Women's Golf | 10/15/2026 1:55:00 PM

Utah Tech resumes its 2026 fall season with a trip Arkansas to play in the Little Rock Diamante Invitational. The three-day, 54-hole event will take place this Sunday-through-Tuesday at the Diamante Country Club in Hot Springs Village.

The 20-team tournament field will include the Trailblazers and the host Trojans, along with Arkansas State, Ball State, California Baptist, Central Arkansas, East Texas A&M, Houston Christian, Jacksonville State, Louisiana-Monroe, Memphis, Missouri State, North Alabama, Sam Houston, Stephen F. Austin, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, UNC Asheville, UT Arlington, UTRGV, and Wyoming. 

The five player lineup for the Trailblazers will feature seniors Mia Cesarek and Samantha Phelan, junior Maria Purroy Galan, sophomore Coryn Tardif, and freshman Kira Connell.  
 
HEAD COACH LINDSEY ORTH: Lindsey Orth (Utah Tech, 2007) is in her 11th season as head coach of the Trailblazer women's golf program. 
        In the program's sixth season of NCAA Division I play, Coach Orth led the Blazers to six top-6 showings in 10 team events, highlighted by a runner-up finish at the Utah Fall Intercollegiate (9/14-15/25), and a fifth-place showing in the program's final appearance at the Western Athletic Conference Championships.
        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. Orth 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. 
        Coach Orth, who is an apprentice 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.

GOING BIG IN 2026-27: Utah Tech women's golf has begun a new era this season as new members of the Big Sky Conference. 
        Utah Tech was picked to finish seventh in the 2026-27 Big Sky preseason coaches poll, which was released on September 1.
        Northern Arizona received eight of a possible 11 first place votes and 97 total points to be tabbed as the Big Sky preseason favorite, while Montana State collected two first place nods to finish second in the poll with 88 points.
        Northern Colorado garnered one first place vote and 84 points to finish third, followed by Weber State (75 pts) in fourth, Idaho (56 pts) in fifth, Portland State (53) in sixth, Utah Tech (48 pts) in seventh, Idaho State (35 pts) in eighth, Montana (24 pts) in ninth, Southern Utah (23 pts) in 10^th and Eastern Washington (22 pts) in 11^th.
 
LAST TIME OUT: Utah Tech came away with a ninth-place finish at the Eastern Washington Kalispel Invitational, which was played back on Sept. 21-22, at the Kalispel Golf and Country Club in Spokane. 
        The Trailblazers found themselves in fifth place after firing an 11-over par 299 during their opening round, which was on only seven shots off the early pace set by Boise State. Utah Tech went out in round two and again posted 299, which dropped the team down into a tie for seventh place at plus-22 598.
        Utah Tech improved by three strokes in its final loop, combining for an 8-over 296, only to slide down two slots on the final leaderboard with a three-round team total of plus-30 894.
 
TRAILBLAZERS AT A GLANCE: Through two team events this fall, Phelan leads Utah Tech with a 73.50 scoring average with one top-10 and a team-best two par or better rounds.
        Meanwhile Purroy Gallan is second at 74.50 with one par-or-better round, followed by Connell in third at 75.00, Cesarek in fourth at 76.00, and Tardif in fifth at 76.16.

NEXT UP FOR THE TRAILBLAZERS: The Trailblazers will wrap up the 2026 fall season at the Northern Arizona Clash at Boulder Creek. The three-day, 54-hole event will be played on Oct. 25-27 at Boulder Creek Golf Club in Boulder City, Nev.