Feb. 18, 2003
LAKE SAN MARCOS, Calif. - Tournament-low performances on the second and final day sent the Texas Tech women's golf team to the championship of the 2003 Lady Aztec Invitational at Lake San Marcos Country Club. Propelled by the best individual round of the event - a 3-under 69 by junior Jackie Ey - the Red Raiders leaped from third place after 18 holes to the title with a tourney-best second-round 302.
At last year's Lady Aztec, the course was set up almost 200 yards longer as a par 73 and scores soared as Colorado State won with a 626 total. However, Texas Tech found this year's par 72, 5,885-yard course setup to its liking in round two as all five Red Raiders shot under 80 to polish off a 609 final total.
Despite the individual medalist performance of Jennifer Bawanan, Kansas relinquished its first-round lead and took second place at 613, four shots behind Texas Tech. Host San Diego State placed three players among the top 16 scores and tied for third at 620 with CSU Northridge. Colorado State, the highest-ranked team in the field coming in at No. 60 in the Golfweek/Sagarin ratings, placed fifth at 622.
Bawanan followed up the only sub-par round yesterday (71) with a final-round 77 to eke out a one-shot win at 148. San Diego State junior Shayna Miyajima (Wailuku, Hawaii/Baldwin HS) could not duplicate her four-birdie round of the day before in shooting a second-round 77 and tying with Sacramento State's Courtney Cotter for second at 149. Colorado State's Dawna Virdell took fourth at 141, while Ey, whose 69 was five shots lower than the second-best score today and 14 strokes better than her first-round 83, was among four golfers tied for fifth.
For the host Aztecs, Miyajima's second-place tie matched SDSU's and her own best individual finish of the year. Senior Jennifer Hoene (Acampo, Calif./St. Mary's HS) fired a 78 for the final 18 and tied for 13th at 155. Junior Sandy Kim (West Linn, Ore./West Linn HS) claimed the Aztecs' other top-20 finish by sharing 16th place at 156.
Senior Claire Riley (San Diego, Calif./Univ. of San Diego HS) tied for 29th with a total of 161, while redshirt freshman Toni Lutz (Anaheim, Calif./Valley Christian HS) dropped three shots off her first-round score with an 81 to finish at 165 in 45th place. Sophomore Cameron MacFarland (Issaquah, Wash./Liberty HS), playing in the first tournament of her collegiate career as an individual, tied for 63rd at 172.
The San Diego State women's golf team resumes its spring schedule at the March 10-11 Oregon Duck Invitational.
FINAL RESULTS Lady Aztec Spring Invitational * Individual Lake San Marcos CC LakeSanMarcosCA Dates: 02/17 - 02/18 (Today:02-18-2003) Par: 72 Yardage: 5885
Fin. Top 20 Teams Scores 1 Texas Tech Univ 307 302 609 +33 2 Kansas, U. of 304 309 613 +37 3 San Diego State Univ 305 315 620 +44 CSU-Northridge 310 310 620 +44 5 Colorado State Univ. 311 311 622 +46 6 Sacramento State U. 315 315 630 +54 7 UC - Riverside 321 316 637 +61 8 Weber State Univ. 333 314 647 +71 9 Cal Poly 319 332 651 +75 10 Portland, U. of 325 340 665 +89 11 Wyoming, U. of 333 333 666 +90 12 CSU-San Marcos 334 336 670 +94 13 SW Missouri St. U. 333 338 671 +95 14 CSU-Monterey Bay 346 337 683 +107 15 Wichita State Univ. 351 351 702 +126
Fin. Top 20 Players School Scores 1 Jennifer Bawanan Kansas 71 77 148 2 Shayna Miyajima S.Diego St 72 77 149 Courtney Cotter Sac. St. 74 75 149 4 Dawna Virdell Col. St. 76 75 151 5 Jackie Ey Texas Tech 83 69 152 Lynette Duran Col. St. 75 77 152 Heather Rose Kansas 77 75 152 Courtney O'Neill UC-Rvrside 77 75 152 9 Elizabeth Allen CSUN 79 74 153 Tiffany Woods Kansas 76 77 153 11 Kim Kolb Texas Tech 77 77 154 Hazel Tan Texas Tech 75 79 154 13 Emma Wahlgren CSUN 77 78 155 Jennifer Hoene S.Diego St 77 78 155 Sheila Mendez Texas Tech 77 78 155 16 Sandy Kim S.Diego St 77 79 156 Megan Hull Texas Tech 78 78 156 18 Megan Radonich Portland 75 82 157 19 Kimberly Feliciano UC-Rvrside 78 80 158 Christy Ferrero Sac. St. 82 76 158San Diego State Individuals Fin. School Scores T 3 San Diego State Univ 305 315 620 T 2 Shayna Miyajima 72 77 149 T 13 Jennifer Hoene 77 78 155 T 16 Sandy Kim 77 79 156 T 29 Claire Riley 79 82 161 T 45 Toni Lutz 84 81 165