NAU Golf Set to Compete in Hobble Creek Fall Classic

Date: September 9-10
Location: Springville, Utah
Course: Hobble Creek Golf Course
Par/Yardage: 6,135/71
Tee Times: Monday, September, 9 7:30-9:20 a.m. (Round 1)
Tuesday, September 10 8:30 a.m. (Round 2)
Live Scoring: GolfStat
Field: Utah Valley, Boise State, Cal Poly, CSU Fullerton, California Baptist, Hawai'i, Incarnate Word, New Mexico State, NAU, Northern Colorado, Portland State, Sam Houston State, Santa Clara, Southern Utah. UT Rio Grande Valley, Weber State, Wyoming, BYU

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (September 7, 2019) - The Northern Arizona University women's golf team will begin its 2019 fall season on Sept. 9-10 at the Hobble Creek Fall Classic hosted by Utah Valley in Springville, Utah. 

The Lumberjacks will face a two-day/54-hole tournament. The field will play two rounds on Monday and one on Tuesday. Teams will tee-off between 7:30-9:20 a.m. MT on Monday off of holes one and 10, while action will begin with a shotgun start at 8:30 a.m. MT on Tuesday.

NAU will be competing against host Utah Valley as well as four Big Sky Conference teams to tee off the new year. Big Sky schools competing will consist of Northern Colorado, Portland State, Southern Utah and Weber State.

Last season a young NAU squad took fifth-place at Hobble Creek, with many of them being true freshmen from around the globe. NAU's top individual finisher was Aleksandra Chekalina as she ended the tournament in ninth place. The 'Jacks will be entering the season with two freshmen added to the team in Alyza Flores and Lorel Hayward. 

Chekalina, Ashley Croft and Elle Kocourkova will each begin their sophomore campaigns at Hobble Creek. Sara Padilla and Lexi Keene will start their junior seasons' on Monday. Emma Reyes, Loren Skibba and Morgan Messick will make up the senior class for 2019. Messick will be returning to the course for her first action since 2015-2016.

The Lumberjacks are coming off of a strong off-season filled with their golfers having competed all around the globe. Croft won the Dunbar Ladies Open Championship which was held at the Dunbar Golf Club in Dunbar, Scotland. Earlier this summer Chekalina finished second in the Russian Amateur Open Championship. Chekalina and Kocourkova, participated in the Czech International Junior U18 & 21 Championship in June.

This will be the first of five fall tournaments for NAU.

For more information about the Northern Arizona women's golf team, follow @NAUGolf on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and at NAUAthletics.com.