OREM, Utah – The Utah Valley University women's golf team will head to Hawaii this week to take part in the University of Hawai'i's Anuenue Spring Break Classic Thursday to Saturday, March 21-23, at Waikoloa Resort Kings' Golf Course in Waikoloa.
The three-day, 54-hole event will be held on the Island of Hawai'i and will begin with a shotgun start at 11:30 a.m. MT/7:30 a.m. HT each day. A single round of 18 holes will be contested each day and live scoring will be available by visiting
GolfStat.com.
A total of eight teams will participate in the three-day event. Besides the host Rainbow Wahine and the Wolverines, No. 59 Oklahoma State, Arkansas State, Georgia Southern, Hawai'i Pacific, Osaka Gakuin and Towson will all vie for the tournament title.
UVU will enter the event off of a 14th-place finish at the BYU at Entrada Classic in St. George on March 11-12. The Wolverines carded a 59-over-par 923 (313-307-303) on its way to posting the 14th-place finish.
Senior
Carly Dehlin Hirsch led the way for UVU by tying for 28th with a 9-over-par 225. After carding an 81 in the tournament's opening round on March 11, Dehlin Hirsch responded by firing a 1-under-par 71 in round number two and capped off her solid tournament with a 1-over-par 73 in round three on March 12. The Wolverine senior recorded a total of nine birdies at the 54-hole event and one eagle with her first career ace on the 170-yard par-3 eighth-hole with a six iron on Monday afternoon.
With the 28th-place finish at BYU at Entrada, Dehlin Hirsch has now led the way for UVU in four of team's seven events on the season.
Dehlin Hirsch, fellow senior
Ana Raga, freshman
Nathalie Irlbacher and and Hawai'i natives
Kaylee Shimizu and
Keila Baladad will all compete for the Wolverines at the tournament.
Dehlin Hirsch leads UVU on the season with a 74.57 scoring average while Shimizu is right behind her with a 75. 62 clip.
Following the event, Utah Valley will return to the mainland to take part at the Fresno State Classic April 1-2 at Copper River Country Club in Fresno, California.
