Women's Golf | 10/20/2022 10:44:00 AM
Utah Tech will wrap up its 2022 fall slate this Sunday-through-Tuesday at the Northern Arizona Clash at Boulder Creek. The three-day, 54-hole event will be played at the par-72, 6,309-yard Boulder Creek Golf Club in Boulder City, Nev.
The 19-team tournament field will include the Trailblazers along with fellow WAC members California Baptist, Seattle U, Southern Utah, Utah Valley and UTRGV. In addition, Boise State, Cal State Fullerton, Idaho, Long Beach State, Montana State, Nevada, UNLV (individuals), North Dakota, San Francisco, UC Irvine, UC Riverside, UTEP and the host Lumberjacks round out the tourney field.
The five player lineup for the Trailblazers will feature senior
Abby Livingston, junior
Grace Williams, and freshmen
Brooke Gelinas,
Corinne Lillywhite and
Jane Olson.
HEAD COACH LINDSEY STUCKI: Lindsey Stucki (Dixie State, 2007) is in her seventh season as head coach of the Trailblazer women's golf program. Last season, Stucki led the Trailblazers to two top-10 team finishes in their second NCAA Division I campaign.
During her tenure as UT head coach, Stucki has guided the Blazers to a runner-up Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference team finish in 2019, and to consecutive fifth-place finishes at the Pacific West Conference Championships in 2017 and 2018.
Prior to her arrival at Utah Tech, she served as assistant golf professional at the Sand Hollow Golf Resort, and as an LPGA assistant teaching professional for the City of St. George. Stucki also spent two seasons on the coaching staff of the Hurricane High School girl's golf program, including a one-year stint as the Tigers' head coach in the 2010-11 season.
Stucki, who is a Class A member of the LPGA T&CP, played collegiately at the University of Central Arkansas, where she helped lead the Bears to six-consecutive team tournament wins and a Gulf South Conference championship.
Coach Stucki is assisted this season by first-year assistant coach
Gina Higbee.
LAST TIME OUT: Utah Tech finished in the middle of the pack at the Eastern Washington Eagle Invitational, which was played this past Sept. 26-28, at the Indian Canyon Golf Course in Spokane.
The Trailblazers opened the event with a 22-over par 310 to stand alone in sixth place, then rebounded with a 9-over 297 on its second loop, which was the third-lowest round in the nine-team field on the day, to move up one spot to fifth on the leaderboard. The Blazers then combined to card a final round 12-over 300 to vault to fourth overall at plus-43 907.
Livingston recorded her third career top-10 finish as she tied for 10
th-overall at plus-8 224 to lead Utah Tech. The senior opened with a 5-over 77, but came back with a second round 2-over 74, and a final round 1-over 73 with four birdies to move up five spots on the leaderboard.
Gelinas (77-74-77) carded a second round 74, which was bracketed by a pair of 77s, as she wound up in a four-way tie for 21
st at plus-12 228.
Williams, who tied Livingston for the team lead with eight birdies overall, opened with a 77, but came back with UT's low round of the event with an even par 72 to move into the top-10 after 36 holes. However a final round 81 dropped her down into a five-way for 28
th at plus-14 230.
Olson (79-80-73) followed in t-32
nd at plus-16 232, though she did manage to fire a collegiate career-low 73 with four birdies on her final loop, and Lillywhite (79-77-77) tied for 35
th at plus-17 233.
TRAILBLAZERS AT A GLANCE: Through three events this fall season, Livingston leads the team with a 75.63 stroke average through eight rounds with a team-best two par or better rounds, while Gelinas is second 77.00 (1 par/better round) in nine loops. Williams is third in stroke average at 77.67 (1 par/better round) through nine rounds, followed by Olson in fourth at 78.56 after nine competitive rounds, and Lillywhite is fifth at 81.00 after three events.
NEXT UP FOR THE TRAILBLAZERS: Utah Tech will begin the 2023 spring schedule at the CSU Bakersfield Valley Invitational on February 6-7.
