Women’s Golf to Tee it Up at Therese Hession Regional Challenge

LOS ANGELES – Coming off two wins, the No. 12 UCLA women’s golf team will look to continue its momentum at the Therese Hession Regional Challenge at Palos Verdes Golf Club, beginning with round one Sunday, Feb. 12.
 
The three-day, 54-hole stroke play event plays a par 71 with a course yardage of 6,017 and features three of the top-five ranked teams in the nation. The Bruins will tee off four round one, beginning at 10:12 a.m. (PT).
 
Lineup (1-5): Caroline Canales, Zoe Antoinette Campos, Alessia Nobilio, Annabel Wilson and Emilie Paltrinieri. Phoebe Yue is competing individually.
 
The Field (16 teams): No. 15 Arizona, No. 18 Baylor, Florida, Georgetown, Illinois, No. 24 Kentucky, Ohio State, No. 5 Oregon, Pepperdine, No. 3 San Jose State, No. 21 SMU, No. 1 Stanford, No. 6 Texas, No. 12 UCLA, No. 23 USC and Washington.
 
Ten of the 16 teams are ranked within the top 25 of the latest GolfStat poll.
 
Moving Up in the Rankings
The Bruins rose ten spots from No. 22 to No. 12 in GolfStat’s most recent poll, released on Tuesday, Feb. 7.
 
Following the first victory of her career at The Match in the Desert on Jan. 23 and her two match play victories versus then-No. 21 USC last week at The Battle for the Bell, sophomore Caroline Canales jumped eight spots in GolfStat’s individual rankings to No. 26.
 
Zoe Antoinette Campos is ranked at No. 11.
 
Spring Has Sprung
UCLA is on a roll to open the spring portion of its 2022-23 season, claiming two medals at The Match in the Desert and the inaugural Battle for the Bell over crosstown rival USC.
 
In its last stroke play event at The Match in the Desert, every Bruin competing had contributed to UCLA’s counting score, including Phoebe Yue and Yuki Yoshihara who tied for fourth in the rotation with a 2-over 74. The senior cleaned up their round on the back nine, shooting a collective 4-under after the turn. Yoshihara had three birdies while Yue had two.
 
At The Battle for the Bell, Yoshihara was one of three Bruins to each win both of their matches, joining Canales and Campos.
 
Two-Time Defending UCLA Student-Athlete of the Week
Canales’ strong performances over the last two weeks have yielded a pair of UCLA Student-Athlete of the Week awards. Canales has shot under par in three of her last four stroke play rounds dating back to the Nanea Pac-12 Preview in…