Fresno State Athletics
Monday, April 15
Rancho Mirage, Calif. (Mission Hills Country Club)
Fresno State
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Mountain West Championships
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Fresno State Women's Golf - Tournament #10
Tournament: Mountain West Championship
Format: Stroke play/54 holes/5-count-4 (18/daily)
Host: Mountain West Conference
Dates: April 15-17 (Mon.-Wed.)
Golf Course: Mission Hills Country Club (par 72, 6,270 yards)
Location: Rancho Mirage, Calif.
Live Scoring: Golfstat.com
Fresno State Lineup:
1. Brigitte Thibault
2. Harriet Lynch
3. Kristin Simonsen
4. Jessica Hall
5. Dominika Gradecka
Participants-9:
Boise State (121)
Colorado State (90)
Fresno State (95)
Nevada (105)
New Mexico (92)
San Diego State (43)
San Jose State (27)
UNLV (76)
Wyoming (167)
(All numbers in parenthesis indicate the team's ranking by GolfStat as of April 9, 2019)
Schedule of Events:
Sunday, April 14 – Practice round
Monday, April 15 – First Round; tee times start at 7 a.m. PT
Tuesday, April 16 – Second Round; tee times start at 7 a.m. PT
Wednesday, April 17 – Final Round; tee times start at 7 a.m. PT
Fresno State 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)
• The Rebel Beach (Feb. 18-19)
Team Finish – 7/16 (919), Low Individual – Jessica Hall, 12th (223)
• Gold Rush (Feb. 25-26)
Team Finish – 13/15 (908), Low Individual – Brigitte Thibault, T-13th (220)
• Wildcat Invitational (March 11-12)
Team Finish – 14/17 (931), Low Individual – Brigitte Thibault, T-11th (223)
• Hawkeye El Tigre Invitational (March 21-23)
Team Finish – T2/12 (890), Low Individual – Brigitte Thibault, T-9th (220)
• Fresno State Classic (April 1-2)
Team Finish – 4/14 (880), Low Individual – Harriet Lynch, 5th (215)
Notes:
Last year at the Mountain West Championship:
Team Leaderboard in 2018
1. UNLV: 287-291-294=872 (+8)
2. San Diego State: 298-292-290=880 (+16)
3. Colorado State: 306-295-294=895 (+31)
4. New Mexico: 298-300-304=902 (+38)
5. Nevada: 302-295-306=903 (+39)
6. San Jose State: 300-315-295=910 (+46)
7. Fresno State: 295-309-309=913 (+49)
8. Wyoming: 307-305-315=927 (+63)
9. Boise State: 303-311-316=930 (+66)
Fresno State Leaderboard in 2018
T13. Mimi Ho: 71-75-76=222 (+6)
T21. Brigitte Thibault: 73-83-73=229 (+13)
T30. Alison Muirhead: 74-80-80=234 (+18)
T32. Samantha Spencer: 77-78-80=235 (+19)
T42. Dominika Gradecka: 80-76-87=243 (+27)
All-Time Mountain West Women's Golf Championship Results
Year: Team Champion/Individual Champion (School)
2018: UNLV/Milagros Chaves (San Diego State)
2017: UNLV/Fernanda Escauriza (San Diego State)
2016: UNLV/Alexandra Kaui (UNLV)
2015: San Diego State/Manon Mollé (New Mexico)
2014: New Mexico/Gudrun Bjorgvinsdottir (Fresno State)
2013: UNLV/Manon DeRoey (New Mexico)
*Fresno State joined conference to start the 2013 season*
2012: TCU/Sanna Nuutinen (TCU)
2011: TCU/Therese Koelbaek (UNLV)
2010: New Mexico /Jodi Ewart (New Mexico)
2009: New Mexico /Jonelle Martinez (Wyoming)
2008: New Mexico /Jodi Ewart (New Mexico)
2007: TCU/Jodi Ewart, (New Mexico)
2006: UNLV/Da Sol Chung (UNLV)
2005: UNLV/Elena Kurokawa (UNLV)
2004: UNLV/Sunny Oh (UNLV)
2003: New Mexico /Katrina Leckovic (New Mexico)
2002: New Mexico /Lynette Duran (Colorado State)
2001: New Mexico /Ryley Webb (New Mexico)
2000: New Mexico /Jordan Lintz (Wyoming)
"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: Mountain West Championship
Format: Stroke play/54 holes/5-count-4 (18/daily)
Host: Mountain West Conference
Dates: April 15-17 (Mon.-Wed.)
Golf Course: Mission Hills Country Club (par 72, 6,270 yards)
Location: Rancho Mirage, Calif.
Live Scoring: Golfstat.com
Fresno State Lineup:
1. Brigitte Thibault
2. Harriet Lynch
3. Kristin Simonsen
4. Jessica Hall
5. Dominika Gradecka
Participants-9:
Boise State (121)
Colorado State (90)
Fresno State (95)
Nevada (105)
New Mexico (92)
San Diego State (43)
San Jose State (27)
UNLV (76)
Wyoming (167)
(All numbers in parenthesis indicate the team's ranking by GolfStat as of April 9, 2019)
Schedule of Events:
Sunday, April 14 – Practice round
Monday, April 15 – First Round; tee times start at 7 a.m. PT
Tuesday, April 16 – Second Round; tee times start at 7 a.m. PT
Wednesday, April 17 – Final Round; tee times start at 7 a.m. PT
Fresno State 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)
• The Rebel Beach (Feb. 18-19)
Team Finish – 7/16 (919), Low Individual – Jessica Hall, 12th (223)
• Gold Rush (Feb. 25-26)
Team Finish – 13/15 (908), Low Individual – Brigitte Thibault, T-13th (220)
• Wildcat Invitational (March 11-12)
Team Finish – 14/17 (931), Low Individual – Brigitte Thibault, T-11th (223)
• Hawkeye El Tigre Invitational (March 21-23)
Team Finish – T2/12 (890), Low Individual – Brigitte Thibault, T-9th (220)
• Fresno State Classic (April 1-2)
Team Finish – 4/14 (880), Low Individual – Harriet Lynch, 5th (215)
Notes:
- There are nine Mountain West women's golf programs; each are vying for the automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA postseason at the Dinah Shore Tournament Course at Mission Hills Country Club, Monday thru Wednesday.
- Fresno State enters its seventh MW Championship golf tournament since joining the league. In the Bulldogs' six previous events, they have finished third three times (2016, 2014, 2013), fourth once (2017) and seventh twice (2015, 2018).
- Fresno State has one conference championship in program history (2008 WAC tournament), as a team, in 14 previous trips to a conference championship tournament.
- Fresno State has three individual conference champions in program history (Gudrun Bjorgvinsdottir-2014 (MW), Laura Luethke-2008 (WAC) and Hali Coppin-2010 (WAC)).
- Kristin Simonsen enters the championship owning the most experience in it despite missing the 2018 edition. In 2016 as a freshman she placed T-10th (224) and as a sophomore in 2017 she placed T-18th (226).
- Two of the five Bulldogs in the lineup for the MW Championship participated in the 2018 conference tournament – Brigitte Thibault (T-21st, 222) and Dominika Gradecka (T-42nd, 243).
- No. of years of experience at the Mountain West Championship: Simonsen (2), Gradecka (1), Thibault (1), Hall (0) and Lynch (0).
- The Bulldogs enter the championship ranked No. 95 by Golfstat, which places them as the sixth-highest ranked team entering the event.
- The Bulldogs own a 299.04 team scoring average (+11.04 vs. par) after nine tournaments and 27 rounds this season.
- Thibault enters the event with a team-best 73.00 scoring average. She has played in eight of nine tournaments for Fresno State this season (24 rounds). She missed the Fresno State Classic (April 1-2) due to being one of 72 individuals in the world to be invited to the Augusta Women's National Amateur.
- Thibault owns the team-lead for the most rounds scored in the 60's (4).
- Fresno State will have two true freshman in the lineup this week, Harriet Lynch and Jessica Hall. Last time out, Lynch led the Bulldogs with a fifth-place finish at the Fresno State Classic and Hall owns the team's second-lowest season scoring average (74.52).
- Lynch was named the program's first Mountain West Women's Golfer of the Week since the spring of 2017 on April 3 following the Fresno State Classic.
- Thibault is ranked No. 122 nationally in the latest Golfstat poll (April 9). She is the only Bulldog ranked inside the nations' top 250 individual rankings by Golfstat.
- Weather at the championship on Monday (High 85F, Low 58F) is forecasted to have a zero percent chance of rain and 10-20 mph winds; Tuesday (High 83F, Low 60F) is forecasted to have a zero percent chance of rain and 10-20 winds; Wednesday (High 90F, Low 64F) is forecasted to have a zero percent chance of rain and 10-15 winds.
Last year at the Mountain West Championship:
Team Leaderboard in 2018
1. UNLV: 287-291-294=872 (+8)
2. San Diego State: 298-292-290=880 (+16)
3. Colorado State: 306-295-294=895 (+31)
4. New Mexico: 298-300-304=902 (+38)
5. Nevada: 302-295-306=903 (+39)
6. San Jose State: 300-315-295=910 (+46)
7. Fresno State: 295-309-309=913 (+49)
8. Wyoming: 307-305-315=927 (+63)
9. Boise State: 303-311-316=930 (+66)
Fresno State Leaderboard in 2018
T13. Mimi Ho: 71-75-76=222 (+6)
T21. Brigitte Thibault: 73-83-73=229 (+13)
T30. Alison Muirhead: 74-80-80=234 (+18)
T32. Samantha Spencer: 77-78-80=235 (+19)
T42. Dominika Gradecka: 80-76-87=243 (+27)
All-Time Mountain West Women's Golf Championship Results
Year: Team Champion/Individual Champion (School)
2018: UNLV/Milagros Chaves (San Diego State)
2017: UNLV/Fernanda Escauriza (San Diego State)
2016: UNLV/Alexandra Kaui (UNLV)
2015: San Diego State/Manon Mollé (New Mexico)
2014: New Mexico/Gudrun Bjorgvinsdottir (Fresno State)
2013: UNLV/Manon DeRoey (New Mexico)
*Fresno State joined conference to start the 2013 season*
2012: TCU/Sanna Nuutinen (TCU)
2011: TCU/Therese Koelbaek (UNLV)
2010: New Mexico /Jodi Ewart (New Mexico)
2009: New Mexico /Jonelle Martinez (Wyoming)
2008: New Mexico /Jodi Ewart (New Mexico)
2007: TCU/Jodi Ewart, (New Mexico)
2006: UNLV/Da Sol Chung (UNLV)
2005: UNLV/Elena Kurokawa (UNLV)
2004: UNLV/Sunny Oh (UNLV)
2003: New Mexico /Katrina Leckovic (New Mexico)
2002: New Mexico /Lynette Duran (Colorado State)
2001: New Mexico /Ryley Webb (New Mexico)
2000: New Mexico /Jordan Lintz (Wyoming)
"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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