Women's Golf

SDSU's Women's Golf In First After 36 Holes At Anteater Invite

SDSU's Women's Golf In First After 36 Holes At Anteater InviteSDSU's Women's Golf In First After 36 Holes At Anteater Invite

March 29, 2010

DOVE CANYON, Calif. -

Anteater Invite Day 1 Results in PDF Format

The San Diego State women's golf team continued its strong play for the second straight week, owning a six-stroke lead through 36 holes over both No. 43 University of San Francisco and Kentucky Monday at the par-71, 5,960-yard Dove Canyon Country Club in Dove Canyon, Calif. The Aztecs, ranked 48th nationally, posted an opening round 300 and then followed it up with a 299, to record a 31-over 599.

SDSU has three players in the top 10, including freshman Christine Wong (Richmond, B.C.), who is tied for the day one lead with UC Irvine's Hillary Packard at 1-over 143. Wong carded an even-par 71, including four birdies, and followed it up by battling to an even-par 72 in the afternoon, highlighted by five birdies.

Aztec junior Stephanie Arcala (Oceanside, Calif.) made a huge jump on the individual leaderboard in the second round, moving from 17th place all the way into a tie for sixth place by shaving three strokes off her first-round score to end up at 7-over 149. Arcala had a pair of birdies in each round, but enjoyed a 1-under stretch in a 10-hole span in the afternoon to log a 2-over 73.

Sophomore Malin Enarsson (Gothenburg, Sweden) is the third SDSU student-athlete in the top 10, tying for ninth place at 8-over 150. Enarsson was tied for sixth place through the first 18 holes with a 2-over 73, but slipped three spots, despite recording four birdies in the second round.

Junior Samantha Roberts (Carlsbad, Calif.) came back from a first-round 81, to card a 6-over 77, including four birdies, to tie for 31st at 16-over 158, while freshman Gina Clark (Murrieta, Calif.) rounded out the Aztec contingent in 45th place out of 80 golfers with a 19-over 161.

San Diego State will tee off Tuesday's third and final round at 8:30 a.m. PT from the No. 1-3 holes. Live stats are available on goaztecs.com, as well as golfstat.com.

Anteater Invitational, March 29
Dove Canyon, Calif.
Dove Canyon Country Club - Par 71, 5,960 yards

Day One Results - Through 36 Holes

Team Scoring (Top 5 teams out of 15)
1 San Diego State 300-299-599 (+31)
2 San Francisco 300-305-605 (+37)
Kentucky 311-294-605 (+37)
4 Long Beach State 310-308-618 (+50)
5 UC Irvine 313-306-619 (+51)

Individuals (Top 5 Individuals out of 80)
1 Christine Wong, SDSU 71-72-143 (+1)
Hillary Packard, UCI 73-70-143 (+1)
3 Kayla Mortellaro, Idaho 71-75-146 (+4)
4 Whitney French, Oregon St. 72-75-147 (+5)
Tinna Johannsdottir, USF 69-78-147 (+5)

San Diego State
T1 Christine Wong 71-72-143 (+1)
T6 Stephanie Arcala 76-73-149 (+7)
T9 Malin Enarsson 73-77-150 (+8)
T31 Samantha Roberts 81-77-158 (+16)
T45 Gina Clark 80-81-161 (+19)