LAS VEGAS (UNLVRebels.com) - The UNLV women's golf team will be back in Tucson this weekend for Kansas State's Mountain View Invitational, its third tournament in the state of Arizona in the last two weeks. The three-day event will take place at the Par 72 6,354 yard course at The Preserve Golf Club in Tucson, March 19-21. Tee times begin at 8 a.m. PT on Friday.
The Rebels are coming off their best team performance of the season at ASU's Clover Up tournament last weekend where they carded a 3-over 867 to finish in third. It was the lowest team three-round score of the spring and included a team single-round season low of 5-under 283 in the first round. Two Rebels finished in the top 10, with sophomore
Elina Saksa tying for fifth at 6-under 210 and senior
Samantha Fuller tying for 10th at 3-under 213. A couple weeks after shooting a 67, Saksa set a new single-round career low with a 6-under 66 the first round at ASU, while her 6-under for the tournament was also a career low for a 54-hole score.
After the weekend in Tucson, UNLV will have a couple weeks off before its next tournament, the Silverado Showdown hosted by Oregon which is set for April 5-7.
THE FIELD: The 2021 Mountain View Invitational field includes Kansas State, Baylor, Florida International, Fresno State, Houston, Iowa State, North Texas, Oklahoma State, San Jose State, Southern Miss, Texas, Tulane, Tulsa and UNLV.
THE LINEUP: The UNLV lineup at the invite will be sophomore
Elina Saksa, senior
Samantha Fuller, junior
Veronica Joels, freshman
Madeleine Laux and freshman
Gracie Olkowski.
TEE TIMES:
Friday, March 19: All five Rebels will tee off beginning at 9:00 a.m. PT
Saturday, March 20: Tee times begin 8:00 a.m. PT
Sunday, March 21: Tee times begin 8:00 a.m. PT
LIVE SCORING: Live scoring will be available on Golfstat at http://results.golfstat.com/public/leaderboards/gsnav.cfm?pg=participants&tid=21018