Title Defense Begins Sunday For Women's Golf As Hosts Of The 2017 Big West Championship

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Riverside—The UC Riverside Women's Golf Team prepares to host the 2017 Big West Championship at Oak Quarry Golf Club April 23-25.The Highlanders enter the tournament as defending champs having claimed the 2016 title on Kapalua's Bay Course last April thanks to a final-round surge, which saw them erase a three-stroke deficit, and win by four shots–the program's first conference championship (read recap).UCR finished in the top-5 as a team on five occasions in the 2016-17 season. The last two came in their last two events, the Fresno State Classic in March, when they finished tied for second, and at the Wyoming Desert Classic in Arizona, where the came in fourth. (2016-17 Stats & Results)UC Riverside Women's Golf Big West Championship lineup and first round tee time:#1, Jakeishya Le, 9:36 am-The 2016 Big West Co-Freshman of the Year has carded seven rounds under par this season, including three rounds in the 60s. Her 73.68 scoring average is the second-best in the field, and would break Savannah Vilaubi's program record 74.56 set in the 2014-15 season. Le shot a final round two-under 70 in last year's championship–the best round of the tournament.#2, Paris Griffith, 9:27 am-The 2016 All-Conference Honorable Mention selection had a top-5 result at the 2017 Battle at the Rock. Griffith shot a career-best two-under par 70 in the final round of her last two events at Oak Quarry Golf Club, the 2016 and 2017 Battle at the Rock. She finished fourth in the 2016 Big West Championship.#3, Hannah Facchini (C), 9:18 am-A First Team All-Conference honoree that has a top-3 to her credit, and has earned a pair of top-10s in her last three tournaments. She set the program single low-round record with a six-under 66 in the first round of the Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown. Facchini finished sixth at the 2016 conference event.#4, Julia Sander, 9:09 am-Three of her last four rounds have been played at par or better, a ...

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