SAN DIEGO – The Aztec women's golf team is back in action Monday, playing in the Pac-12 Preview at the Nanea Golf Club in Kailua Kona, Hawai'i.
The 54-hole tournament will get underway Monday with 18 holes beginning with a 9:30 a.m. PT shotgun start. The next two rounds will also be 9:30 a.m. PT shotgun starts.
The tournament 12-team field is very competitive, featuring six teams in the top 20 (No. 2 Stanford, No. 4 USC and No. 6 UCLA, No. 18 San Jose State, No. 19 Cal and No. 20 Arizona) and another two in the top 50 (No. 45 Oregon State and No. 50 Washington). Other teams competing include Washington State, Colorado and Hawai'i.
The Aztecs are coming off their home tournament, the San Diego State Classic where they tied for sixth (out of 12), which helped them just 22 spots in the national rankings.
Head coach Lauren Dobashi (3rd season) will use the lineup of Andrea Gomez, Anna Lina Otten, Stephanie Barbaglia, Emma Narita, and Anika Sato.
Gomez (Huixquilucan, Mexico) has scored in 95.6% of SDSU's rounds and she led the Aztecs with an eight-over-par 224 at the San Diego State Classic, which put her in a tie for 13th.
Otten (Neuss, Germany) had an incredibly consistent fall season, shooting between a 76 or better in 13 of her 15 rounds. She placed 18th at the San Diego State Classic with a nine-over-par 225, which included a 73 in her final round, which tied her season-low.
Barbaglia (Johannesburg, South Africa) has the team's second best 18-hole average (74.7) and has finished in the top three among SDSU golfers in all five tournaments, including a top finish at the Ron Moore Intercollegiate where she shot a one-over par 217.
Narita (Tokyo, Japan) was the top Aztec finisher in three of SDSU's four fall tournaments and leads SDSU with an 18-hole average of 74.1 Her 211 at The Clash at Boulder Creek was the lowest score by an Aztec since 2019 (Sara Kjellker) and lowest by a freshman since 2015 (Milagros Chaves).
Sato (Utsunomiya, Japan) battled injuries during the fall season, but finished with her best performance at The Clash at Boulder Creek where she shot a three-over-par 219. She tied for 38th out of 63 golfers at the San Diego State Classic
The Nanea Golf Club is considered the best course in Hawai'i and one of the top 100 courses in the country. Located on a high, exposed plateau beneath Mt. Hualalai, the holes ramble and roll into topsy-turvy greens, each with a sterling view of the Pacific Ocean three and half miles in the distance.
The forecast for both days will be clear with temperatures in the 70s.
Aztecs in Hawai'i for Pac-12 Preview
