April 20, 2007
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ST. GEORGE, Utah - The San Diego State women's golf team moved into a tie for sixth place with Wyoming after improving its first round score by 10 strokes, logging a 30-over 314 Friday at the 2007 Mountain West Conference Championships in St. George, Utah. The Aztecs are tied with the Cowgirls at 70-over 638, and trail fifth place UNLV by just a single stroke, heading into Saturday's final round at the par-71 6,210 Entrada at Snow Canyon.
BYU, ranked 15th nationally, maintained its six-stroke lead over the rest of the seven-team field at 32-over 600. Cougar Rachel Newren took over the individual lead by herself with a second round 74, to put her two-day total at 4-over 146, two strokes better than TCU's Valentine Derrey.
A day after having to withdraw due to illness, Aztec senior Jamie Oliver (Los Alamitos, Calif.) returned to competition to fire a 7-over 78, which tied her for the team's low round of the tournament along with teammate Kim Carmody (Palatine, Calif.), who also carded a 78. Carmody moved up six slots into a tie for 23rd with a 36-hole total of 19-over 161.
Sophomore Maki Kamimura (Palm Desert, Calif.) and redshirt sophomore Jackie Kazarian (Dana Hills, Calif.) matched each other's scores for the second straight day, both tallying an 8-over 79, which puts them in a tie for 17th with a 159. Sophomore Alana Erlandson (Palm Desert, Calif.) rounded out the Aztec contingent with a 9-over 80, to tie her with Carmody with a 161.
The Aztecs finish the 2007 MWC championships with the third and final round Saturday, beginning at 9:30 a.m. MT.
Second-round scores with relation to par April 20, at the 2007 MWC Championships, played at the par-71, 6,210-yard Entrada at Snow Canyon in St. George, Utah.
Team Scores 1 BYU 294-306-600 (+32) 2 TCU 300-306-606 (+38) 3 New Mexico 314-304-618 (+50) 4 Colorado State 315-312-627 (+59) 5 UNLV 317-320-637 (+69) T6 San Diego State 324-314-638 (+70) T6 Wyoming 321-317-638 (+70)
Top Five Individuals 1 Rachel Newren, BYU 72-74-146 (+4) 2.Valentine Derrey, TCU 76-72-148 (+6) Jodi Ewart, New Mexico 77-71-148 (+6) 4. Catherine Matranga, TCU 72-78-150 (+8) Natasha Krishna, UNLV 77-73-150 (+8)
San Diego State T17. Maki Kamimura 80-79-159 (+17) T17. Jackie Kazarian 80-79-179 (+17) T23. Alana Erlandson 81-80-161 (+19) T23. Kim Carmody 83-78-161 (+19) WD. Jamie Oliver WD-78