March 30, 2010
Day Two Results - Anteater Invitational in PDF Format
The San Diego State women's golf team won its second event title in as many weeks, holding on to its day-one lead to win by six strokes over No. 43 University of San Francisco Tuesday at the Anteater Invitational. The No. 48 Aztecs, who cruised to a first-place performance by 15 strokes at the BYU Dixie Classic last week, posted a final round 300 to end the tournament with a 47-over 899 at the par-71, 5,960-yard Dove Canyon Country Club in Dove Canyon, Calif.
SDSU had three student-athletes finish in the top 10 with two in the top five. Aztec freshman Christine Wong (Richmond, B.C.) was unable to hold onto her lead through 36 holes, but still managed to end up in third place at 7-over 220. It is Wong's third top-five finish of the season.
Sophomore Malin Enarsson (Gothenburg, Sweden) rebounded from her second-round 77 to card an even-par 71, jumping from ninth to fourth, just one stroke behind Wong with an 8-over 221. The 2009 MWC Freshman of the Year had four birdies on the day and posted 11 overall in the 54 holes, while leading the field in par-3 scoring at 2-under. Enarsson was the team's top golfer at last week's tournament in Utah, finishing third overall.
SDSU junior Stephanie Arcala (Oceanside, Calif.) posted her second consecutive top-10 finish, tying for ninth at 12-over 225, while freshman Gina Clark (Murrieta, Calif.) moved from 45th to 39th place with her best round of the tournament at 5-over 76 to total a 237. Junior Samantha Roberts (Carlsbad, Calif.) had three straight pars on her first three holes of the morning, but triple bogeyed the par-4 sixth and ended the round with an 86 to drop to 61st place with a 244.
Idaho's Kayla Mortellaro claimed medalist honors by moving past day one co-leaders Wong and UCI's Hillary Packard with a final round 68, only the second sub-70 round of the tournament, to win by three strokes with a 1-over 214.
San Diego State, which has won multiple tournament titles in the same season for the first time since 2005-06, will take a few weeks off before traveling to Seaside, Calif., for the 2010 Mountain West Conference Championships, April 15-17.
Anteater Invitational, March 29-30
Dove Canyon, Calif.
Dove Canyon Country Club - Par 71, 5,960 yards
Final Results - Through 54 Holes
Team Scoring (Top 5 teams out of 15)
1 San Diego State 300-299-300-899 (+47)
2 San Francisco 300-305-300-905 (+53)
3 Kentucky 311-294-307-912 (+60)
4 UC Irvine 313-306-295-914 (+62)
5 Long Beach State 310-308-297-915 (+63)
Individuals (Top 5 Individuals out of 80)
1 Kayla Mortellaro, Idaho 71-75-68-214 (+1)
2 Hillary Packard, UCI 73-70-74-217 (+4)
3 Christine Wong, SDSU 71-72-77-220 (+7)
4 Malin Enarsson, SDSU 73-77-71-221 (+8)
5 Whitney French, Oregon St. 72-75-75-222 (+9)
San Diego State
3 Christine Wong 71-72-77-220 (+7)
4 Malin Enarsson 73-77-71-221 (+8)
T9 Stephanie Arcala 76-73-76-225 (+12)
39 Gina Clark 80-81-76-237 (+24)
T61 Samantha Roberts 81-77-86-244 (+31)