Fresno State Athletics
Women's Golf Preview: MW Championships (April 18-20)
4/15/2016 12:00:00 AM | Women's Golf
By: Matt Burkholder
mburkholder@csufresno.edu
GoBulldogs.com
Fresno State Women's Golf - Tournament #11
Tournament: Mountain West Women's Golf Championship
Format: Stroke play/54 holes/5-count-4
Host: Mountain West
Dates: April 18-20
Golf Course: Dinah Shore Tournament Course at Mission Hills Country Club (Par 72, 6,291 yards)
Location: Rancho Mirage, Calif.
Live Scoring: Golfstat.com
Fresno State Lineup:
1. Gudrun Bjorgvinsdottir
2. Kristin Simonsen
3. Hannah Sodersten
4. Mimi Ho
5. Yifei Wang
Competing Schools (9):
No. 17 UNLV
No. 22 San Diego State
Boise State
Colorado State
Fresno State
Nevada
New Mexico
San Jose State
Wyoming
Schedule of Events:
Monday, April 18 - First Round; Tee times begin at 7 a.m. PT (9-minute intervals between groups)
Fresno State will tee off from 8:30-9:06 a.m. on Monday
Tuesday, April 19 - Second Round; Tee times begin at 7 a.m. PT (9-minute intervals between groups)
Wednesday, April 20 - Final Round; Tee times begin at 7 a.m. PT (9-minute intervals between groups)
2015 Champion: San Diego State (835, 17-under-par)
2015 Medalist: Kurt Kitayama, UNLV (202, 11-under-par)
Notes:
• There are nine Mountain West golf programs, and each are vying for the automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA postseason play at the Dinah Shore Tournament Course at Mission Hills Country Club.
• Golfstat.com ranks two Mountain West teams inside its top 25 (No. 17 UNLV, No. 22 San Diego State) while five others are in the top 100 (No. 52 New Mexico, No. 55 San Jose State, No. 68 Colorado State, No. 76 Fresno State, No. 96 Nevada). Rounding out the league, there are two others outside the top 100 (No. 102 Boise State, No. 136 Wyoming).
• Fresno State enters its fourth MW Championship golf tournament this week since joining the league. Its best finish is third, accomplished in 2013 and 2014, while finishing tied for seventh in 2015.
• As a freshman, Gudrun Bjorgvinsdottir won the MW Individual Championship at the Dinah Shore Tournament Course in 2014. She was the third Bulldog to claim an individual conference championship in program history - the prior two were achieved in the WAC (Laura Luethke-2008, Hali Coppin-2010).
• Fresno State has one team conference championship in its 11-year program history, won during the 2008 WAC conference tournament.
• Fresno State owns a team scoring average of 294.57 (6.86 vs. par), which is on pace for the Bulldogs best average in the program's 11-year history.
• Gudrun Bjorgvinsdottir leads the team with its best season scoring average at 73.21 (1.29 vs. par).
She is on pace to challenge Madchen Ly for the Bulldogs all-time best season scoring average, which was during the 2014-15 season at 73.29 (1.29 vs. par).
• Fresno State student athletes garnered Mountain West Golfer of the Week honors three times out of the five spring tournaments this season. Kristin Simonsen picked up the accolade on Feb. 17 following the Peg Barnard Invitational (74-73=147). Gudrun Bjorgvinsdottir was named MW Golfer of the Week on March 9 following the Bulldogs home-hosted Fresno State Classic (68-71=139) and on March 29 after the Dr. Donnis Thompson Invitational (76-72-72=220).
• Gudrun Bjorgvinsdottir has led the 'Dogs with its best individual tournament score over the last three events and placed inside the top 15 of the last four.
• Kristin Simonsen, who joined the Fresno State squad in January, has placed in the top 25 in each of the five spring tournaments and owns a 73.69 scoring average. The Bulldogs have used all 13 rounds she has carded towards the Bulldogs' team score in the 5-count-4 format.
• Hannah Sodersten owns four top 10 finishes and has finished in the top 25 in eight of the Bulldogs' 10 regular season tournaments during the 2015-16 season.
• Kristin Simonsen is ranked No. 152, Gudrun Bjorgvinsdottir is ranked No. 220 and Hannah Sodersten in ranked No. 226 in the latest Golfstat.com individual top 250 rankings, released April 13.
• Weather at the MW Championships on Monday (High 93F, Low 65F) is forecasted to be sunny with a zero percent chance of rain - winds east at 5-10 mph; Tuesday (High 96F, Low 66F) is forecasted to be sunny with a zero percent chance of rain - winds east northeast at 10-15 mph; Wednesday (High 98F, Low 66F) is forecasted to be sunny with a zero percent chance of rain - winds north at 5-10 mph.
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