Jacket Golfers Open Spring Season (2/23/06)

BILLINGS, MT – The Montana State-Billings men’s and women’s golf teams both head to Texas February 25-28 to open their season in tournament play. Although this is a new conference for the Yellowjackets, many of the teams that the Jackets have competed against in previous years tournaments will be in attendance

The women’s team will compete in the Rattler Classic hosted by St. Mary’s (TX) February 25 and 26.  The Lady Jackets will play the 36-hole tournament at The Golf Club of Texas, a premier golf course located at the foothills of San Antonio.  This will be the first conference event of the year for the ladies team.  Halley Montalban (So., Billings, MT), Emily Maag (So., Billings, MT), Nicole Salsbery (So., Malta, MT), Jessica Boyer (Fr., Billings, MT), and Karrie Brack (So., Livingston, MT) will be the women golfers representing MSU Billings. 

St. Edward’s will host the Spring Invitational at the Golf Club at Circle C in Austin Texas February 27-28.  The Yellowjacket men’s golf team will compete in the 54-hole invitational along with fourteen other teams including, St. Edward’s, Western New Mexico, Oklahoma Panhandle, St. Mary’s, Dallas Baptist, West Texas A&M, Texas A&M Commerce, Southwestern Oklahoma State, Northeastern State, East Central, Abilene Christian, Cameron, and Incarnate Word.

Following the tournaments in Texas, both the men’s and women’s golf teams will return to Billings to play the annual Billings Collegiate Cup head-to-head against cross-town rival Rocky Mountain College.  The Cup will be played at The Briarwood, the Yellowjackets home course March 16 and 17.