Fresno State
Kitahara Fresno State Invitational
Bulldogs Tie For Fifth at Kitahara Fresno State Invitational
2/28/2006 12:00:00 AM | Women's Golf
Feb. 28, 2006
FRESNO, Calif. - Fresno State (305-295) improved to finish in a tie for fifth place at its home tournament with 600 (+24). UC Irvine (285-286) maintained its hold on first place to finish with a 5-under 571, Long Beach State (+4) came in second with rounds of 296-284 - 580 and New Mexico State (294-302 - 596/+20) placed third.
Selanee Henderson of UC Irvine won the individual title with rounds of 67-70 - 137.
Adrianna Chico shot a second-round 73 to lead Fresno State, finishing 20th with 149. Jennifer Shipley came in 27th with rounds of 76-74 - 150. Laura Luethke (73-78) placed 32nd with a 151 total and Brittany Cooley (80-74) came in 53rd with 154. Yumi Chung improved by 13 strokes in the final round, shooting 74 to finish 82nd with a 161 total.
"I'm very happy with the way we played today," head coach Angie Cates said. "295 is one of our lower scores, so that's a good thing. Our goal was to win our home tournament so it is a little disappointing when you don't reach your goal. However, I am really proud of the girls for stepping it up today with good scores and bouncing back from a bad round yesterday."
Playing as individuals, Meggie Fagundes (74-75 - 149) placed 20th, Taylor Siebert (76-76 - 152) placed 39th, Marissa Patterson (83-83 - 166) came in 90th, and Robyn Boertje (83-88 - 171) came in 98th.
"I think the tournament overall was a success," Cates said. "The people at Copper River did an incredible job for us. Kitahara was a great sponsor. I really want this to be one of the best tournaments on the West coast, and I think we are on our way."
Fresno State next competes in the Spartan Invitational hosted by San Jose State March 6-8 in Carmel, Calif.
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