March 10, 2003
JUNCTION CITY, Ore. - The San Diego State women's golf team is poised to match its best result of the year as the Aztecs stand in second place after 36 holes at the Oregon Duck Invitational. SDSU, which also finished second against a regional field at the Matador Fall Classic, fired a first-round 308 and followed up with its best score of the season (300) to grab a solid hold of second at 32-over 608.
Washington State (+18, 594), the only team to break 300 in either round, holds a 14-shot lead over the Aztecs. SDSU is seven strokes up on third-place Missouri (+39, 615) and 14 shots clear of fourth-place Idaho (+46, 622).
SDSU is experiencing success on the par-72, 5,982-yard Shadow Hills Country Club course despite soggy and cold conditions. "The course is wet and it's playing longer than its yardage, plus its cold," SDSU coach Felicia Brown said. "But the team has been great. They're very focused on what they need to do and we're in a great position."
The Aztecs counted four scores in the 70s in each round and boast two players in the top four of the individual standings. Junior Shayna Miyajima (Wailuku, Hawaii/Baldwin HS) picked up her play where she left off at the Lady Aztec Invitational three weeks ago, when she tied for second. This time, Miyajima has second all to herself after rounds of 73 and 72 leave her at 1-over 145. She trails first-place Kim Welch of Washington State (-6, 138) by seven shots, but holds a four-stroke advantage on third-place Elin Ohlsson of Missouri (149).
Junior Sandy Kim (West Linn, Ore./West Linn HS) joins Miyajima near the top of the leaderboard and is five shots back of her teammate in fourth place at 6-over 150. Kim followed up a first-round 78 with an even-par 72 in the second round for her best 18 holes of the year.
Senior Claire Riley (San Diego, Calif./Univ. of San Diego HS) cleared 80 in each of her rounds today (79-78) and shares 21st place at 157. Fellow senior Jennifer Hoene (Acampo, Calif./St. Mary's HS) recovered nicely from a first-round 85 with a second-round 78 and tied for 43rd. Also sharing 43rd is redshirt freshman Toni Lutz (Anaheim, Calif./Valley Christian HS), who picked up the slack for the Aztecs in the first round with a career-best 78 before flip-flopping scores with Hoene in the second round with an 85.
"Toni's 78 came in very handy," Brown said. "She went five shots under her average when we really needed it in the first round."
The third and final round of the Oregon Duck Invitational begins tomorrow with an 8:00 a.m. shotgun start.
First- and econd-round scores with relationto par Mar. 10 at the Oregon Duck Invitational,played at the par-72, 5,982-yard Shadow HillsCountry Club in Junction City, Ore.
Fin. School Scores 1 Washington State U. 295 299 594 +18 2 San Diego State Univ 308 300 608 +32 3 Missouri, U. of 310 305 615 +39 4 Idaho, University of 315 307 622 +46 5 Portland State Univ. 309 314 623 +47 6 Colorado State Univ. 313 311 624 +48 7 Colorado, U. of 312 327 639 +63 8 Oregon, U. of 323 318 641 +65 9 Portland, U. of 322 325 647 +71 10 Oregon Yellow 332 326 658 +82 11 Santa Clara Univ. 340 319 659 +83 12 Montana State Univ. 329 331 660 +84
Top 10 Individuals Fin. Name School Scores 1 Kim Welch Wash. St. 70 68 138 -6 2 Shayna Miyajima S.Diego St 73 72 145 +1 3 Elin Ohlsson Missouri 73 76 149 +5 4 Sandy Kim S.Diego St 78 72 150 +6 5 Jay Lee Longbottom Wash. St. 76 75 151 +7
6 Maria Valente Idaho 80 72 152 +8 Maria Kostina Wash. St. 75 77 152 +8
8 Katharine Dorris Wash. St. 74 79 153 +9
9 Erin Kerr Colorado 75 79 154 +10 Taya Battistella PortlandST 78 76 154 +10 Denise Knaebel Missouri 79 75 154 +10 Fin. School Scores 2 San Diego State Univ 308 300 608 2 Shayna Miyajima 73 72 145 4 Sandy Kim 78 72 150 T 21 Claire Riley 79 78 157 T 43 Jennifer Hoene 85 78 163 T 43 Toni Lutz 78 85 163