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CEDAR CITY, Utah - Southern Utah University women's golf will compete at the Wyoming Cowgirl Desert Intercollegiate on Saturday and Sunday. The event will be played in Palm Desert, Calif. at the Classic Club and will mark the third of four fall tournaments for the Thunderbirds this season.
The field will be made up of 16 schools, including Wyoming, Cal Poly, CSU-Bakersfield, CS Northridge, College of Charleston, Grand Canyon, Hawaii, Montana State, New Mexico State, Northern Arizona, Sacramento State, San Jose State, Santa Clara, UC Riverside and William & Mary.
The tournament will be played over three rounds with two on Saturday and one on Sunday.
The Course
The Classic Club - 6,112 yards - par 72
The Coach
Richard Church (Utah '89) is in his 15th season as head golf coach and his 20th on the staff at Southern Utah. Prior to taking over the program from former Coach John Evans, Church spent four seasons as the Thunderbirds' assistant coach. During his tenure on the SUU staff, Church has coached five academic all-Americans, one Mid-Continent Conference medalist, two Mid-Con runner-ups and the University's only two NCAA post-season competitors in golf. He is the only women's golf coach in SUU history.
Last Time at Desert Intercollegiate
PALM DESERT, Calif., Oct. 13, 2013 – Junior Monica Jung shot 3-over par 75 on Sunday to finish tied for fifth to lead Southern Utah's women's golf team to a 13th place finish at Wyoming's 20-team Cowgirl Desert Intercollegiate golf tournament. The tournament was held at the par 72, 6,112-yard Classic Club.
Jung, who shot 3-under par 69 to share the opening-round lead, followed with a round of 78 Saturday afternoon and Sunday's 75 to come in at 6-over par 222 and tied with Colorado State's Emily Roering. They finished nine shots off the pace of Cal Poly's Taylor Yoshitake and Cal State Northridge's Clarice Guce, who tied for first place.
Freshman Taylor Viquelia, who also carded a 75 on Sunday, was second among Thunderbirds, in 36th place at 17-over 233, with Nicole Thomas 57th at 238, Rynae Baca 85th at 246 and Carly Parsons 108th at 283.
SUU finished 30 shots behind team champion Cal State Fullerton and three shots back of 12th-place Seattle but was the top finisher among the seven Big Sky teams in the field. The Thunderbirds finished two shots ahead of 15th-place Eastern Washington, which was followed by Montana (943), Northern Arizona (949), Weber State (966), Northern Colorado (978) and Montana State (980).
