Women's Golf Travels To New Mexico State Aggie Invitational

Las Cruces, NM—The UC Riverside Women's Golf Team travels to Las Cruces, New Mexico for the team's third tournament of the season at the New Mexico State Aggie Invitational from Monday, October 9 through Wednesday, October 11. Ten teams are taking part in the invitational: Cal State Fullerton, New Mexico State, North Dakota, Sacramento State, Santa Clara, Southern Utah, UC Riverside, UTEP, UTRGV, and Weber State. The Highlanders are paired with Sacramento State and Santa Clara for the first round.

New Mexico State Aggie Invitational NMSU Golf Course, Las Cruces NM, Oct. 9 - Oct. 11
Schedule (Live Stats)
Oct. 8	Practice Round	All Day
Oct. 9	Round 1	8:30 AM Shotgun Start
Oct. 10	Round 2	8:30 AM Shotgun Start
Oct. 11	Round 3	8:30 AM Shotgun Start

Starting Lineup (2017-18 Stats)
#	Golfer	2017-18 Avg.
1	Jakeishya Le	75.3
2	Julia Sander	77.8
3	Hana Furuichi	77.5
4	Serena Chon	76.3
5	Hannah Facchini	77.0

GAME NOTES
LAST TIME OUT
Last week, the Highlanders finished third as a team at the Wyoming Cowgirl Desert Intercollegiate in Palm Desert, CA. Jakeishya Le led the highlanders and tied for fifth overall with a score of 79-73-73=225 (story).

UP NEXT
The Highlanders travel to Las Vegas, NV for their fourth tournament of the season at the Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown from Sunday, October 22 through Tuesday, October 24.

AND A FRESHMAN WILL LEAD THEM
Serena Chon became the first UC Riverside freshman to lead the Highlanders at a tournament since Jakeishya Le did it at the NCAA Regionals on May 5-7, 2016. Le did it on three other occasions during the 2015-16 campaign.

QUICK OUT OF THE GATES
Serena Chon's 71 in the first round of the Golfweek Conference Challenge on September 25 is the lowest score ever shot by a UC Riverside freshman on her first day of collegiate competition.

REP'ING THE REGION
In 2017, for the second time in the program's 16-year history, the Highlanders had an individual advance to the NCAA Regionals via an at-large bid. Then sophomore Jakeishya Le was one of six individuals to participate in the Lubbock Regional last season, where she posted scores of 77-78-73=228 over the three-day event (story).

Savannah Vilaubi ('15), who became the first member of the Highlanders to earn an at-large bid to the NCAA Regionals back in 2015, posted identical scores of 77-78-73=228 at the St. George Regional (story).

The Highlanders earned their first team trip to the NCAA Regionals in 2015-16 following their Big West Conference Championship victory (story). UC Riverside came in 16th place at Regionals, while Jakeishya Le came in 15th in the chase for the individual Regional title (story).

CHAMPIONSHIP RUNS
The UC Riverside Women's Golf Team won its first Big West Championship in 2015-16 erasing a three-shot deficit on the final day of the tournament to win by four (story). They nearly duplicated that effort last season, coming back from down 19 strokes on the final day of competition to finish one stroke shy of Cal Poly (story).

PUT IT BACK ON THE MENU
Jakeisha Le shot a career-best tying 68 on the final day of the 2017 Big West Championship to come within one stroke of tying for the individual title.

STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVER
The Big West Conference Championship heads to Irvine, California and the Strawberry Farms Golf Course this season from Sunday, April 15 through Tuesday, April 17.

Women's Golf Travels To New Mexico State Aggie Invitational

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