April 18, 2006
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REBELS TO DEFEND TITLES
UNLV opens postseason play at the Mountain West Conference Championships this Thursday in St. George, Utah, and the Rebel will be looking for their third-straight title. This year's championship will be held at Entrada at Snow Canyon and it is a par-71, 6,199-yard course. Only two teams have won the MWC title, with New Mexico winning the first four championships and UNLV claiming the last two.
THE FIELD
All seven MWC teams that compete in golf will be at the tournament, and they include BYU, Colorado State, New Mexico, San Diego State, TCU, UNLV and Wyoming.
THE REBEL LINEUP
Seema Sadekar, Jr.Da Sol Chung, Fr.Elena Kurokawa, Sr.Grace Woo, Fr.Young Pak, Sr.
FOLLOW THE TOURNAMENT LIVE
Fans can follow the Rebels at the Mountain West Conference Championships live by going to www.golfstatresults.com and clicking on the tournament link for up-to-the minute results.
THE 2005 MWC CHAMPIONSHIP
UNLV won its second-straight Mountain West Conference Championship last year, with Elena Kurokawa leading the way by capturing medalist honors. The Rebels finished with a team score of 898 (+46), two strokes ahead of New Mexico 900 (+48) at the Meadows Golf Club in Sunriver, Ore. Kurokawa finished with a three-round total of 214 (+1) as she won her first career tournament. Seema Sadekar finished sixth and Hwanhee Lee came in eighth.
REBEL RANKING
The UNLV women's golf team is currently ranked 12th in the country in Golfweek's latest rankings. The highest ranking for the Rebels this season has been eighth, marking the first time in the Rebels' history that the program had been in the top 10.
GOLFWEEK'S TOP 151 Duke2 UCLA3 Arizona State4 Georgia5 Auburn6 Southern California7 Purdue8 Pepperdine9 Arkansas10 Wake Forest11 Tennessee12 UNLV13 Cal14 Texas A&M15 Vanderbilt
REBEL INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS17. Da Sol Chung66. Seema Sadekar80. Elena Kurokawa81. Grace Woo
THE LAST REBEL TOURNAMENT
The third time was the charm for UNLV women's golfer Seema Sadekar, who earned her first career medalist honors at the BYU Dixie Classic on Wednesday after finishing second the past two years at the tournament. Sadekar helped the Rebels win their fourth-straight classic, with this one coming on the par-72, 6,151-yard Entrada at Snow Canyon course. Sadekar, the first round leader, finished the 54-hole tournament with a total of 223 (70-77-76, +7), becoming the first Rebel golfer to win individual honors at a tournament this year. Sadekar helped spur a comeback by No. 12 UNLV, which entered the final round down 11 strokes to New Mexico, as the Rebels made up the ground and finished with a team score of 922 (301-316-305, +58). It was the second victory in three tournaments for UNLV, which won its own invite three weeks ago at Boulder Creek Golf Club, and it is the eighth tournament title overall for the Rebel program. Da Sol Chung tied for 2nd, Elena Kurokawa finished tied for 14th and Grace Woo tied for 23rd for the Rebels.
