April 19, 2007
ST. GEORGE, Utah -
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The San Diego State women's golf team got off to a rough start Thursday at the 2007 Mountain West Conference Championships in St. George, Utah, logging a 40-over 324 to place seventh after the first 18 holes at the par-71, 6,210-yard Entrada at Snow Canyon. The Aztecs were forced to play without the team's lone senior and most experienced golfer, Jamie Oliver (Los Alamitos, Calif.), who withdrew midway through the round due to illness.
SDSU is currently three strokes in back of Wyoming and seven behind UNLV. Brigham Young, one of four MWC schools ranked in the top 45 nationally, leads the 54-hole tournament by six strokes, placing four of its golfers within the top five on the leaderboard. Cougar Rachel Newren and TCU's Catherine Matranga are tied for the individual lead at 1-over 72.
Aztec sophomore Maki Kamimura (West Covina, Calif.) and redshirt sophomore Jackie Kazarian (Dana Hills, Calif.) both carded team best scores of 9-over 80 to tie with two others for 19th place. Kamimura entered the final hole at 6-over, but ended up logging a triple bogey on the 18th.
Sophomore Alana Erlandson (Palm Desert, Calif.) is one stroke behind the duo in 23rd place with an 81, while junior transfer Kim Carmody (Palatine, Ill.) is tied for 29th with an 83.
Oliver is expected to return for the Aztecs on Friday morning when they tee-off along with Wyoming, beginning at 9:30 a.m. MT. Live stats are available at www.golfstat.com.
First scores with relation to par April 19, at the 2007 MWC Championships, played at the par-71, 6,210-yard Entrada at Snow Canyon in St. George, Utah.
Team Scores1 BYU 294 (+10) 2 TCU 300 (+16) 3 New Mexico 314 (+30) 4 Colorado State 315 (+31) 5 UNLV 317 (+33) 6 Wyoming 321 (+37) 7 San Diego State 324 (+40)
Top Five Individuals 1 Rachel Newren, BYU 72 (+1) Catherine Matranga, TCU 72 (+1) 3 Julie Ereckson, BYU 73 (+2) 4 Danielle von Arnim, BYU 74 (+3) 5 Daphne Vines, BYU 75 (+4)
San Diego State T19. Maki Kamimura 80 (+9) T19. Jackie Kazarian 80 (+9) T23. Alana Erlandson 81 (+10) T29. Kim Carmody 83 (+12) WD. Jamie Oliver WD