THIS WEEK: The Washington State women's golf team will compete at the Bruin Wave Invitational at San Luis Obispo, Calif., Monday and Tuesday, Feb. 29 and March 1.
THE TOURNAMENT: In its seventh year, the Bruin Wave Invitational will take place at the San Luis Obispo Country Club, a par-72, 6,250-yard track…two rounds of golf will be played Monday, signaled by a shotgun start at 8 a.m.…the final round will begin Tuesday at 7:30 a.m.
THE FIELD: Joining WSU and host-schools No. 2 UCLA and No. 22 Pepperdine in the 16-team field will be No. 1 Washington, No. 11 Oklahoma State, No. 17 Stanford, No. 18 Arizona State, No. 25 San Diego State, California, Cal Poly, Cal State Northridge, Denver, Hawaii, New Mexico, New Mexico State, and UC Irvine.
REPRESENTING WASHINGTON STATE: Competing for the Cougars will be sophomore Alivia Brown, senior Monica Huang, senior Nani Yanagi, freshman Madison Odiorne and sophomore Bree Wanderscheid.
LAST TIME AT THE BRUIN WAVE INVITATIONAL: Washington State finished 11th (+67, 931), one stroke ahead of then-No. 38 California at the 2015 Bruin Wave Invitational…in her fifth-straight top-25 performance of the 2014-15 season, then-freshman Alivia Brown tied for 17th with then-senior Kristen Rue at 11-over par (227)…then-junior Nani Yanagi tied for 40th with a three-round score of 234 (+18).
LAST TIME ON THE GREEN: WSU finished 15th (+23, 887) at the Westbrook Spring Invitational, Feb. 22, at the Westbrook Village Golf Course in Peoria, Ariz.…Brown tied for 23rd (+1, 217) in her fourth top-25 performance of the season, six strokes back of co-champions Emma Henrickson of San Diego State and Brooke Ferrell of Wisconsin…competing as an individual, senior Monica Huang tied for 43rd (+5, 221), three strokes ahead of freshman Madison Odiorne, who tied for 56th (+8, 224).
COACHING STAFF: The Cougars are led by seventh-year head coach Kelli Kamimura, who led the team to its lowest team scoring average in school history last season…assisting Kamimura is WSU alumna and second-year assistant coach Emma Betland, who golfed for the Cougars from 2010-2013.
RESULTS: Live results will be posted on golfstat.com…full recaps will be posted on wsucougars.com at the end of each round.