Women's Golf | 4/25/2023 9:19:00 PM

Utah Tech wrapped up the 2022-23 season with a seventh place finish at the 2023 Western Athletic Conference Women's Golf Championships on Tuesday at Semiahmoo Country Club in Blaine, Wash. 

The Trailblazers found themselves in sixth place after their first and second loops after  firing consecutive rounds of 18-over 306. However Utah Tech closed with a 23-over 311 on Tuesday to drop one spot on the team leaderboard finish at plus-59 923. 
 
Sam Houston led wire-to-wire to claim the conference team championship, eight shots clear of runner-up Seattle U and nine strokes ahead of third place New Mexico State.
 
Freshman Corinne Lillywhite paced the Trailblazers as she finished in a four-way tie for 24^th at plus-14 230. Lillywhite, who tied for fifth in the field with nine total birdies, opened with a 7-over 79 on Sunday. Then after a 6-over 78 on her second loop Monday, she carded a team-low 1-over 73 to vault up 15 spots up the leaderboard to post a top-25 showing.
 
Junior Grace Williams (75-78-78) joined three others tied 28^th place at plus-15 231, while senior Abby Livingston (82-75-77) wound up in a three-way tie for 35^th at plus-18 234 in her final collegiate event. Livingston finished three-year Trailblazer career second all-time in scoring average (76.81). 
 
Freshman Brooke Gelinas (76-78-83) followed in t-41^st place at plus-21 237, and freshman Jane Olson closed the Blazers' scoring in -46^th at plus-22 238.

Utah Tech finished its third season of NCAA Division I play with four top-six showings in 10 team events, highlighted by a third-place finish as hosts of the Café Zupas Trailblazer Invitational (2/13-14/23). 
 
2023 WAC Women's Golf Championships
@ Semiahmoo Country Club; Blaine, Wash. (4/23-25/23)
1. Sam Houston                   293-292-298-883; +19
2. Seattle U                           296-299-296-891; +27
3. New Mexico State           301-292-299-892; +28
4. California Baptist             296-296-303-895; +31
5. Grand Canyon                 299-313-292-904; +40
6. Southern Utah                  307-294-307-908; +44
7. Utah Tech                        306-306-311-923; +59
8. Utah Valley                       307-312-310-929; +65
9. UTRGV                              313-312-308-933; +69
10. Tarleton                           317-312-310-939; +75
11. UT Arlington                   318-315-320-953; +89
12. Stephen F. Austin         326-320-316-962; +98