University of Wyoming Athletics

Wyoming Cowgirls golf opens play at Wallace Women’s Golf Classic

Sophie Spiva shoots even par in first round to lead UW

Ryan Thorburn Women's Golf 2/15/2025 6:38:00 PM

PALM DESERT, Calif. – Wyoming Cowgirls golf shot a 304 (+20) in the opening round of the Alice and John Wallace Women's Golf Classic on Saturday to finish 17^th in the 21-team field through 18 holes at Monterey Country Club.

"The team took a few holes to settle in but they had a solid rally to end the round," UW head coach Josey Stender said. "The course has different challenges compared to our last event and we needed to make a quicker adjustment to start. We are now on tight fairways, very firm, small but quick greens lined with thick rough."

Sophie Spiva led the Cowgirls by firing a 71 to finish at even par and tied for 10^th place on the individual leaderboard. The junior from Casper finished with four birdies, two bogeys and one double bogey.

Freshman Emerson Purcell and senior Meghan Vogt both shot 77 (+6), senior Kyle Wilde shot 79 (+8) and sophomore Kira Reisner shot 82 (+11) to round out UW's scoring.

"Sophie played very resilient after a tough start and with the exception of an unfortunate run in with a palm tree," Stender said. "Kyla also had a solid round."

No. 5 Oregon leads (-8) leads No. 3 USC (-1) by seven shots. San Jose State (+2) is third in the team standings.

Wallace Women's Golf Classic Team Scores

1. Oregon – 276 (-8)

2. USC – 283 (-1)

3. San Jose State – 286 (+2)

4. Long Beach State – 289 (+5)

5. Pepperdine – 290 (+6)

5. Washington – 290 (+6)

7. Cal State Fullerton – 291 (+7)

8. New Mexico State – 293 (+9)

9. Boise State – 296 (+12)

10. Grand Canyon – 297 (+13)

10. UC Davis – 297 (+13)