Oct. 3, 2003
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STORYLINE: The UNLV women's golf team heads out for the third time this year for the Edean Ihlanfeldt Invitational in Redmond, Wash., on Oct. 6-8. The tournament carries a standard format of three 18-hole rounds, with one round played daily at the Sahalee Country Club (Par 72--5,712 Yards). The Rebels make their first appearance at the Ihlanfeldt, their third of five fall tournaments.
ABOUT UNLV: The Rebels return four starters and eight letterwinners from last season's NCAA Regional-qualifying team. UNLV began the 2003-04 campaign in improbable fashion, winning the Northwest Invite in Sunriver, Ore., by 12 strokes over TCU. Sunny Oh, who held a share of the lead after two rounds, tied for third and was joined in the top 10 by Hwanhee Lee and Seema Sadekar. In its second outing of the year, UNLV tied for seventh at the Dick McGuire Invitational.
THE IHLANFELDT: The Rebels head to the Northwest to play in the prestigious tournament for the first time in their three-year history. Southern California won last year's tourney crown at the Tacoma Country Club behind the stellar play of All-American Mikaela Parmlid, who won a one-hole playoff to claim medalist honors.
THE FIELD: The University of Washington hosts a talented 16-team field consisting of the best teams in the West: Arizona, Arizona State, BYU, California, Long Beach State, Nevada-Reno, Oregon, Oregon State, San Francisco, Southern California, Stanford, Washington State, UCLA and UNLV.
THE LINEUP: The Rebels' five-player lineup for the Edean Ihlanfeldt Invitational will be Elena Kurokawa, Hwanhee Lee, Tina Mabanta, Sunny Oh and Seema Sadekar.
HEAD COACH Missy Ringler: UNLV women's golf head coach Missy Ringler is in her second year at UNLV. The Bloomington, Ind., native guided the Rebels to their first postseason appearance last season, sent a player to the national championship and produced the school's first All-American in the sport. An All-Big Eight golfer at Iowa State from 1990-95, Ringler spent three years as the head coach at the University of Minnesota before taking over the UNLV program in its second year. She and her husband, Lance, welcomed their new son, Landon, on January 11, 2003.
