April 21, 2015
RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. -
MW Championship Second-Round Results
San Diego State fell into a first-place tie with San José State after second-round action was completed at the 2015 Mountain West Women's Golf Championship at Mission Hills Country Club's Dinah Shore Tournament Course. Both teams sit at 13-over par (589).
After shooting an even-par 288 on Monday, the Aztecs were unable to duplicate their performance in round two, firing a 13-over 301. The Spartans, meanwhile, pulled even with SDSU as a result of their 8-over-296 performance. Nevada is the next biggest threat in third place with a combined total of 595 (+19).
Mila Chaves held onto her first-place seat atop the leaderboard after shooting a 2-over 74. The freshman opened and closed the front nine with birdies, but bogeys at Nos. 3-4 sent her to the final nine at even-par. Chaves was cruising and picked up a birdie on the par-3 14th, but gave the stroke back after bogeying No. 16. She ended up rebounding nicely with her fourth birdie of the day, this time on No. 17, but a triple bogey on No. 18 sealed her day and her 2-over score.
Even with her 74, Chaves enters Wednesday's final round with a 4-under 140. She is three strokes in front of Manon Molle of New Mexico and Dana Finkelstein of UNLV, both of whom are at 1-under par (143). Nevada's Celyn Khoo (+1; 145), Colorado State's Allie Anderson (+2; 146) and SJSU's Regan De Guzman (+2; 146) round out the top five.
Just outside the aforementioned top five is Emma Henrikson, who shot San Diego State's low round of the day (E; 72). The junior carded birdies on Nos. 2, 5, 9 and 12, but four bogeys, including one on No. 14 put her even heading into the final four holes. Looking to finish on a strong note, Henrikson went par, par, par, par close out the day and she now finds herself in a tie for seventh place at 3-over (147).
Paige Spiranac is two shots behind Henrikson at 5-over-par (149) and in a tie for 10th place. The senior had trouble on the front nine as four bogeys wiped her birdie at No. 2 off the board. But on the back nine, she settled down, posting just a pair of bogeys and shooting even-par on the other seven holes to ultimately finish with a 77 (+5).
Sitting on the outskirts of the top 20 is Georgia Lacey, who will begin final-round action in a 21st-place tie (+9; 153). The freshman had birdies at Nos. 2 and 13, but bogeys doomed her as she was plus-3 on both the front and back nine to finish with a 78 (+6).
Sirene Blair, meanwhile, shot an 81 (+9), which was three strokes better than her first-round score. Overall, she moved up one spot to 43rd place and is 21-over (165) for the tournament.
The Aztecs will look to claim their first Mountain West championship tomorrow starting at 8:30 a.m. PT. San Diego State will be grouped with SJSU and Nevada. Live results will be available at GoAztecs.com.
2015 Mountain West ChampionshipRound Two ResultsMission Hills C.C.Dinah Shore Tournament CourseRancho Mirage, Calif.Par 72, 6,291 yards
Team ScoresT1. San Diego State 288-301--589 (+13)T1. San José State 293-296--589 (+13)3. Nevada 299-296--595 (+19)4. UNLV 299-298--597 (+21)5. Boise State 301-301--602 (+26)T6. New Mexico 303-300--603 (+27)T6. Colorado State 304-299--603 (+27)8. Fresno State 305-300--612 (+36)9. Wyoming 312-325--637 (+61)
Individual Leaders (Top 5 of 45 players + SDSU)1. Mila Chaves, SDSU 66-74--140 (-4)T2. Manon Molle, New Mexico 72-71--143 (-1)T2. Dana Finkelstein, UNLV 74-69--143 (-1)4. Celyn Khoo, Nevada 74-71--145 (+1)T5. Allie Anderson, Colorado State 74-72--146 (+2)T5. Regan De Guzman, San José State 75-71--146 (+2)---T7. Emma Henrikson, SDSU 75-72--147 (+3)T10. Paige Spiranac, SDSU 72-77--149 (+5)T21. Georgia Lacey, SDSU 75-78--153 (+9)43. Sirene Blair, SDSU 84-81--165 (+21)