Cowgirls lead Utah Valley Invitational entering final round

Wyoming has six-shot advantage, Kiley Reisner second individually after 36 holes

SARATOGA SPRINGS, Utah – The Cowgirls and Kiley Reisner picked up where they left off in May.

Wyoming, which capped the historic 2025-26 campaign by winning the National Golf Invitational, leads the 10-team Utah Valley Invitational by six shots entering Tuesday's final round on the 6,270-yard, par-72 TalonsCove Golf Club.

The Cowgirls were in third place after shooting a collective 293 (5-over) in the morning before posting a 289 (+1) in the afternoon, the lowest second round team score, to surge to the top of the team standings.

Host Utah Valley (+12) is in second place, and Weber State (+15) is third.

Reisner, an all-Mountain West selection as a true freshman last season, carded back-to-back rounds of 71 Monday and is second on the individual leaderboard at 2-under entering the final 18 holes.

Southern Utah's Saylar May (-8) leads Reisner by six strokes. BYU's Ava Schroeder (-1) and Portland State's Cynthia Valerie Ong (-1) are the only other players under par and tied for third.

Junior Emerson Purcell (+2) is tied for seventh, and junior Lucia Morelli (+5) and senior Elle Higgins (+5) are tied for 14th through 36 holes. Junior Kira Reisner (+6, tied 18th) rounded out the Cowgirls' scoring.

UW was the runner-up at this event in 2025 at -11 (853), which was the lowest tournament score in program history. Higgins set the program record for individual low round with a 68 (-5) and set the record for lowest tournament score in program history at -7 (209) to finish second.

Wolverine Invitational Team Scores

1. Wyoming – 293-289-582 (+6)

2. Utah Valley – 290-298-588 (+12)

3. Weber State – 291-300-591 (+15)

4. Southern Utah – 301-295-596 (+20)

5. Idaho State – 298-301-599 (+23)

6. Utah Tech – 298-306-604 (+28)

7. Portland State – 305-300-605 (+29)

8. Cal State Bakersfield – 305-304-609 (+33)

9. Eastern Washington – 309-303-612 (+36)

10. Idaho – 313-308-621 (+45)

Cowgirls Team Scores

2. Kiley Reisner – 71-71-142 (-2)

T7. Emerson Purcell – 75-71-146 (+2)

T14 Lucia Morelli – 71-78-149 (+5)

T14 Elle Higgins – 76-73-149 (+5)

T18 Kira Reisner – 76-74-150 (+6)

(Playing as an individual)

66. Ellie Barry – 91-90-181 (+37)

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