LAS VEGAS (UNLVRebels.com) - After a busy March, UNLV Women's Golf had a couple weeks off to prepare for its last regular season tournament of the 2016-17 campaign as the team heads to Tempe, Ariz., for Arizona's State's PING/ASU Tournament, April 7-9, at ASU's Karsten Golf Course. Fourteen teams will compete at the three-day competition, including three in Golfstat's top-25 rankings, with one round played per day.
The Rebels will be back in a regular tournament setting after competing in San Diego State's March Mayhem match play tournament March 20 & 21 in San Diego - their only match play competition of the year and the first one since playing in the same tournament in the spring of 2015. Seeded eighth, UNLV was paired with ninth-seed Old Dominion in the opening round match. The two teams played to a 2.5 tie with Old Dominion moving on courtesy of the tiebreaker. In the next match, the Rebels downed 16th-seed Yale 3-2, before dropping their third round match 4-1 to California. Anticipated rain for the final day resulted in the third and fourth rounds behind played on day two, with the Rebels falling to Washington State 3-1 to finish in 12th overall.
The Scarlet & Gray will hope to fine tune their game in Tempe as it is the last time they will compete before the Mountain West Championships. The 54-hole tournament will take place on a par-72 6,223 yard course, with Friday's and Saturday's first and second rounds beginning at 8 a.m. PT and Sunday's final round set to tee off at 7:30 a.m. PT.
REBELS RANKINGS IN THE MOUNTAIN WEST: The Rebels have stayed steady in the top spot of the conference leaderboard with a 292.86 scoring average and a 5.43 scoring average against par. They also still own the lowest single round score in the conference this year with a 279, which came in the second round of the Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown in October. Individually, UNLV has four players ranked in the top-11 in the Mountain West, with Raim up to third in scoring average with a 72.67, followed by Kaui in seventh with a 73.71, Prior in eighth with a 73.76 and Dubsky in 11th at 74.17.
THE LINEUP: The UNLV lineup in Tempe will be junior
Mackenzie Raim, seniors
Alexandra Kaui and
Harley Dubsky and soophomores
Elizabeth Prior and
Alyssa Getty. Freshman
Alli Kim will be competing as an indiviual.
TEE TIMES:
Friday, April 7: 8 a.m. PT (18 holes)
Saturday, April 8: 8 a.m. PT (18 holes)
Sunday, April 9: 7:30 a.m. (18 holes)
THE FIELD: Including the No. 38 Rebels and tournament host No. 4 Arizona State, the field contains a total of 14 teams, including three in Golfstat's top-25. The teams are as follows: No. 4 Arizona State, No. 17 Arizona, No. 20 Baylor, Kansas State, Kentucky, LSU, Missouri, Northern Arizona, New Mexico, Oregon State, San Diego State, SMU, UNLV and Washington. The highest ranked individual player in the tournament is Arizona's Haley Moore, who is currently eighth in the country according to Golfstat.
LIVE SCORING: Live scoring is available at golfstat.com.
