Feb. 16, 2000 COMING UP: The Washington women's golf team heads to Tucson this weekend for the Arizona Wildcat Invitational, one of the newest stops on the 1999-2000 Rolex Collegiate Tour. The tournament marks the first outing for the Huskies since the conclusion of fall play. Host Arizona will defend its tournament title from the 1998-1999 season, as well as rally for its fourth tournament title of the season. Washington finished 10th in the event last year. First round tee times begin Monday morning on the par 70, 6,123 yard Randolph Park Golf Club. The 54-hole event will consist of 18 holes each day, Feb. 21-13. THE FIELD: Washington takes on some of the nation's best teams, including the top seven, at the Wildcat Invitational. All rankings are based on the Feb. 16, 2000 Sagarin College Golf Rankings. No. 1 Duke, No. 2 Arizona,No. 3 USC, No. 4 ASU, No. 5 Georgia, No. 6 Stanford, No. 7 New Mexico St., No. 13 New Mexico, No. 14 Tulsa, No. 15 Purdue, No. 16 Tennessee, No. 17 Texas, No. 20 San Jose St., No. 26 UCLA,No. 28 Washington, No. 29 Oregon, No. 36 Oregon St., No. 56 Hawaii THE LINEUP: Washington will use the following lineup for the Wildcat Invitational: 1. Elisha Au, 2. Louise Friberg, 3. Kelli Kamimura, 4. Andrea Cordova, 5. Michelle Grafos. ABOUT THE COACH: Head Coach Mary Lou Mulflur was honored as Pac-10 Coach of the Year for the second time in her career following the 1998-1999 season, in which she led the Huskies to a sixth-place Pac-10 finish and a spot in the NCAA West Regional. Mulflur received the award for the first time in 1988 after directing that squad to a best-ever sixth-place finish in the NCAA West Regional. Now in her 17th season at the helm of Husky women's golf, Mulflur looks to lead Washington back to a NCAA appearance after a technicality at the NCAA West Regional kept the Huskies from making a third straight trip in 1999. |
