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College season goes 'Down Under'
The World Amateur Team Championship starting this week in Australia have the college season running in place for a few days. Several teams, particularly on the women's side of things, have open spots on their schedules as their top players compete for their countries.
Here's a look at just who is "on leave" this week, participating in the Women's WATC at Grange GC in Adelaide, Australia in hopes of winning the Espirito Santo Trophy. Arizona State has five players 'Down Under', while Oklahoma State has three and California, Purdue, USC, UCLA and UNLV each have two.
Argentina
Martina Gavier, Kent State
Austria
Stefanie Endstrasser, USC
Bermuda
Ebonie Burgess, Bethune Cookman
Canada
Maude-Aimee LeBlanc, Purdue
Stephanie Sherlock, Denver
Chile
Macarena Silva, Florida State
Colombia
Maria Jose Uribe, UCLA
Juliana Murcia, Arizona State
Denmark
Therese Koelbaek, UNLV
England
Jodi Ewart, New Mexico
Germany
Pia Halbig, California
Thea Hoffmeister, Purdue
Caroline Masson, Oklahoma State
Italy
Giulia Molinaro, Arizona State*
Mexico
Diana Cantu, Tennessee
Alejandra Llaneza, Arizona
New Zealand
Cathryn Bristow, Oregon
Natasha Krishna, UNLV
Norway
Rachel Raastad, TCU
Amalie Valle, LSU
Puerto Rico
Lydia Benitez Colon, Michigan
Scotland
Krystle Caithness, Georgia
Roseanne Niven, California
Slovakia
Victoria Tomko, Central Florida
South Africa
Iliska Verwey, Georgia State
Spain
Carlota Ciganda, Arizona State*
Belen Mozo, USC
Azahara Munoz, Arizona State
Sweden
Caroline Hedwall, Oklahoma State
Anna Nordqvist, Arizona State
Pernilla Lindberg, Oklahoma State
United States
Amanda Blumenherst, Duke
Tiffany Joh, UCLA
** starts playing in January*