THE FACTS: Gator Invitational

FIRST TEE — No. 26-ranked North Florida continues its spring tournament season this weekend with its annual appearance at the Gator Invitational in Gainesville, Fla. (Mark Bostick Golf Course)

THE FACTS - Sea Best Invitational

1. LAST TIME OUT: North Florida opened its spring campaign with a Top 5 finish against a competitive field in the Sea Best Invitational at TPC Sawgrass Dye's Valley Course | UNF finished 5th among the 14-team field paced by a trio of Top 20 individual performances | Sophomore Cody Carroll and redshirt senior Nick Infanti shared team honors with T12 finishes at even-par 210 while freshman Davis Lee joined among the leaders at T19 (211) | North Florida's top finisher was redshirt junior Michael Saccente, who played as an individual and earned a career best T10 showing at 1-under 209

2. COURSE REPORT: Mark Bostick Golf Course will be played with par 70, 6,701-yard layout for the Gator Invitational | North Florida is making its 27th overall and 21st consecutive appearance in the event | UNF has boasted Top 5 finishes in the Gator Invitational seven times program best runner-up showing in 2013

3. OSPREY LINE-UP: Senior Michael Mattiace (71.73) | Freshman Davis Lee (71.53) | Sophomore Cody Carroll (72.08) | Redshirt senior Nick Infanti (72.17) | Redshirt junior Michael Saccente (74.17) | The tournament consists of 36-holes of play Saturday (Feb. 15) followed by a final round of 18 holes Sunday (Feb. 16) | Saturday's opening day features a shotgun start at 8 a.m.

4. THE FIELD: Participating squads in the 15-team field include: #74 Coastal Carolina, #31 Florida, #94 Georgia Southern, Jacksonville, #29 Liberty, #70 Mississippi State, #86 Missouri, #73 Penn State, #39 UCF, #26 North Florida, #36 USF, Toledo, #19 Vanderbilt, #47 West Virginia, Wichita State (# indicates current Golfstat Top 100 ranking) | Field features 12 squads listed in Golfstat Top 100 including seven in Top 50 highlighted by Top-20 ranked Vandy

5. SCHROEDER SAYS...
"We are ready to get back on the course after a 10 day break. The Gator Invite presents different challenges then normal, so it will be important to be very disciplined on the course." - Head coach Scott Schroeder

Coming Up Next - After the Gator Invitational, North Florida's spring season continues Feb. 22-23 at the Seminole Intercollegiate in Tallahassee, Fla.

Live Stats
Live stats will be available on Golfstat.com

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Players Mentioned

Cody Carroll

Nick Infanti

Davis Lee

Michael Mattiace

Michael Saccente

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