Women's Golf | 10/10/2023 3:51:00 PM

Utah Tech posted its second top-10 team finish of the 2023 fall season with an eighth-place showing at the Eastern Washington Eagle Invitational, which wrapped up play on Tuesday at Indian Canyon Golf Course in Spokane. 

The Trailblazers stood in the middle of the pack in a three-way tie for sixth place after opening with a 20-over par 304 on their Monday morning loop. However UT would fall three spots to ninth following a 23-over 207 in round two.
 
Utah Tech did rebound on Tuesday, carding an 18-over 302 to move up one spot to eighth overall with a team total of plus-61 913. 
 
Idaho (292-288-292-872; +20) pulled away on Tuesday to claim the team title, five shots clear of runner-up Weber State (292-286-299-877; +25), while CSUN (295-299-297-891; +39) placed third. 

Senior Grace Williams posted her second top-20 individual finish in as many events as she tied with two others for 14^th at plus-11 224. 
 
After opening with a 7-over 78, Williams bounced back with a 4-over 75 on Monday afternoon before closing with UT's low round of the tourney, an even par 71 on Tuesday. The senior wound up ranked t-second in the field in total birdies (9) and t-seventh in par-5 scoring (4.78). 
 
Sophomore Jenna Anderson also opened with a 78, but followed that up with rounds of 6-over 77 and 3-over 74 to join five other players tied for 32^nd at plus-16 229. Fellow sophomores Brooke Gelinas (75-75-80) and Jane Olson (73-80-77) followed in t-38^th at plus-17 230, and freshman Mia Cesarek (78-82-80) tied for 63^rd at plus-27 240.  
 
Utah Tech will wrap up its 2023 fall slate on Oct. 16-17, when the Trailblazers head to the East Coast to play at the Charlotte Invitational. The 54-hole event will be played at Cabarrus Country Club in Concord, N.C.