Women's Golf | 3/17/2025 9:00:00 AM

Utah Tech sophomore women's golfer Mia Cesarek came away with the individual title at the 2025 Utah Golf Association's (UGA) Winterchamps Championship, which was played this past weekend at Copper Rock Golf Course in Hurricane.
 
With the victory, Cesarek earned an exemption into the upcoming EPSON Tour's 2025 Copper Rock Championship, which will also take place at Copper Rock on May 15-17.
 
The tournament used the modified Stableford scoring system, which awards four points for an eagle, three points for a birdie, two points for a par, one point for a bogey and zero points for a double-bogey or worse.
 
Cesarek opened play on Saturday by birdieing five of her first seven holes and stood atop the leaderboard at day's end with 42 total points, one point ahead of teammate and fellow sophomore Samantha Phelan (41 points).
 
Cesarek (77 points) then went out on Sunday and scored 35 points with 17 pars and one bogey for a final round 1-over 73, which was good for a one-point victory over Phelan (76 pts), who also tallied 35 on her final loop. 
 
Cesarek will now join Phelan, who was award a sponsor exemption into the upcoming EPSON Copper Rock event last month, in the tourney field later this spring. 
 
In all, seven current Trailblazers played in the UGA event over the weekend, with junior Jenna Anderson (59 pts) and freshman Maria Purroy Galan (57 pts) placing eighth and ninth, respectively, in the Women's 1 Gross Flight.
 
Meanwhile, junior Jane Olson (3^rd - 65 pts) and freshmen Riley Doherty (4^th - 59 pts) and Gabrielle Roznicki (5^th - 58 pts) all finished the top-five in the Women's 2 Gross Flight. 
 
Utah Tech returns to team competition next month in the team's 2024-25 regular season finale at the Montana State Bobcat Desert Classic, which will be played on April 7-9, at The Golf Club of Estrella in Goodyear, Ariz.