THIS WEEK: The Washington State University women's golf team will host the WSU Cougar Cup at the Palouse Ridge Golf Course on September 18th-19th.
 
THE COURSE: The course at Palouse Ridge Golf Club will play at par-72 with a 6,200-yard track…teams will play 36 holes Monday, beginning at 8:30 a.m. with a shotgun start…the tournament concludes Tuesday with 18 holes beginning with an 8  a.m. shotgun start…opened in August 2008, Palouse Ridge Golf Club is a championship-level golf course on the WSU campus…the course played host to the 2012 Pac-12 Women's Golf Championship,  2013 NCAA Men's Golf Pullman Regional, and the 2015 Pac-12 Men's Golf Championship…the course has been named to Golfweek's Top College Courses List for the last three years, coming in at sixth in 2016.

 THE FIELD: Joining WSU in the 8-team field will be CSU-Fullerton, Idaho, Idaho State, Montana State, OKCU, Sacramento State, Seattle University, and UBC.
 
LAST TIME ON THE GREEN: The Cougars finished in 16th place in the Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invitational September 11th-12th. The team shot a 904 (+40) over three rounds. Senior Alivia Brown tied for 25th with a final score of 220(+4). Sophomore Marie-Lund-Hansen tied for 52nd with a 224(+8), just four strokes behind Brown.
 
REPRESENTING WASHINGTON STATE: Competing for the Cougar women will be seniors Bree Wanderscheid and Alivia Brown, junior Madison Odiorne, and sophomores Elodie Bridenne and Marie-Lund-Hansen.
 
COACHING STAFF: This will be Kelli Kamimura's ninth season as head coach…last season, Kamimura led the Cougars to their second-lowest team scoring average in school history…WSU alumna Emma Betland is entering her third season as assistant coach…Betland golfed for WSU from 2010-2013.
 
RESULTS: Live results will be available during tournament play at birdiefire.com. Tournament results will be posted at wsucougars.com at the end of each day of competition.