Bobcat Golfers Head South
4/3/2004 12:00:00 AM | Women's Golf
ABOUT THE BOBCATS
Montana State travels to St. George, Utah, this weekend for the BYU Dixie Classic. This tourney begins a quick stretch of six rounds in two tournaments over seven days that concludes the regular season.
COMINGS AND GOINGS
Last Time Out
It’s been a while, but the Bobcats fired a solid 644 over two rounds to finish 14th out of 18 teams at the Bobcat Dessert Classic in Goodyear, Ariz. Tiffani Spring led the team, as she has all year, firing a 79-76/155 to finish tied for 36th. MSU got good consistency, counting only one round over 82 during the tournament. MSU’s tourney was March 8-9, so the team has not competed nearly a month.
Up Next
The Bobcats travel to southern Utah this week for the BYU Dixie Classic. MSU will be one of 14 schools to compete in a three-round, 54-hole tournament played April 5 (36 holes) and 6 (18 holes). Other teams in the field include BYU, Colorado, CSU, Hawai’i, Long Beach State, Nevada, Portland State, San Diego State, San Francisco, UNLV, Weber State, and Wyoming. The tournament will begin with a shotgun start on Monday and Tuesday.
Results
For results of the BYU Dixie Classic, visit www.byucougars.com or www.golfstat.com.
NOTING THE ‘CATS
Team Notes
Montana State plays in its third tournament of the spring season, but only its first in the last month... Montana State has finished 14th or tied for 14th in every tournament in which it has played with more than 14 teams... MSU is one of three Big Sky Conference teams entered in this event.
Individual Notes
Tiffani Spring is closing her outstanding career in high style. The senior from Peoria, Ariz., has averaged 77.5 over 11 rounds, and has shot 80 or higher only once this year (84 in the first round at Boise State)... Spring has led the Bobcats in five of the team’s six tournaments this year, and has been the team’s low scorer in nine of the 11 rounds... Erica Leslie has averaged 81.7 strokes per round, and Kylie Anderson is at 82.5 per round... Anderson, Spring and Leslie are the only players to lpay in all 11 rounds for the Bobcats this year.
BOBCAT COACHING STAFF
BRITTANY BASYE
HEAD COACH
Brittany Basye, a former state champion at Billings Central and WAC Champion at New Mexico, is in her first season as MSU head coach. She was Dan Davies’ assistant for three seasons. Basye was WAC Player of the Year in ‘94, was ranked 17th nationally at one point, and qualified for ‘95 U.S. Open.
FROM BRITTANY BASYE
“We’ve had two good weeks of practice outside, and we are hitting the ball well. The five we take to the BYU and Stanford tournaments are the five that will go to the Big Sky Championships, so we’re concentrating on playing well and pointing toward the Big Sky Championships. Tiffani Spring is really playing well, and we have shown a little more consistency this spring. That will be an important factor for us, to be consistent from one through five. If we do that, I think we can finish our season strong.”
2003-04 MONTANA STATE ROSTER
Player Class Hometown (High School) Rounds Total Avg
Kylie Anderson so Great Falls (Great Falls) 11 908 82.5
Theresa DeWalt jr Aberdeen, SD (Roncalli) 2 172 86.0
Kristina Kurcinka so Eagan, MN (Eastview) 9 724 80.4
Erica Leslie jr Spokane (Liberty) 11 899 81.7
Amanda Nielsen fr Billings (Central) 8 699 87.3
Kylee Seefreid fr Spokane (Ferris) 5 442 88.4
Tiffani Spring jr Peoria, AZ (Centennial) 11 853 77.5
(this week’s lineup in bold)
Montana State travels to St. George, Utah, this weekend for the BYU Dixie Classic. This tourney begins a quick stretch of six rounds in two tournaments over seven days that concludes the regular season.
COMINGS AND GOINGS
Last Time Out
It’s been a while, but the Bobcats fired a solid 644 over two rounds to finish 14th out of 18 teams at the Bobcat Dessert Classic in Goodyear, Ariz. Tiffani Spring led the team, as she has all year, firing a 79-76/155 to finish tied for 36th. MSU got good consistency, counting only one round over 82 during the tournament. MSU’s tourney was March 8-9, so the team has not competed nearly a month.
Up Next
The Bobcats travel to southern Utah this week for the BYU Dixie Classic. MSU will be one of 14 schools to compete in a three-round, 54-hole tournament played April 5 (36 holes) and 6 (18 holes). Other teams in the field include BYU, Colorado, CSU, Hawai’i, Long Beach State, Nevada, Portland State, San Diego State, San Francisco, UNLV, Weber State, and Wyoming. The tournament will begin with a shotgun start on Monday and Tuesday.
Results
For results of the BYU Dixie Classic, visit www.byucougars.com or www.golfstat.com.
NOTING THE ‘CATS
Team Notes
Montana State plays in its third tournament of the spring season, but only its first in the last month... Montana State has finished 14th or tied for 14th in every tournament in which it has played with more than 14 teams... MSU is one of three Big Sky Conference teams entered in this event.
Individual Notes
Tiffani Spring is closing her outstanding career in high style. The senior from Peoria, Ariz., has averaged 77.5 over 11 rounds, and has shot 80 or higher only once this year (84 in the first round at Boise State)... Spring has led the Bobcats in five of the team’s six tournaments this year, and has been the team’s low scorer in nine of the 11 rounds... Erica Leslie has averaged 81.7 strokes per round, and Kylie Anderson is at 82.5 per round... Anderson, Spring and Leslie are the only players to lpay in all 11 rounds for the Bobcats this year.
BOBCAT COACHING STAFF
BRITTANY BASYE
HEAD COACH
Brittany Basye, a former state champion at Billings Central and WAC Champion at New Mexico, is in her first season as MSU head coach. She was Dan Davies’ assistant for three seasons. Basye was WAC Player of the Year in ‘94, was ranked 17th nationally at one point, and qualified for ‘95 U.S. Open.
FROM BRITTANY BASYE
“We’ve had two good weeks of practice outside, and we are hitting the ball well. The five we take to the BYU and Stanford tournaments are the five that will go to the Big Sky Championships, so we’re concentrating on playing well and pointing toward the Big Sky Championships. Tiffani Spring is really playing well, and we have shown a little more consistency this spring. That will be an important factor for us, to be consistent from one through five. If we do that, I think we can finish our season strong.”
2003-04 MONTANA STATE ROSTER
Player Class Hometown (High School) Rounds Total Avg
Kylie Anderson so Great Falls (Great Falls) 11 908 82.5
Theresa DeWalt jr Aberdeen, SD (Roncalli) 2 172 86.0
Kristina Kurcinka so Eagan, MN (Eastview) 9 724 80.4
Erica Leslie jr Spokane (Liberty) 11 899 81.7
Amanda Nielsen fr Billings (Central) 8 699 87.3
Kylee Seefreid fr Spokane (Ferris) 5 442 88.4
Tiffani Spring jr Peoria, AZ (Centennial) 11 853 77.5
(this week’s lineup in bold)
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