Fresno State Athletics
Sunday, October 22
Las Vegas, Nev. (Boulder Creek Golf Club)
Sunday, Oct. 22 - Tuesday, Oct. 24
Fresno State
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Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown
Photo by: Keith Kountz
Women’s Golf Preview: Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown (Oct. 22-24)
10/20/2017 11:00:00 AM | Women's Golf
The Bulldogs tee off their fourth tournament of the fall Sunday at noon
Fresno State Women's Golf - Tournament #4
Tournament: Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown
Format: Stroke play/54 holes/5-count-4 (18/day)
Host: UNLV
Dates: Oct. 22-24 (Sun.-Tue.)
Golf Course: Boulder Creek Golf Club-Desert Hawk & Coyote Run Courses (par 72, 6,343 yards)
Location: Boulder City, Nev.
Live Scoring: BirdieFire.com
Fresno State Lineup:
1. Mimi Ho
2. Emma Larsson
3. Brigitte Thibault
4. Samantha Spencer
5. Alison Muirhead
Individual: Kelsi Stieler
Participants-17:
Host – UNLV (35)
Colorado State (109)
Gonzaga (226)
Fresno State (70)
Idaho (104)
Long Beach State (98)
Missouri (65)
Nebraska (95)
Nevada (137)
New Mexico (43)
New Mexico State (73)
Northern Arizona (144)
Oral Roberts (93)
Portland State (103)
San Jose State (83)
South Dakota State (156)
UC Riverside (106)
(All numbers in parenthesis indicate the team's ranking by GolfStat, as of October 18, 2017)
Schedule of Events:
Saturday, Oct. 21 – Practice round
Sunday, Oct. 22 – First Round; shotgun start, 12 p.m. PT
Monday, Oct. 23 – Second Round; shotgun start, 8 a.m. PT
Tuesday, Oct. 24 – Final Round; shotgun start, 8 a.m. PT
Season Flashback:
• Sept. 11-12: Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invitational
Team finish – T-14/18 (897); Low individual – Mimi Ho, T-33 (221)
• Sept. 26-27: Coeur d'Alene Resort Collegiate Invitational
Team finish – 4/18 (860); Low individual – Mimi Ho, T-4 (210)
• Oct. 6-7: Bettie Lou Evans Invitational
Team finish – 8/16 (912); Low individual – Mimi Ho, T-15 (222)
Notes:
• Fresno State was ranked No. 70 of 265 teams nationally in the first Golfstat.com poll of 2017 (Oct. 18).
• Fresno State's Mimi Ho was ranked No. 140 nationally in the first Golfstat.com individual rankings of 2017 (Oct. 18).
• This year's trip to the Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown marks the seventh consecutive season that the Bulldogs will have played at UNLV's annual event.
• Fresno State's top finish at UNLV's event is ninth, in 2014.
• Despite finishing 14th (of 19) in 2015, Fresno State set the program record for the 54-hole tournament low with a 12-under-par 852. The team also set the record for its lowest single round (round 3) with a 9-under-par 279.
• Mimi Ho is the lone 'Dog that competed in the 2016 edition of the LVCS that is returning in 2017 – she placed tied for 65th, firing a 3-over-par 147.
• Mimi Ho's single-round career-low 67 was set at the 2015 LV Collegiate Showdown.
• The 2016 edition of the LV Collegiate Showdown was limited to 36 holes due to weather. The Bulldogs secured a 10th place finish by firing a final round 7-under-par 281.
• Ho, who has been the 'Dogs top finisher in each of the first three tournaments, leads Fresno State with a 72.56 average score over nine rounds.
• Of the Bulldogs three true freshmen, Emma Larsson is leading the way with a 74.33 scoring average over her first six rounds of golf.
• Brigitte Thibault owns the lowest single round by any Bulldog, 68, so far this season.
• Weather at the Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown on Sunday (High 81F, Low 58F) is forecasted to have a zero percent chance of rain and 5-10 winds; Monday (High 88F, Low 62F) is forecasted to have a zero percent chance of rain and 10-20 winds; Tuesday (High 86F, Low 59F) is forecasted to have a zero percent chance of rain and 10-15 winds.
LV Collegiate Tournament History:
• Baylor won the event in 2016. The Bears fired a 25-under-par 551.
• Amy Lee of Baylor was the individual medalist a season ago, carding a 9-under-par 135.
• Gudrun Bjorgvinsdottir posted the Bulldogs' individual low in 2016, a 4-under-par 140.
"Just the Ticket to Build Our Community" – Follow the team on social media on Twitter at @FresnoStateWG or on its Facebook Page – Fresno State Women's Golf Team.
Tournament: Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown
Format: Stroke play/54 holes/5-count-4 (18/day)
Host: UNLV
Dates: Oct. 22-24 (Sun.-Tue.)
Golf Course: Boulder Creek Golf Club-Desert Hawk & Coyote Run Courses (par 72, 6,343 yards)
Location: Boulder City, Nev.
Live Scoring: BirdieFire.com
Fresno State Lineup:
1. Mimi Ho
2. Emma Larsson
3. Brigitte Thibault
4. Samantha Spencer
5. Alison Muirhead
Individual: Kelsi Stieler
Participants-17:
Host – UNLV (35)
Colorado State (109)
Gonzaga (226)
Fresno State (70)
Idaho (104)
Long Beach State (98)
Missouri (65)
Nebraska (95)
Nevada (137)
New Mexico (43)
New Mexico State (73)
Northern Arizona (144)
Oral Roberts (93)
Portland State (103)
San Jose State (83)
South Dakota State (156)
UC Riverside (106)
(All numbers in parenthesis indicate the team's ranking by GolfStat, as of October 18, 2017)
Schedule of Events:
Saturday, Oct. 21 – Practice round
Sunday, Oct. 22 – First Round; shotgun start, 12 p.m. PT
Monday, Oct. 23 – Second Round; shotgun start, 8 a.m. PT
Tuesday, Oct. 24 – Final Round; shotgun start, 8 a.m. PT
Season Flashback:
• Sept. 11-12: Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invitational
Team finish – T-14/18 (897); Low individual – Mimi Ho, T-33 (221)
• Sept. 26-27: Coeur d'Alene Resort Collegiate Invitational
Team finish – 4/18 (860); Low individual – Mimi Ho, T-4 (210)
• Oct. 6-7: Bettie Lou Evans Invitational
Team finish – 8/16 (912); Low individual – Mimi Ho, T-15 (222)
Notes:
• Fresno State was ranked No. 70 of 265 teams nationally in the first Golfstat.com poll of 2017 (Oct. 18).
• Fresno State's Mimi Ho was ranked No. 140 nationally in the first Golfstat.com individual rankings of 2017 (Oct. 18).
• This year's trip to the Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown marks the seventh consecutive season that the Bulldogs will have played at UNLV's annual event.
• Fresno State's top finish at UNLV's event is ninth, in 2014.
• Despite finishing 14th (of 19) in 2015, Fresno State set the program record for the 54-hole tournament low with a 12-under-par 852. The team also set the record for its lowest single round (round 3) with a 9-under-par 279.
• Mimi Ho is the lone 'Dog that competed in the 2016 edition of the LVCS that is returning in 2017 – she placed tied for 65th, firing a 3-over-par 147.
• Mimi Ho's single-round career-low 67 was set at the 2015 LV Collegiate Showdown.
• The 2016 edition of the LV Collegiate Showdown was limited to 36 holes due to weather. The Bulldogs secured a 10th place finish by firing a final round 7-under-par 281.
• Ho, who has been the 'Dogs top finisher in each of the first three tournaments, leads Fresno State with a 72.56 average score over nine rounds.
• Of the Bulldogs three true freshmen, Emma Larsson is leading the way with a 74.33 scoring average over her first six rounds of golf.
• Brigitte Thibault owns the lowest single round by any Bulldog, 68, so far this season.
• Weather at the Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown on Sunday (High 81F, Low 58F) is forecasted to have a zero percent chance of rain and 5-10 winds; Monday (High 88F, Low 62F) is forecasted to have a zero percent chance of rain and 10-20 winds; Tuesday (High 86F, Low 59F) is forecasted to have a zero percent chance of rain and 10-15 winds.
LV Collegiate Tournament History:
• Baylor won the event in 2016. The Bears fired a 25-under-par 551.
• Amy Lee of Baylor was the individual medalist a season ago, carding a 9-under-par 135.
• Gudrun Bjorgvinsdottir posted the Bulldogs' individual low in 2016, a 4-under-par 140.
"Just the Ticket to Build Our Community" – Follow the team on social media on Twitter at @FresnoStateWG or on its Facebook Page – Fresno State Women's Golf Team.
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