Women’s Golf Preview: Rebel Beach Invitational [Feb. 18-19]

Fresno State Women's Golf - Tournament #5 (Spring Tournament #1)
Tournament: Rebel Beach Invitational
Format: Stroke play/54 holes/5-count-4 (36/Monday)
Co-Hosts: Long Beach State/UNLV
Dates: Feb. 18-19 (Mon.-Tue.)
Golf Course: Spanish Trail Golf Club (par 72, 6,355 yards)
Location: Las Vegas, Nev.
Live Scoring: BirdieFire.com

Fresno State Lineup:
1. Brigitte Thibault
2. Jessica Hall
3. Harriet Lynch
4. Kelsi Stieler
5. Kristin Simonsen

Participants-16:
Co-Host – Long Beach State (100)
Co-Host – UNLV (91)
Arizona (10)
BYU (93)
Charlotte (61)
Colorado (46)
Colorado State (73)
Fresno State (99)
Nevada (102)
New Mexico (85)
New Mexico State (106)
Northern Arizona (136)
Oregon (39)
San Jose State (33)
UC Irvine (160)
Virginia (17)

(All numbers in parenthesis indicate Golfstat rankings of the teams as of Feb. 12, 2019)

Schedule of Events:
Sunday, Feb. 17 – Practice round
Monday, Feb. 18 – First and Second Rounds; shotgun start, 8 a.m. PT
Tuesday, Feb. 19 – Final Round; shotgun start, 8 a.m. PT

Season Flashback:
• Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invitational (Sept. 10-11)
Team Finish - 16/16 (917), Low Individual - Brigitte Thibault, T-33rd (221)
• Johnie Imes Invitational (Oct. 1-3)
Team Finish - runner-up, 2/13 (875), Low Individual(s) - Kristin Simonsen and Jessica Hall, T-6th (217)
• Aggie Invitational (Oct. 8-10)
Team Finish - 3/16 (890), Low Individual - Brigitte Thibault, T-10th (220)
• Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown (Oct. 21-23)
Team Finish – 7/17 (864), Low Individual – Brigitte Thibault, 2nd (205)

Notes:

The women's golf season is set to resume on Monday following a 118 day gap between the final round of the fall season and the start of the spring. The Bulldogs competed in four tournaments prior to the winter break and are scheduled for five more tournaments before the Mountain West Championship (April 15-17).
Fresno State's top finish during the fall season was second place at the Johnie Imes Invitational, hosted by Missouri.
Fresno State was ranked No. 99 of 265 teams nationally in the most recent Golfstat poll released on Feb. 12.
The Bulldogs closed out the fall portion of their 2018-19 season with a bang behind a record-setting performance by Brigitte Thibault at the Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown. The sophomore tied the program's three round low (205) and carded the second-best single round score in program history (66).
Freshman Jessica Hall fired a single round season-best 67 in the final round of the LVCS.
Thibault and Hall both had career-best finishes at the LVCS. Thibault placed second while Hall placed seventh.
The trio of Thibault, Hall and Kristin Simonsen appeared in all four tournaments during the fall. Those three are each set to be in the lineup to open the spring slate.
Thibault led the team with a 72.00 scoring average over 12 rounds in the fall. Hall was just behind owning a 72.92 average over 12 rounds.
The Rebel Beach Invitational is an event co-hosted by UNLV and Long Beach State in Las Vegas at Spanish Trail Golf Club.
Weather at the Rebel Beach Invitational on Monday (High 47F, Low 30F) is forecasted to have a zero percent chance of rain and 10-20 winds; Tuesday (High 46F, Low 28F) is forecasted to have a zero percent chance of rain and 10-20 winds.

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Women’s Golf Preview: Rebel Beach Invitational [Feb. 18-19]

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