Women's Golf

Aztec Women's Golf Ends Up Third At NAU Tournament

Aztec Women's Golf Ends Up Third At NAU TournamentAztec Women's Golf Ends Up Third At NAU Tournament

Sept. 18, 2007

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. -

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The San Diego State women's golf team improved its first-round score by 15 strokes, but it was not enough to move up in the final team standings, as the Aztecs placed third at the La Quinta Inn & Suites Mountain Shootout Tuesday in Flagstaff, Ariz. SDSU logged a 313 in the second and final round to end its season-opening tournament at 65-over 641, 10 strokes behind first place Northern Arizona at the par-72, 6,426-yard Aspen Valley Golf Course.

Individually, the Aztecs had five golfers finish in the top 15, led by junior Jackie Kazarian's (Dana Point, Calif.) 13-over 157, which was good for third place. Kazarian was just one stroke out of second, but trailed medalist Sophia Choi of Northern Arizona, who posted a tournament-best 7-over 151, including a 75 in the final 18 holes.

SDSU senior Kim Carmody (Palatine, Ill.) slipped one place from third into a tie for fourth at 14-over 158, after firing an 80. Junior Maki Kamimura (West Covina, Calif.) and freshman Samantha Roberts (Carlsbad, Calif.), who both competed for the Aztec `A' or red squad, were just one stroke behind Carmody with matching efforts of 15-over 159. Sophomore Petra Cole (San Diego, Calif.) rounded out the school's top finishers with her 15th-place finish at 17-over 161.

The Aztecs' best performance of the day went to sophomore Ashley Wood (Lake Tahoe, Calif.), who posted a career-best 1-over 73, including a field-leading four birdies. Wood's 73 was a career best by eight strokes and 19 better than her day one score of 92. Wood's round tied as the lowest of the tournament and vaulted her from 40th into a tie with teammate Stephanie Arcala (Oceanside, Calif.) in 23rd place at 21-over 165.

The Aztecs take two weeks off before their next event, the Heather Farr Memorial Invitational, hosted by the University of Colorado, Oct. 1-2.

Second-round scores with relation to par Sept. 18, at the La Quinta Inn & Suites Mountain Shootout, played at the par-72, 6,426-yard Aspen Valley Golf Course in Flagstaff, Ariz.

Final Team Scoring
1 Northern Arizona 324-307-631 (+55)
2 New Mexico State. 324-308-632 (+56)
3 San Diego State - A 328-313-641 (+65)
4 CSU-Northridge 329-314-643 (+67)
5 San Diego State - B 336-318-654 (+78)
Sacramento State 336-318-654 (+78)
7 Utah Valley State 341-334-675 (+99)
8 Grand Canyon U. 357-346-703 (+127)
9 Southern Utah 362-352-714 (+138)

Top Four Individuals
1 Sophia Choi, NAU 76-75-151 (+7)
2 Saterra Chanachai, NMSU 81-75-156 (+12)
3 Jackie Kazarian, SDSU-B 77-80-157 (+13)
4 Lucy Davies, CSUN 81-77-158 (+14)
Loren Bowerman-Ritch, NMSU 81-77-158 (+14)
*Kim Carmody, SDSU 78-80-158 (+14)

San Diego State
3 Jackie Kazarian, SDSU-B 77-80-157 (+13)
4 *Kim Carmody, SDSU 78-80-158 (+14)
7 Maki Kamimura, SDSU-A 82-77-159 (+15)
Samantha Roberts, SDSU-A 78-81-159 (+15)
15 Petra Cole, SDSU-A 82-79-161 (+17)
21 Anna Booth, SDSU-A 86-78-164 (+20)
23 Stephanie Arcala, SDSU-A 86-79-165 (+21)
Ashley Wood, SDSU-B 92-73-165 (+21)
28 Alana Erlandson, SDSU-B 86-82-168 (+24)
30 Ashley Dyer, SDSU-B 86-83-169 (+25)
32 Kaitlen Miyajima, SDSU-B 87-83-170 (+26)
40 *Marcella Cambell, SDSU 95-81-176 (+32)
* = Competing as individuals