Grand Canyon women's golf head coach
Lauren Giesecke announced the 2023-24 regular season schedule. The Lopes will compete in 10 events prior to the WAC Championship with four coming in the fall and six in the spring.
"We are ready to get the season started and very excited about the schedule we have set up," said Giesecke. "With five new faces joining our family, it's going to be a highly competitive atmosphere, which will do well for us at tournaments. We travel all over the country to start the fall and stay somewhat in Arizona for most of the spring, so it's a perfect combination for our team. The schedule is a great challenge for us, and the team is eager to get started."
GCU opens the season at the Timpanogos Collegiate Invitational in Provo, Utah, on Sept. 11-12. The Invitational, held at the Timpanogos Golf Club, is one of two fall tournaments hosted by a WAC opponent as Utah Valley plays host for the first tournament. Seattle U hosts the Pat Lesser Harbottle Invitational on Oct. 2-3 at the Tacoma Country and Golf Club.
The Lopes return to Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, for the second straight season and partake in the Coeur d'Alene Collegiate Invitational on Sept. 24-26. GCU will end the fall campaign at the White Sands NCAA Invitational at Ocean Club Golf Course in Paradise Islands, Bahamas, on Oct. 27-29.
GCU opens the spring at the Beach Invitational at Old Ranch Country Club in Seal Beach, California, on Feb. 5-6. before returning home and hosting the GCU Invitational on Feb. 27-28 at GCU Golf Course. The Lopes took third in last year's home outing.
March features three tournaments, including the Women's Jackrabbit Invitational in Boulder City, Nevada (March 11-12), Red Rocks Invitational in Sedona, Arizona (March 16-17) and the Fresno State Classic in Fresno, California (March 25-26). The team returns home one final time and competes in the Bobcat Desert Classic at Golf Club of Estrella in the nearby city of Goodyear on April 8-10.
The WAC Championship dates will be announced by the conference prior to the fall campaign.
GCU returns four of its starting five from a season ago, when the Lopes recorded a program record of six top-three placements and a program-best five in a row during the spring campaign. The returning group is headlined by senior
Constanza Guerrero, who earned All-WAC first team last season. Sophomore
Ryan Flynn is the reigning WAC Freshman of the Year while senior
Becca Tschetter and senior
Carly Strole received All-WAC Second Team recognition.