then an assistant at Florida State, brought the Seminoles to a tournament McCombs was hosting at Augusta State.
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"We just kind of hit it off then," said McCombs. "A lot of people don't understand our relationship, because she's so quiet and I'm usually the vocal one. It's just a special friendship."
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The tournament, which is one of the best of the early spring season, gives the two friends an opportunity to catch up off the course between rounds.
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"We will probably go to dinner once or twice while we're in Tallahassee," said McCombs. "Friday is my birthday, Amy, [Texas A&M assistant & Trelle's husband] John and I will probably go to an oyster house."
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On the course, the Match-Up gives Texas A&M a great chance to prepare for the postseason, with a competitive field on a track that the Aggies could see again in May.
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"They're also hosting one of the regional sites this year, which gives us an opportunity to see the course, if we're chosen to the Tallahassee site," said McCombs. "It's a really good field. You've got a good mix of teams from the ACC, Big Ten and SEC."
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"We've been fortunate to win the Match-Up the past several years, but I really want the spear," said McCombs of the trophy given to the overall team champion. "It's hand-made in Florida, and it would be so cool to hang on the wall."