Women's Golf | 10/24/2026 10:00:00 AM

Utah Tech closes out the fall portion of its 2026-27 schedule this Sunday-through-Tuesday at the Northern Arizona Clash at Boulder Creek. The two-day, 54-hole event will be played at the par-72, 6,429-yard Boulder Creek Golf Club in Boulder City, Nev. 
 
The 20-team field features the Trailblazers and the host Lumberjacks, along fellow Big Sky members Southern Utah and Weber State. In addition, Boise State, California Baptist, CSU Bakersfield, Drake, Fresno State, Houston, Kansas, UNLV, New Mexico State, North Dakota State, San Francisco, South Dakota State, Tarleton State, Utah Valley, UTEP and Wofford round out the tourney field. 

The five player lineup for the Trailblazers will feature seniors Mia Cesarek and Samantha Phelan, juniors Maria Purroy Galan and Gabrielle Roznicki, and sophomore Coryn Tardif.  

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 finished in a two-way tie for 14^th at the Little Rock Diamante Invitational, which completed play this past Tuesday at the Diamante Country Club in Hot Springs, Ark.
        The Trailblazers found themselves tied for 13^th-place after opening with a 6-over par 294 on Sunday. Utah Tech followed that up with a 5-over 293 on Monday, which moved the Blazers up two spots into solo 12^th place on the team leaderboard. 
        However Utah Tech struggled during Tuesday's final round, closing with a 19-over par 307 to slip down two spots to tie Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (295-295-304) for 14^th-place with a three-round total of plus-30 894. 
 
CESAREK EARNS WEEKLY BIG SKY HONOR: Cesarek was named Big Sky Women's Golf Player of the Week on Wednesday for her efforts at the Little Rock Diamante Invitational earlier this week. 
        Cesarek recorded her first top-20 individual finish of the season as she tied for 16^th-place overall at even-par 216. 
        After opening with an even par 72 on Sunday, Cesarek rolled in four birdies as part of a 1-under 71 on Monday. The senior, who led Utah Tech with nine total birdies over the three-day event, then closed with a 1-over 73 on Tuesday to join five others at level par. 
 
TRAILBLAZERS AT A GLANCE: Through three team events this fall, Purroy Galan leads Utah Tech with a 74.11 scoring average with two par or better rounds, while Cesarek's strong effort earlier this past week propelled her to second at 74.66 with two par-or-better rounds. 
        Phelan is third at 75.55 to go with the team's lone top-10 individual finish this fall and two par-or-better rounds, followed by Tardif in fourth at 75.77, and Roznicki in sixth at 78.83.

NEXT UP FOR THE TRAILBLAZERS: Utah Tech will open its 2027 spring schedule at the Lehigh Ventura Harbor Collegiate. The two-day, 54-hole event will be played on Feb. 8-9, at the Olivas Golf Links in Ventura, Calif.