OREM, Utah – After taking the winter months off, the Utah Valley University women's golf team will return to action on Monday and Tuesday, Feb. 11-12, at UC Riverside's Battle at the Rock in Riverside, California.
The two-day, 54-hole tournament will be contested at Oak Quarry Golf Club in Riverside. Two rounds and 36 holes of action will be contested on Monday, while the final 18 will be played on Tuesday. Action will begin with a shotgun start at 8:30 a.m. MT/7:30 a.m. PT each day. Live scoring for the tournament will be available by visiting GolfStat.com.
A total of 16 teams are slated to take part in the Battle of the Rock in UVU, host UCR, WAC foes California Baptist, CSU Bakersfield, Grand Canyon, as well as USC, Boise State, Cal Poly, CSUN, Gonzaga, Hawaii, Montana, Montana State, Nevada, Santa Clara and Wyoming.
The tournament will mark UVU's first of the spring and the first since late October when it took part at the Little Rock Women's Golf Classic in Hot Springs Village, Arkansas. There, the Wolverines posted a seventh-place finish out of 16 teams with a total of 49-over-par 913 (305-311-297).
Junior
Kaylee Shimizu led the way for UVU at the Little Rock Women's Golf Classic by tying for 10th with a 6-over-par 222. Shimizu posted scores of 71, 74 and 77. The 71 was the best score of her collegiate career. Freshman
Nathalie Irlbacher too had a strong outing by firing a season-low 2-under 70 during the tournament's final round en route to tying for 23rd with a 13-over 229.
Senior Carly Dehlin, Shimizu, junior transfer
Kate Williamson, Irlbacher and sophomore
Keila Baladad are all slated to take part at Battle of the Rock for the Wolverines, while senior
Ana Raga is scheduled to participate as an individual.
On the season, Dehlin leads Utah Valley with a 74.58 scoring average and a fourth-place finish under her belt. Irlbacher is next with a 75.75 clip, while Shimizu holds a 76.08 average.
Following the tournament, UVU will head to Phoenix on Feb. 23-24 to take part the GCU Invitational at Grand Canyon University Golf Course.
