2004 Championship Preview 4/16/2004 12:00:00 AM Related MaterialBoise State.pdfHawaii.pdfNevada.pdfSan Jose State.pdfSMU.pdfUTEP.pdfTulsa.pdfChampionship Records.pdfTee TimesClick on the .pdfs to the right to view your favorite team's photos, roster, stats, team notes and conference records.The 14th annual Western Athletic Conference womens golf championship is April 19-21 at the Underwood Golf Course in El Paso, Texas. Tulsa is looking for a WAC record sixth straight-team title. The Golden Hurricane already hold the record, as they have won the past five, including five of six individual medalist honors. Senior Julie Tvede looks to become the third Hurricane to win back-to-back titles, taking home the 2003 honor with a nine-stroke win.The tournament asigned tee times with a blind team draw, then the top players play the later round in the following days. This years opening round tee times begin with 10 twosomes. Hawaii is partnered with San Jose State beginning at 8:00 a.m., with 10 minute increments. UTEP will play with SMU beginning at 8:50, while Tulsa, Nevada and Boise State will play threesomes starting at 9:40. All schools will go off the No. 1 tee.Boise State posted a fourth-place finish in 2003 but has had a great season in 2004. The Broncos had a career tournament at the Bobcat Classic where they shot an 18-hole school-record 294, then followed it with a 36-hole school-record 597 in winning the event. That team victory was the Broncos first tournament title since the 1999-2000 season. Sophomore Ashley Hogg is the Broncos highest returning finisher from the 2003 WAC Championship. Hogg placed 15th with a three-day total of 238. Junior Jenny Judd shot a career-best round of 70 in the final round of the Bobcat Classic to finish with a 36-hole score of 147, one shot off the lead. The round of 70 ties the second-best round in school history.Hawaii, who took sixth last season at the WAC Championship, is led by a trio of dominating freshman. Dale Gammie, Sara Odelius and Megan Stoddart have competed in all seven tournaments thus far, helping the Wahine finish no lower than eighth place during three events in the spring season, twice finishing in fourth place. Ashley Adleta, who became Hawaiis interim head coach in January, immediately turned the program around, as the Wahine was unable to crack the top 10 in any of its fall tournaments. Odelius has led the team in six of its past seven events, while fellow frosh, Gammie, posted the teams top individual finish on the season as the runner-up in the Donnis Thompson Invitational. Nevada has moved up in each of its three seasons in the WAC, taking fourth in 2001, third in 02 and second in 01. The Wolf Pack look to top those marks as they have three of five starters returning from last years squad including senior Alana Condon, the 2003 WAC Player of the Year. Nevada had three top-five finishes in the fall season, coming in second at the Aztec Invitational on October 21. In the Wolf Packs three tournaments this spring, they have had three different top finishers.The Spartans have finished in the top three at the last seven WAC Championships, including a 1997 run where they claimed the team title. San Jose States five returning golfers from the 2002-03 team have a stroke average at least 0.50 lower this season compared to last season. Three Spartans, Ashley Gomes, Tai Kinney and Johanna Lundberg have at least one top-10 finish this season. Gomes became the first San Jose State womens golfer in four years to finish first individually at a womens golf tournament when she won the 2004 Bay Area Classic in San Jose, Calif..Host UTEP is looking to crack the fourth-place barrier, as they have not finished higher in each of the WAC Championships. Senior Annie Mallory, who earned second team all-WAC for the 2002-03 season, is back. She shot a career-low 224 at the Bronco Fall Classic in Kuna, Idaho in the fall of 2003, tying for third place. Sophomore Amy Young is UTEPs only other returning letterwinner this season. She played in nine tournaments for the Miners as a freshman, notching an 11th-place finish at the Bearkat Invitational. SMU has had a strong season and looks to better its seventh-place finish from a year ago. The Mustangs have won three tournaments this year, including two of their first three in the spring. SMU won the Miccosukee Championship to kick-off the spring, coming from 14 shots down on the final day to capture the victory. The Mustangs followed that performance, dominating the field at the St. Croix Collegiate Classic in the Virgin Islands, winning by 13 strokes. Freshman Laura Cross has won individual medallist honors at two tournaments during the season and posted an ace at the Longhorn Invitational. With Tulsa being the front runner, they will look for support from more than just Tvede. Tulsa had four golfers turn in the best finish for the Hurricane in at least one tournament this season. Cas Bridge, Suzie Fisher and Tvede led Tulsa twice, while Lee-Anne Pace had Tulsa's best finish in one tournament. Fisher has led the Hurricane twice this year, most recently at the Lady Sun Devil Invitational where she tied for ninth and earlier in the year shot a course record 66 at New Mexicos Championship course. Junior transfer Lee-Anne Pace was the 2003 Ohio Valley Conference Player of the Year and led Tulsa at this years Puerto Rice Classic, taking 13th.Results will be available daily at the completion of each round on wacsports.com.