LARAMIE, Wyo. (Feb. 21, 2021) – The Wyoming Cowgirl golf team will resume its spring season on Monday at the Ninth Edition of The Gold Rush Tournament in Seal Beach, Calif. The team opened up the season last week by co-hosting the Mountain Match Play Classic.
"We are looking forward to competing in The Gold Rush Tournament again this year. It's is a great golf course with a very strong field," head coach
Josey Stender said. "We had a quick turnaround this week which I hope will serve us well competitively. With it being our first time out last week in over a year, it proved that we have both depth, talent and experience in our line-up."
The two-day tournament is set up on the 6,218-yard, par-72 course at the Old Ranch Country Club with three rounds of stroke play. Play is scheduled to start at 8 a.m. MT on Monday with 36 holes of play. The third round is also set for 8 a.m. Tuesday.
Along with the Cowgirls, the 12-Team Tournament field features host Long Beach State, BYU, Cal Poly, CSUN, Fresno State, Hawaii, Idaho Sacramento State, Santa Clara, UC Irvine, UNLV, USC.
The Cowgirl lineup features for the weekend includes
Erin Sargent,
Samantha Hui,
Jessica Zapf,
Caitlyn Skavdahl and
Cristiana Ciasca. Freshman
Morgan Ryan will compete as an individual.
In the same event in 2020, UW finished in tenth place with a 54-hole total of 70-over, 934. The Cowgirls shot a final round of 24-over, 312. Georgia won the event with a one-under, 863, followed by Fresno State at 22-over (886). Long Beach State finished in third place with a score of 31-over 895. Celeste Dao of Georgia placed first at seven-under (209). Harriet Lynch finished right behind at six-under with a three round total of 210.
Sargent shot a final round seven-over 79 to finish with a three day total of 16-over 232 to tie for 39
th. Skavdahl also carded a third round seven-over 79 to finish tied for 39
th at 16-over 232. Ciasca moved up four spots to finish 42
nd. She had a third round score of four-over 76 and a 54-hole total of 18-over 233.
Kaylee Knadler posted a final found of six-over 78 for a total of 25-over 241.
Michelle Nguyen completed her first tournament of the spring with a 28-over 244.
Live scoring will be provided throughout the tournament on golfstat.com.
