Nov. 12, 2003
SAN DIEGO - San Diego State shot its best round of the tournament with an 11-over 299 on Wednesday to finish ninth at the Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown. The Aztecs started slowly on Monday with a 314 but posted solid scores of 300 and 299 for a 913 (+49) total. Heather MacRae's individual performance highlighted the tournament as she finished sixth overall at three-over 219, after posting a 73 in today's final round. No. 4 New Mexico won the tournament by 18 strokes at 869 in a tournament field where all 16 schools ranked in Golfweek's Top 100 and eight were listed in the top 50.
MacRae earned her best finish of the season in a 54-hole event, and is the third Aztec to lead the squad in scoring in four events. Heather opened the week with a 75, before shooting a season best one-under 71 on Tuesday, where she posted four birdies. MacRae was more consistent in Wednesday's round as she recorded only one bogey to go with 17 pars on the day. Heather, a junior, is originally from Dunblane, Scotland but went to McLennan College before transferring to SDSU this season.
Senior Shayna Miyajima duplicated MacRae's final round with a 73 of her own and finished at 10-over 226 in 22nd. Miyajima posted scores of 79-74-73 in the tournament and for the fall did not post one score over 80.
Freshman Jenna Wilson fired a final round 74, her best score of the tournament, to place 32nd at 13-over par (229). Wilson finishes the fall with the Aztecs' top stroke average of 74.5 after earning medallist honors at the Lady Aztec Invitational and a runner-up finish at the Heather Farr Memorial.
Megan Mulhaupt also posted her best score of the tournament as she shot 79 to finish at 243, while Jamie Oliver shot 81 and ended with a 242.
The Aztecs entered the tournament ranked No. 35 in the country but were without the services of senior Sandy Kim for the first time in the last four years after Kim injured her back in the final round of the Lady Aztec Invitational. Kim had posted the Aztecs' third best scoring average of the fall.
San Diego State is through with its fall season, and will have a couple months off before beginning its spring schedule in February. SDSU won its first tournament in two years during the fall and also earned a second place finish, and will attempt to advance to the NCAA Championships this spring.