2016 Women's Golf News
Both Orange Empire Conference teams competing in the CCCAA women's golf southern regional championship tournament at the Los Serranos Country Club in Chino Hills this week will advance to the CCCAA state championship event this Sunday and Monday, November 13-14, at the Morro Bay golf course.
The Saddleback College women's golf team hadn't won an Orange Empire Conference title since the 2006 season but snapped that drought on Wednesday when the Gauchos captured the OEC's 36-hole conference championship title and ran away from the rest of the pack in the conference standings.
By finishing 1-2 in the final regular-season conference match, both Irvine Valley and Saddleback have wrapped up the conference's two team spots in the post-season and will play in the Southern California Regional on November 7-8 at Los Serranos.
Irvine Valley climbed back into a tie for first place in the Orange Empire Conference standings with Saddleback following the Lasers' 11-stroke victory over the Gauchos on Monday at the Royal Vista course in Walnut.
The Mt. San Antonio women's golf team got its first Orange Empire Conference win on Wednesday, posting a team score of 342 on the par-71 Oak Creek course in a conference event hosted by Irvine Valley College.
The Saddleback women's golf team took over first place in the Orange Empire Conference standings on Wednesday with a round of 347 at Alta Vista Country Club in Placentia. The Gauchos are now two wins ahead of Irvine Valley in the standings.
The 2016 Orange Empire Conference women's golf schedule got underway this week with two quick matches being hosted by Orange Coast and Fullerton before a three week lull in the action.