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2019 Jim West
10/19/2019 2:31:00 PM | Women's Golf
One of the nation's premier college golf tournaments to be held at the Kissing Tree Golf Course in San Marcos, Texas.
LAS VEGAS (UNLVRebels.com) - The UNLV women's golf team will be back in action Sunday-Monday, Oct. 20-21, at the Jim West Challenge, hosted by Texas State at the Kissing Tree Golf Club (par 72, 6,033 yards) in San Marcos, Texas.
THE FIELD: The tournament features 15 teams: Florida State, Houston, Kansas State, Memphis, Miami (Fla.), Mississippi, Missouri, Notre Dame, Oklahoma, TCU, Texas A&M, Texas State, Texas Tech, UNLV and UTSA.
THE FORMAT:Â The two-day, 54-hole stroke-play event will consist of two rounds totaling 36 holes on Sunday and a final round of 18 holes on Monday. Teams will play five players with the low four scores each day counted for the team total. Tee times will begin at 8:30 a.m. CT both days.
THE LINEUP: Competing for UNLV will be junior sophomore Veronica Joels, freshman Elina Saksa, junior Samantha Fuller, sophomore Nastasia Kossacky and junior Cathy Liu.
LAST TIME OUT: This will be UNLV's third tournament of the fall season. In its last outing, the Rebels finished 13th at the Betsy Rawls Invitational, hosted by Texas, with Joels leading the way individually, tying for 11th.
LAST YEAR'S JWC: TCU won last year's event by a shot at 11-under, while Florida State's Frida Kinhult earned medalist honors by five shots at 14-under. UNLV's top finisher was Polly Mack, who tied for 12th at 2-under.Â
LIVE SCORING:Â Live scoring of the tournament will be available courtesy of Golfstat with a link found at UNLVRebels.com.
NOTABLE:
• UNLV has a new look with just three returners from last year's roster. Six new faces have joined the 2019-20 squad.
• Prior to the 2018-19 season, UNLV had won three straight Mountain West titles and made a NCAA postseason appearance in 16 consecutive years.
• Head coach Amy Bush-Herzer is in her ninth year at the helm of the program. She has led her team to a conference championship four times.
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THE FIELD: The tournament features 15 teams: Florida State, Houston, Kansas State, Memphis, Miami (Fla.), Mississippi, Missouri, Notre Dame, Oklahoma, TCU, Texas A&M, Texas State, Texas Tech, UNLV and UTSA.
THE FORMAT:Â The two-day, 54-hole stroke-play event will consist of two rounds totaling 36 holes on Sunday and a final round of 18 holes on Monday. Teams will play five players with the low four scores each day counted for the team total. Tee times will begin at 8:30 a.m. CT both days.
THE LINEUP: Competing for UNLV will be junior sophomore Veronica Joels, freshman Elina Saksa, junior Samantha Fuller, sophomore Nastasia Kossacky and junior Cathy Liu.
LAST TIME OUT: This will be UNLV's third tournament of the fall season. In its last outing, the Rebels finished 13th at the Betsy Rawls Invitational, hosted by Texas, with Joels leading the way individually, tying for 11th.
LAST YEAR'S JWC: TCU won last year's event by a shot at 11-under, while Florida State's Frida Kinhult earned medalist honors by five shots at 14-under. UNLV's top finisher was Polly Mack, who tied for 12th at 2-under.Â
LIVE SCORING:Â Live scoring of the tournament will be available courtesy of Golfstat with a link found at UNLVRebels.com.
NOTABLE:
• UNLV has a new look with just three returners from last year's roster. Six new faces have joined the 2019-20 squad.
• Prior to the 2018-19 season, UNLV had won three straight Mountain West titles and made a NCAA postseason appearance in 16 consecutive years.
• Head coach Amy Bush-Herzer is in her ninth year at the helm of the program. She has led her team to a conference championship four times.
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