The Lady Tigers will look to bounce back at the Ruth’s Chris Tar Heel Invitational in Chapel Hill, N.C., at 8 a.m. Friday, concluding the three-round tournament Sunday.

LSU hasn’t gotten much rest since it tied for 14th place at the Liz Murphey Fall Preview last weekend, where the lineup shot a 39-over-par 903 to end the tournament.

Even with the poor overall finish at the Fall Preview, a bright spot lit the path for potential     success at the squad’s upcoming competition.

“I feel like last week we got better every round,” LSU Coach Karen Bahnsen said. “That’s the goal, to continue to get better. We’re just trying to build everything when we compete so we can be stronger in April and May. Everything we do to this point is to build us up and make us stronger for later this season.”

Junior Lindsay Gahm finished at a career-best even-par for the tournament, finishing tied for fifth place overall.

Regardless of the outcome, Bahnsen was impressed with what she saw on the course.

Though Bahnsen is confident in her team’s chances this weekend, she said it still has room for improvement.

“Three of our five starters are new girls,” Bahnsen said. “They’ve moved up every single day. We wanted to work on our short game and on making more putts. We wanted to start having confidence and believing in ourselves.”

The Lady Tigers will send juniors Gahm and Ali Lucas, sophomore Madelene Sagstrom and freshmen Nadine Dreher and Elise Bradley to the course this weekend.

Bahnsen has confidence in her two top performers, Gahm and Sagstrom. Sagstrom played well at the Fall Preview, where she shot a 3-over 219 for the tournament.

Bahnsen is looking for better performances from her younger players.

“Lindsay Gahm and Madelene Sagstrom are the two leaders on our team,” Bahnsen said. “I’m expecting big things out of them, and now we’re just looking for the younger [golfers] to step up.”