March 23, 2003
TUCSON, Ariz. - A final-round 302 earned the San Diego State women's golf team its third straight strong showing to begin the spring season, a fourth-place result at the Mountain View Collegiate. The Aztecs' consistent play over the 54-hole event - the Aztecs scored 305-304-302 for a final total of 911 - gives SDSU its third straight top-four finish to start 2003 after only one such result in the fall.
SDSU's best 54-hole score of the season finished 21 shots back of team champion International Pacific College (890, +26), which shot the low round of the day with a 293 to leapfrog both second-round leader Kansas State (3rd place, 894) and Iowa State (2nd place, 892).
The Aztec lineup came through with three individuals among the top 13. Junior Sandy Kim (West Linn, Ore./West Linn HS) led the way with a tie for sixth at 6-over 222, the best 54-hole score of her collegiate score by one shot. Kim followed her career-low round of 71 in yesterday's second round with a final-round 72, giving her two scores of par or better in a tournament for the first time. Kim, who has finished at least 26th in her last six events, ended up five shots back of individual medalist Christine Boucher of Kansas State (217, +1)
Senior Jennifer Hoene (Acampo, Calif./St. Mary's HS) matched the third-best round of the day with a career-best 1-under 71 that was three shots clear of her previous personal-best 74. Hoene finished in a tie for ninth at 7-over 223 for her second top 10 this season.
Junior Shayna Miyajima (Wailuku, Hawaii/Baldwin HS), the first-round leader after shooting the third 71 of her collegiate career, finished 76-77 to tie for 13th at 8-over 224. Miyajima, who was coming off back-to-back second-place results in the first two events of the spring, still picked up her fourth top-20 of the year. Senior Claire Riley (San Diego, Calif./Univ. of San Diego HS) shared 53rd place at 245, while redshirt freshman Toni Lutz (Anaheim, Calif./Valley Christian HS) finished in a 59th-place tie at 249.
SDSU enjoys two weeks off before returning to action at the April 7-8 BYU Invitational.
Final scores with relation to par Mar. 23at the Mountain View Collegiate, played at thepar-72, 5,984-yard Mountain View Golf Coursein Tucson, Ariz.
Fin. School Scores 1 Internat'l Pacific 295 302 293 890 +26 2 Iowa State 301 291 300 892 +28 3 Kansas State 299 290 305 894 +30 4 San Diego State 305 304 302 911 +47 5 Colorado 301 309 307 917 +53 Boise State 310 303 304 917 +53 Iowa 301 309 307 917 +53 8 Nevada 315 303 300 918 +54 9 Hawai'i 305 312 311 928 +54 10 Idaho 314 313 305 932 +68 11 Northern Arizona 319 308 312 939 +75 12 Wichita State 346 325 328 999 +135
Top 5 Individuals Fin. Name School Scores 1 Christine Boucher Kansas State 76 71 70 217 +1
2 Louise Kenney Iowa St 74 72 72 218 +2
3 Nicole Keller Idaho 73 74 74 221 +5 Alana Condon Nevada 72 74 75 221 +5 Nahoko Matsumoto IPCA 75 74 72 221 +5
Fin. School Scores 4 San Diego State Univ 305 304 302 911 (+47) T 6 Sandy Kim 79 71 72 222 (+6) T 9 Jennifer Hoene 75 77 71 223 (+7) T 13 Shayna Miyajima 71 76 77 224 (+8) T 53 Claire Riley 80 83 82 245 (+29) T 59 Toni Lutz 85 80 84 249 (+33)