MESA, Ariz. — The University of Texas-Pan American Broncs women’s golf team is set to compete in their first-ever Western Athletic Conference Championships Friday through Sunday at Longbow Golf Club.
The 24th annual WAC Championships will be a 54-hole event with 18 holes played on each day.
The course is par 72 and is approximately 6,163 yards long.
The Competition
Bakersfield, Chicago State, Grand Canyon, Idaho, Kansas City, New Mexico State, Seattle U and Utah Valley will be joining the Broncs to compete for the championship.
Idaho is the only team in the field that has ever won a WAC title as they won the championship in 2007. Along with UTPA, Bakersfield, Chicago State, Grand Canyon, Kansas City and Utah Valley are competing in their first WAC women’s golf championship.
Grand Canyon will only be competing individually since it is making its transition from Division II to Division I.
Last Time at the WAC Championships
Denver won the 2013 WAC women’s golf championships with a three-round score of 882 as they finished 22 strokes ahead of San Jose State.
Denver’s Tonje Daffinrud won the individual title with a three-round seven-under par 209.
Idaho’s Leilanie Kim is the highest returning finisher from last season’s WAC Championships as she finished in 11th place with a three-round score of 226.
Last Time Out
Junior Melissa Bernal finished in a tie for 17th place to lead the Broncs at the Husky Invitational on April 23 at the Riverbend Country Club.
Bernal improved from her first two rounds with a final round 75. She finished tied with Houston’s Emily Gilbreth and Houston Baptist’s Brook Johnston with a three-round score of 235. Junior Alexandria Martinez shot a final round 79 for a three-round total of 248 finishing in a tie for 49th.
Junior Blake Peterson finished in 65th place with a three-round total of 259 after shooting a final round 84. Senior Elena Arroyo finished in a tie for 67th place with a three-round score of 261 after shooting a final round 86 and junior Ashley Garcia shot a final round 89 finishing in 71st place with a three-round score of 270.
Houston’s Raegan Bremer took the individual championship with a three-round score of 221.
As a team, the Broncs finished in 12th place with a three-round score of 1,003 after shooting a final round score of 324. Lamar University won the team championship with a three-round score of 915.
