Feb. 20, 2004
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STORYLINE: The No. 26 UNLV women's golf team opens the spring portion of its 2004 schedule at the Wildcat Invitational this weekend. The tournament will be played at the Arizona National Golf Club (Par 71, 6,238 Yards) in Tucson, Ariz., from Feb. 23-25. It will follow a standard 54-hole format, with 18 holes to be played on each of the three days.
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. Throughout the rest of the fall, UNLV has held its own with some stellar competition and boasts a 44-26-3 head-to-head record this year.
THE WILDCAT INVITATIONAL: The Rebels return to the Wildcat Invitational for the second year. Last season, UNLV opened spring play in Tucson with an 11th place finish. Elena Kurokawa led the Rebels, tying for 15th place overall.
THE FIELD: A talented 14-team field will compete in Tucson, including eight teams ranked in the top 25 of the Golfweek/Sagarin Performance Index. The University of Arizona hosts: Arizona State, California, New Mexico State, North Texas, Northern Arizona, Ohio State, Pepperdine, San Diego State, Stanford, Tennessee, UCLA, Vanderbilt and UNLV.
THE LINEUP: The Rebels' five-player lineup for the Las Vegas Showdown will be Elena Kurokawa, Hwanhee Lee, Sunny Oh, Young Pak and Seema Sadekar. Additionally, Christine Hentzner will play as an individual
RESULTS: Live scoring and daily results can be found online at unlvrebels.com or golfstat.com.
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.
