Tournament: 2023 Mountain West Championship
Format: Stroke play/18 holes/5-count-4 (18/Friday, 18/Saturday, 18/Sunday)
Host: Mountain West
Dates: April 28-30 (Fri.-Sun.)
Golf Course: OMNI Tucson National (Par 72 – 7,194)
Location: Tucson, Ariz.
Live Scoring: Golfstat.com
Fresno State Lineup
Matthew Sutherland
Matthew Manganello
Jake Bettencourt
Joseph Lloyd
Jaden Hunter
Team (11)
Air Force
Boise State
Colorado State
Fresno State
Nevada
New Mexico
San Diego State
San Jose State
UNLV
Utah State
Wyoming
Schedule of Events
Friday – 18 holes, 7:40 a.m. PT
Saturday – 18 holes, TBA
Sunday – 18 holes, TBA
Notes
Fresno State enters this week's Mountain West Championship at No. 83 in the GolfStat rankings. The Bulldogs are fourth in the conference and one of six to rank in the Top 100.
Fresno State heads to the championship as the only team in the conference with two players ranked in the GolfStat Top 100.
Matthew Sutherland is ranked No. 89 in the nation according to GolfStat while Matthew Manganello is No. 93. They rank fourth and fifth in the Mountain West.
Sutherland has a team-low 70.90 scoring average while Manganello is at a 71.02.
The Bulldogs' top performance of the year came at the Nick Watney Invitational, shooting 22-under par (277-279-274—830) during the two-day event.
Matthew Manganello has won two tournaments this year, with his last coming at the Wyoming Desert Intercollegiate. He is the first Bulldog to earn multiple individual medalist honors in the same season since Nick Watney in 2002.
Closing out the fall, Manganello earned the program's 31st individual tournament win for the program during the last 25 years, shooting a 7-under 206 at the Saint Mary's Invitational at Poppy Hills Golf Club.
Manganello has claimed Mountain West Golfer of the Week or Golfer of the Month three times this season. The junior has been under par in 19 of the 26 rounds he has played this year.
Matthew Sutherland has earned Top 10 finishes in five tournaments this season following a season-best third-place finish 10 days ago at the El Macero Classic. His first three came during the fall, finishing with an 11-under par at the Nick Watney Invitational (4th) a 9-under par at the Wolf Pack Classic (4th) and then an 8-under par at the Stockton Invitational (5th).
In his first tournament as a Bulldog, Utah transfer Joseph Lloyd finished two spots back of Sutherland. The sophomore was consistent, shooting in the 60s each round while posting an 8-under par 205 (69-68-68). Lloyd earned his second Top 15 finish in Palm Desert, Calif.
Lloyd added a third at Bandon Dunes, finishing tied for fifth at even-par. Later in the week he earned MW Golfer of the Week honors.
The year's roster is a mix of four returners (Jake Bettencourt, Andrew Lee, Matthew Manganello, Matthew Sutherland), two transfers (Joseph Lloyd, Ryan Mendez) and two true freshmen (Jake Aberle, Jaden Hunter).
Youth is something the Bulldogs have plenty of with no seniors on the roster. Lee, Manganello and Sutherland are the oldest 'Dogs but still have two seasons to play.
Bettencourt and Sutherland entered the year having competed in this past summer's U.S. Amateur.