SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – After having UC Riverside's Battle of the Rock cancelled to open the spring season last week, the Utah Valley University women's golf team scheduled a last-minute Dual in the Desert against Portland State on Thursday at Talking Stick Golf Resort in Scottsdale, Arizona. 
 
The Vikings claimed the tightly contested 18-hole dual match 6 ½ to 5 ½. 
 
The dual featured a Ryder Cup-style format with six holes each of foursomes, fourball and individual matches. 
 
The first six holes of foursomes, or alternate shot, ended in a tie at 1 ½ to 1 ½. Each team won a match and the third was a tie. UVU won the four-ball segment, 2-1 to have 3 ½ to 2 ½ lead going into the individual matches. 
 
PSU took the individual matches, 4-2, on the final six holes to claim the dual.
 
Match 1:
Kaylee Shimizu and Keila Baladad (lost first six, won second six) vs. Valerie Hernandez and McKenna Vanko 
Individual
Valerie Hernandez (PSU) won 2-up over Kaylee Shimizu
Keila Baladad (UVU) won 1-up over McKenna Vanko
 
Match 2:
Victoria Estrada and Lauren Taylor (tie first six, lost second six) Jasmine Cabajar and Iliana Telles 
Individual
Jasmine Cabajar (PSU) won 1-up over Victoria Estrada
Lauren Taylor (UVU) won 3 and 2 over Iliana Telles
 
Match 3:
Kate Williamson, Bailey Henley, and Nathalie Irlbacher (won first six, won second six) Windy Huang and Katie Harris) 
Individual
Windy Huang (PSU) won 2-up over Nathalie Irlbacher
Katie Harris (PSU) won 2-up over Bailey Henley 
 
The Wolverines will now stay in Arizona to take part at the GCU Invitational on Saturday and Sunday at Grand Canyon University Golf Course in Phoenix.