OREM, Utah – After taking the majority of the winter months off, the Utah Valley University women's golf team will return to action on Monday and Tuesday, Feb. 10-11, at UC Riverside's Battle at the Rock.
The two-day, 54-hole event will be contested at Oak Quarry Golf Club in Riverside, California. The tournament will consist of two rounds of competition on Monday, as well as one on Tuesday. Action will begin each morning at 8:30 a.m. MT/7:30 a.m. PT with a shotgun start. Live scoring will be available throughout the duration of the event by visiting GolfStat.com.
A total of 17 teams are expected to take part at the Battle at the Rock. Besides the Wolverines and the host UCR Highlanders, Boise State, California Baptist, Cal Poly, CSU Bakersfield, CSUN, Cal State Fullerton, Grand Canyon, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, Northern Colorado, Santa Clara, Southern Illinois, UC Davis, and Wyoming are set to take part at the event.
LAST TIME OUT
The 2020 Battle at the Rock will mark UVU's first competition since late October when it posted a 13th-place finish out of 17 teams at the Little Rock Women's Golf Classic. Senior
Kaylee Shimizu led Utah Valley by placing 14th on the player leaderboard with a 4-over-par 220 (71-75-74). Shimizu leads the team on the season with four top-25 finishes.
Sophomore
Nathalie Irlbacher was next by tying for 39th with an 11-over-par 227 (74-76-77).
UTAH VALLEY'S LINEUP
Irlbacher, juniors
Keila Baladad and
Bailey Henley, and freshmen
Victoria Estrada and
Lauren Taylor will make up UVU's field of five at the Battle at the Rock.
SEASON LEADERS
Shimizu leads the Wolverines on the season with a 73.87 scoring average, while Irlbacher is next with a 74.60 clip.
ON DECK FOR UVU
The Battle at the Rock will mark UVU's first of five regular season spring events. The GCU Invitational will take place on Feb. 22-23 in Phoenix, followed by the BYU at Entrada Classic on March 9-10 in St. George, Utah, Hawaii's Anuenue Spring Break Classic on March 23-25 in Lahaina, Hawaii, the Fresno State Classic on March 30-31 in Fresno, California, and the Bobcat Desert Classic on April 13-14 in Goodyear, Arizona. The 2020 WAC Championship will then be held April 26-28 at Riverhill Country Club in Kerrville, Texas.
