THIS WEEK: The Washington State University men's golf team will travel to Tucson, Ariz., to kick off its spring season at the Arizona Intercollegiate, Jan. 23-24.

THE TOURNAMENT: The two-day tournament will take place at the Sewailo Golf Club, a par-71, 7,262-yard track…the first two rounds will begin Monday with a shotgun start at 7 a.m. PT/8 a.m. MT...the final 18 holes will be played Tuesday, beginning at 7:30 a.m. PT...the lowest four of five scores will be counted each round for the team total.

THE FIELD: Joining Washington State and host-school Arizona in the 18-team field will be BYU, California, Denver, Gonzaga, Iowa State, Louisiana Tech, New Mexico, New Mexico State, Oregon, Pepperdine, South Dakota State, Southern Illinois, Texas A&M, UCLA, UTEP, and Washington...Texas A&M (23rd) is currently ranked in the top-25.

REPRESENTING WASHINGTON STATE: Competing for the Cougars will be sophomore AJ Armstrong, junior Derek Bayley, senior Nick Mandell, sophomore Aaron Whalen, and junior Zach Anderson…sophomore Grant Cole will be competing as an individual. 

LAST TIME ON THE GREEN: Led by sophomore AJ Armstrong, the Cougars tied for 10th (+48, 900) with in-state rival Gonzaga at the Saint Mary's Intercollegiate, Oct. 24-25…Armstrong tied for 24th (+10, 224), his third top-25 finish of the season…junior Zach Anderson and sophomore Grant Cole tied for 34th with a three-round score of 224 (+11)…senior Nick Mandell tied for 61st with a score of 232 (+19).

FALL RECAP: The Cougars' fall season was highlighted by a victory at the Itani Quality Homes Intercollegiate, where Nick Mandell captured his first individual tournament win and eight Cougars finished in the top-25…the men placed 11th at the William H. Tucker Intercollegiate and improved to eighth at both the Mark Simpson Colorado Invitational and Paintbrush Invitational…the men tied for 10th at the Saint Mary's Invitational, their final fall tournament of the season…eight Cougars combined for 13 top-25 finishes to conclude the fall season.

COACHING STAFF: The team is led by first-year head coach Dustin White…White was an assistant coach at WSU before accepting the head coach position…White golfed for the Cougars from 1999-2003…assistant coach Chris Gilbert joined the WSU coaching staff this season…Gilbert graduated from Kansas in 2013 and turned pro the same year before accepting the assistant coach position.

RESULTS: Live scoring for the tournament can be found at golfstat.com…full recaps from each day of competition will be posted at wsucougars.com following the end of each round.