Boise State Athletics
Tuesday, April 18
Rancho Mirage, Calif. (Mission Hills GC)
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Mountain West Championship
Broncos Rewrite Record Book at MW Championship
4/20/2023 5:00:00 PM | Women's Golf
RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. – Boise State shot a program conference-championship record 884 (288-304-292, +20) in the Mountain West Women's Golf Championship at the Mission Hills Country Club, April 18-20. The Broncos finished sixth.
The team's 54-hole total shattered the previous record for the second-consecutive season. In 2022, Boise State posted its lowest total since 2015, firing 892.
Freshman Leia Chung and junior Franca Polla led the Broncos, collecting a pair of top-25 finishes.
Chung carded rounds of 71-76-71 (+2) to secure a 15th-place finish. Her total eclipsed Polla's conference record set last season by one stroke.
Polla (75-75-72, +6) shot even par during the final round and advanced four spots up the leaderboard to secure 25th.
Sophomore Hannah Lim (tied for 27th), junior Elli Gordon (31st) and fifth-year senior Kelsey Blaylock (T-34th) rounded out the Broncos' scoring five.
The team's 54-hole total shattered the previous record for the second-consecutive season. In 2022, Boise State posted its lowest total since 2015, firing 892.
Freshman Leia Chung and junior Franca Polla led the Broncos, collecting a pair of top-25 finishes.
Chung carded rounds of 71-76-71 (+2) to secure a 15th-place finish. Her total eclipsed Polla's conference record set last season by one stroke.
Polla (75-75-72, +6) shot even par during the final round and advanced four spots up the leaderboard to secure 25th.
Sophomore Hannah Lim (tied for 27th), junior Elli Gordon (31st) and fifth-year senior Kelsey Blaylock (T-34th) rounded out the Broncos' scoring five.
Quotables
- "It was fun to end the season on a high note with some record-breaking performances. The direction this program is headed is exciting." -head coach Kailin Downs
Top Broncos
- Leia Chung finished second among freshmen, behind New Mexico's Maria Caparros Levin who placed 13th.
- Chung's scores of 71 during the first and third rounds are the fifth-lowest individual rounds in Bronco history at a conference championship.
- Sophomore Hannah Lim fired the lowest individual round in program history at a conference championship with her 69 during the first round.
- In addition to Chung, three Broncos also cracked the top-10 list for individual low 54-hole score at a conference championship in junior Franca Polla (222; tied for third), Lim (224; tied for seventh) and Elli Gordon (225; tied for ninth).
Notables
- Boise State fired a program conference-championship record 884.
- The Broncos recorded the lowest and second-lowest team rounds at a conference championship in program history, scoring 288 during the first round and 292 in the final round. The previous record low was 295.
Players Mentioned
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