GRAND JUNCTION, Colo.—  Coming off a dominant team victory in South Dakota, the Colorado Mesa University women's golf team will look to wrap up the fall season with another solid effort at the Las Vegas Desert Classic, which begins Friday at the Boulder Creek Golf Course in the Sin City suburb of Boulder City, Nevada.
 
In addition to the opportunity to play against a strong field, the Mavericks will also get an opportunity to preview the course, which will be used for the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Championships in April.
 
Live scoring for the 3-day, 54-hole event that will run through Sunday can be seen at the link above. 
 
Shotgun starts are slated for 8 a.m. PDT (9 a.m. Mountain) on each of the three days.

Missouri-St. Louis is the host school.
 
Last Time Out
 
The Mavericks claimed a dominant 15-shot team win and had four individuals amongst the top six at the Hardrocker Fall Invite, played just two weeks ago (Oct. 12-13) in Rapid City, South Dakota.
 
The Mavs had team scores of 315 and 313 to finish with a 36-hole total of 628 (+52) to finish well ahead of Chadron State and the rest of the 8-team field.
 
Sophomore Hayden Hawley won the individual title by a single shot with a total of 154 (+10) and posted rounds of 78 and 76 in cold conditions.
 
McKenzie Dolph also claimed a medal with a third place score of 156 (+12) while Libby Bourassa tied for fourth at 158 (+14).  Allison Sanger was sixth at 160 (+16).
 
Recaps of each of the tournament's two rounds can be found here: MONDAY | TUESDAY
 
Who's Competing
 
Maverick Head Coach Kori Satterfield will use the same five women in the team-scoring lineup for the third straight event with Hayden Hawley, McKenzie Dollph, Libby Bourassa, Allison Sanger and Hunter Gledhill all slated to represent the team.  Freshman Brooke Brekke will also make the trip to play as an individual.
 
All six Mavericks have played in each of the Mavs' four tournaments and nine competitive rounds to date this year with Hawley, Bourassa, Sanger and Gledhill representing the team in each.  Brekke (twice) and Dolph (once) have played as individuals this fall.
 
Stiff National Competition
 
The Mavericks are one of 16 teams from nine different states and eight different NCAA Division II conferences slated to compete in the national event.
 
Schools from all four time zones in the contiguous United States will also compete.
 
The field includes five teams ranked inside the top ten of the current SCOREBOARD Powered by clippd NCAA Division II rankings and another six ranked inside the top 50.
 
Top-ranked Dallas Baptist, the defending national champions, are also one of four teams in the field who were amongst the eight squads to reach the medal match portion of last year's national championships.  That group also includes No. 10 Cal State San Marcos, the team the Patriots beat in the semifinal round, as well as No. 3 ranked St. Mary's and No. 19 Missouri-St. Louis.
 
Eighth-ranked Lincoln Memorial are also in the field along with No. 21 Point Loma, No. 25 Cal State-LA, No. 39 Washburn, No. 43 Westminster and No. 47 Cal State Monterey Bay.
 
The Lone Star Conference has the most representation with five teams while the California Collegiate Athletic Conference has three.  The Mavs and Westminster will represent the RMAC.
 
The states of California and Texas both have four representatives while Missouri has two in the hosts and Central Missouri.  Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Utah and Tennessee all have one representative each.
 
First Win Results in RMAC Honor
 
Hayden Hawley's victory at the Hardrocker Fall Invite was the first of her collegiate career and helped the sophomore out of Thornton claim Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Golfer of the Week honors on Oct. 15. 
 
Hawley now has three top ten finishes this season and leads the Mavs with her 77.22 scoring average this season.
 
Top Tens
 
The Mavericks had four players finish amongst the top ten at the Hardrocker Fall Invite, marking the first time this season that the Mavs had as many top finishers in the same tournament.
 
McKenzie Dolph, Libby Bourassa and Allison Sanger all recorded the first top ten finish of their respective seasons.  Dolph and Sanger also registered the first of their careers while Bourassa picked up her second career top ten finish.
 
Second 54
 
The upcoming tournament will be the Mavs' second 54-hole event of the fall season.  They also played a 3-day, 54-hole event to open the season at the Travis Roy Memorial Invitational, posting a score of 961 (+97) between Sept. 13-15.
 
The Mavs did not play a 54-hole tournament in 2025-26 as the RMAC Championships were officially shortened to 45 holes after high winds forced the cancelation of the final nine holes during the third and final round.
 
Extensive Travelers
 
The Mavericks' five tournaments this fall are in five different states.  The Mavericks have already ventured to Wyoming, Utah and South Dakota and stayed in Colorado for their first four tournaments. 
 
Up Next

The Mavericks' fall season will be complete following the tournament.  They have not yet released their spring schedule, which will be posted on www.cmumavericks.com, when it is available.