Women's Golf

Aztecs Place Ninth at Yale Invitational West

The San Diego State women’s golf team finished the Yale Invitational West Tuesday. The Aztecs took ninth place and were led by Ema Narita who tied for 19th overall.

Aztecs Place Ninth at Yale Invitational WestAztecs Place Ninth at Yale Invitational West
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LA QUINTA, Calif. – The San Diego State women’s golf team finished the Yale Invitational West Tuesday. The Aztecs took ninth place and were led by Ema Narita who tied for 19th overall.

The Aztecs dropped one spot in the final round after shooting a 299 after carding a two-over-par 290 in each of their first two rounds.

Narita shot a two-over-par 74 Tuesday to finish with an even par 216 for the tournament. She had one-under-par 71s in each of her first two rounds.

Stephanie Barbaglia had the lowest score among Aztecs Tuesday with a one-over-par 73 which matched the score of her first two rounds. Her three-over-par 219 put her in a tie for 28th. Barbaglia and Narita each had three birdies Tuesday which led the team.

Maya Benita was two-over-par on the day Tuesday with a 74 and finished five-over-par for the tournament.

Kylie Phi finished with a 225 (+9) after shooting a 78 in her final round and Emilia Omander finished outside the scoring with a 83 Tuesday and 238 overall.

No. 15 North Carolina won the tournament by 11 strokes with a 31-under-par 833 and Kansas’ Lauren Clark took home the individual championship with a 12-under-par 204.

STAT OF THE TOURNAMENT
Ema Narita led the tournament with 41 pars.

UP NEXT
The Aztecs compete at the Dr. Donnis Thompson Invitational at the Kā’anapali Golf Course in Lahaina, Hawaii March 24-26.

 Yale Invitational West
PGA West, Greg Norman Course – Par 72, 6,176 yards
Team Scores - Top Five & SDSU (Out of 12 Teams)

  1. No. 15 North Carolina… 833 (280-274-279, -31)
  2. No. 23 Kansas… 844 (280-284-280, -20)
  3. Princeton… 861 (287-283-291, -3)
  4. Virginia Tech… 864… (295-283-286, E)
  5. No. 12 Vanderbilt… 866 (290-286-290, +2)
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  1. San Diego State… 879 (290-290-299, +15)

Individual Scores - Top Five & SDSU (Out of 69 Players)

  1. Lauren Clark (Kansas)… 204 (69-69-66, -12)
  2. Ing Iadpleuem (North Carolina)… 205 (67-67, -11)
  3. Lynn Lim (Vanderbilt)… 207 (64-72-71, -9)
  4. Helen Yeung (North Carolina)…208 (72-70-66, -8)
  5. Regan Southerland (North Carolina)… 209 (72-68-69, -7)

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T-19. Ema Narita (SDSU)… 216 (71-71-74, E)

T-28. Stephanie Barbaglia (SDSU)… 219 (73-73-73, +3)

T-34. Maya Benita (SDSU)… 221 (75-72-74, +5)

T-46. Kylie Phi (SDSU)… 225 (73-74-78, +9)

  1. Emilia Omander (SDSU)… 238 (73-82-83, +22)