The 2022 fall schedule begins on Monday for Eastern Washington women's golf, as the team travels for its first competition. Eastern will compete at the Kelsey Chugg Invitational, hosted by Weber State from Monday, Sep. 19 through Sep. 20.

The two-day tournament will be played in Eden, Utah at the Wolf Creek Golf Club. There will be a shotgun start each day, with teams playing 36 holes on Monday and 18 on Tuesday.

A Look at Eastern
Head coach Brenda Howe begins her 14^th season leading the Eagles and had a strong finish to the 2021-22 season this past spring.

Eastern finished fifth at the Big Sky Championships after being selected to finish ninth in the preseason. Jaelin Ishikawa finished ninth on the leaderboard and earned a second-straight top-10 finish at the conference championships. Ishikawa earned an All-Big Sky honorable mention from the conference for the second-straight season as well, averaging a 76.7 score per round.

In addition to the Big Sky championships, the Eagles earned two top-10 team finishes during the spring schedule. In the team's final regular season tournament, Eastern finished seventh at the Bobcat Desert Classic. Ishikawa was key again for the team, with a score of 225 to place sixth at the competition. The Eagles would also take 10th place at the Pizza Hut Lady Thunderbird Invite with 943 total strokes. Kami Twining earned a tie for 10th in the tournament with 224 total strokes.

Returning Core
Eastern returns its entire roster from a season ago, including Ishikawa and Twining. They are joined by returners Morgan Baum, Stephanie Chelack, Carisa Padilla and Meghan Singh.

Twining had two top-10 finishes and another top-10 finish in her freshman season, with her best round coming at the Lady Thunderbird Invite in the spring. The Liberty Lake, Wash. native shot a 71 in the third round of the tournament for her best 18-hole performance.

In Baum's third year at Eastern, she recorded a top-five finish at the Battle for Old Works in the fall of 2021, shooting 234 to earn fourth at the tournament. Baum also earned a top-20 finish at the Griz Challenge in fall, recording a 155 score to place 11^th.

Chelack made an impact in her second season with the Eagles, helping the team earn its top-five finish at the Big Sky Championships. Chelack had her best tournament in the postseason, scoring 233.

Padilla was also an important element to Eastern in her second season. Padilla recorded a 234 score at the Big Sky Championship, where she matched her best 18-hole score of 75 in the first round.

Singh's first season at Eastern was highlighted by a tie for third place at the 2021 Griz Challenge. Singh posted a 150, including a 74 in the second round to match her best 18-hole score on the season. The redshirt-junior also finished in a tie for 14^th place at the 2021 Battle of Old Works. At the Big Sky Championships, Singh shot a 231 that included her best 36-hole score of 149.

New Eagles
Joining the roster for the 2022-23 season is a pair of true freshmen in Kylee Gregory and Brooke Mahler. Gregory comes to Eastern from Los Alamitos, Calif. and Mahler hails from Buckley, Wash.

Looking Ahead
Eastern will have two more competitions this fall. The Eagles will host the Eagle Invitational from Monday, Sep. 26 to Wednesday, Sep. 28. The fall schedule closes at the Pat Lesser Harbottle Invitational, hosted by Seattle. The competition takes place from Monday, Oct. 3 to Tuesday, Oct. 4.