Feb. 14, 2006
BEAUMONT, Calif. -
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The San Diego State women's golf team started its 2006 spring season the same way it began the fall season, with a victory. SDSU finished first at UC Riverside's Lady Braveheart Challenge Tuesday at the Oak Valley Golf Course in Beaumont, Calif. It is the third team tournament title for SDSU in the 2005-06 season. The Aztecs ended the 36-hole, two-day tournament with a final score of 624 (+48), including a second round 309, beating second place UC Davis (632) by eight strokes.
"I'm very pleased with the team's performance, especially being the first time back (since the fall)," SDSU head coach Felicia Brown said. "I thought the team was solid and we did everything we set out to do. It was a good way to start the spring and a lot of good things happened."
SDSU senior Heather MacRae (Dunblane, Scotland) was edged by Jessica Huss of Cal Poly by one stroke for the individual crown. MacRae finished the tournament at 10-over 154. Redshirt freshman Megan McLeod (Fallbrook, Calif.) wasn't far behind MacRae, tying for third place with a final score of 11-over 155. Sophomore Anna Booth (Coffs Harbour, Australia), who participated in the tournament as an individual, ended in a three-way tie for sixth, carding a 12-over 156.
Along with MacRae and McLeod, freshmen Maki Kamimura (West Covina, Calif.), Alana Erlandson (Palm Desert, Calif.) and Heather Wilson (Chula Vista, Calif.) all finished in the top 15. Kamimura tied for 10th with a final score of 16-over 160. Erlandson and Wilson were part of a three-way tie for 14th, shooting an 18-over 162.
Six Aztecs competed individually at the Lady Braveheart Challenge, including Booth, senior Megan Mulhaupt (Trabuco Canyon, Calif.), junior Jamie Oliver (Los Alamitos, Calif.), redshirt freshman Amanda Egan (Benicia, Calif.) and sophomore MacKenzie Swecker (Winnemucca, Nev.) Mulhaupt shot a 17-over 161 and was second among individual golfers. Oliver, Egan and Swecker all tied for 23rd overall.
The Aztecs will look to continue their winning ways at their next tournament, the Kitahara Fresno State Invitational, on Feb. 27-28.