Nov. 3, 2009
KAHUKU, Hawaii -
The SDSU women, playing in a field of seven top-40 teams, slipped one spot in the standings into ninth place Tuesday at the 2009 Turtle Bay Resort College Invitational in Kahuku, Hawaii.
After having two golfers in the top 18 after the first day, the San Diego State women now have three players tied for 28th overall at 6-over 150, while the two others are also in the top 45 out of the 94 participants. As a group, the Aztecs logged a second-round 301 and are 22-over 598 for the tournament, just one stroke in back of eighth-place Oral Roberts and three behind seventh-place Oregon at the par-72, 6,261-yard George Fazio Course.
Freshman Gina Clark (Murrietta, Calif.) had the team's best round of the day, posting a career-low 74 to move from 43rd place to 28th at 6-over 150. Clark was at even-par through the first nine holes, but then bogeyed the 10th and 12th, before offsetting a double-bogey with a pair of birdies.
She is tied on the leaderboard with both sophomore Malin Enarsson (Gothenburg, Sweden) and junior Stephanie Arcala (Oceanside, Calif.). Enarsson was unable to match her day one even-par round, instead firing a 78, while Arcala had seven bogeys and two birdies for a 5-over 77. Freshman Christine Wong (Surrey, B.C.) shaved one stroke off her day-one effort with a 75 to tie for 36th place, while junior Samantha Roberts (Carlsbad, Calif.) moved from 62nd to 45th place at 9-over 153 with a 75 on Wednesday.
UC Davis, ranked 37th nationally, continues to lead the tournament by six strokes over second-place California. Aggie Demi Runas posted her second sub-70 round of the week to claim the top individual spot at 7-under 137.
The men and women will switch courses for the Turtle Bay Resort College Invitational's final round Wednesday, starting with tee times ranging from approximately 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. HT. Live stats are available on goaztecs.com, as well as golfstat.com.
2009 Turtle Bay Resort College Invitational
Kahuku, O'ahu, Hawaii
Round 2 Results - Women's - Par-72, 6,261-yard, George Fazio Course
Team Scoring (Top 5 teams, plus SDSU, out of 18)
1 UC Davis 281-290-571 (-5)
2 California 290-287-577 (+1)
3 UCLA 292-289-581 (+5)
USC 291-290-581 (+5)
5 San Jose State 288-297-585 (+9)
9 San Diego State 297-301-598 (+22)
Individuals (Top 5 Individuals out of 94)
1 Demi Runas, UC Davis 68-69-137 (-7)
2 Stephanie Kono, UCLA 71-67-138 (-6)
Lizette Salas, USC 71-67-138 (-6)
4 Cristina Corpus, SJSU 68-71-139 (-5)
5 Simone Hoey, LBSU 72-69-141 (-3)
San Diego State
T28 Malin Enarsson 72-78-150 (+6)
T28 Stephanie Arcala 73-77-150 (+6)
T28 Gina Clark 76-74-150 (+5)
T36 Christine Wong 76-75-151 (+7)
T45 Samantha Roberts 78-75-153 (+9)