BOULDER CITY (UNLVRebels.com) – Sophomore Amber Chen picked up her first career victory and the UNLV women’s golf team secured the team title Tuesday at the Jackrabbits Invitational hosted by South Dakota State at Boulder Creek Golf Club (Par 72, 6,343 yards).
WINNER’S CIRCLE: Chen tied her career-low tournament score, posting a 9-under 207 for the second time this season. As a team, the Rebels shot a 12-under 852 through 54 holes to finish 14 shots ahead of runner-up SDSU.
REBEL ROUNDUP: Next in line behind Chen, junior Zi Yu Foong earned runner-up honors with her fourth top-2 finish of the season as part three Scarlet & Gray top-10 finishes and four top-15 efforts. Following Chen’s and Foong’s lead, freshman Demi Du (-3) finished seventh with her season-low tournament score and freshman Lana Yamagata (+5) tied for 15th. Rounding out the main lineup, junior Jane Huang (+15) tied for 43rd.
Leading all Rebels playing as individuals, sophomore Caitlin Shippam notched a fourth-place finish with a career-low 54-hole score of 4-under 212. Behind her in the group of players competing solely as individuals, freshman Almina Erdogan (+4) placed 13th, freshman Yen Liu (+9) tied for 30th and junior Leonie Krausse (+16) cracked the top 50 in 46th.
REBEL FINISHERS: Guiding the Rebels’ final-round 4-under 884, Chen chipped in her second straight 4-under 68 scorecard and Du matched that with her own season-low 4-under 68 to end the tournament. Shooting par or better in every round of the event, Foong contributed an even-par 72 on the day. Shippam, a native of Tipperary, Ireland, joined Chen and Du in shooting a 4-under 68 for her career-low round on St. Patrick’s Day.
QUOTABLE: “I’m incredibly proud of the composure this group showed throughout the week. Bringing home both the team trophy and the individual title, along with a runner-up finish, is a testament to the high standards these athletes set for themselves every single day. Sweeping the top of the leaderboard shows the depth of our talent and the strength of our program’s culture. We’ve been working toward this level of consistency, and seeing that preparation translate into such a dominant performance is a huge momentum builder for the rest of our season.”
-UNLV Head Coach Amy Bush-Herzer
UP NEXT: The Rebels will play their final event of the regular season in three weeks in Maricopa, Arizona, at the Wyoming Cowgirl Classic from April 7-8.
NOTES:
- This marked the first time UNLV competed as a team at South Dakota State’s spring tournament at Boulder Creek Golf Club since 2018 when it also swept the team and individual trophies that year.
- With the win, the Rebel have now posted three top-5 finishes during the 2025-26 campaign, two of which have come this spring.
