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Tuesday, April 18
Rancho Mirage, Calif.
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Mountain West Championships
Lynch places third at Mountain West Championship
4/20/2023 4:34:00 PM | Women's Golf
RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. – Shooting 68's on Wednesday, Harriet Lynch and Nicola Kaminski became Fresno State's first women's golfers to finish under par at a Mountain West Championship. Lynch finished the 54-hole event tied for third with a 4-under par 212 while Kaminski tied for ninth with a 2-under par 214 this week at the Dinah Shore Tournament Court at the Mission Hills Country Club.
Firing a 71 yesterday, Lynch birdied on two of her first five holes to move up from her starting position of seventh. The senior then dropped her score to 5 under through 14. Bogey free through 16 holes, Lynch took her only one of the round at No. 17 to finish the day at 4 under.
Beginning the day at 2 over, Kaminski knocked in four birdies during her final 10 holes on Thursday. All four of those birdies followed back-to-back pars as she birdied No. 9, 12, 15 and 18. She finished the day with five in all.
With those two combining for 8-under par in Round 3, Fresno State moved up one more spot, closing the tournament in seventh at 25-over par (889—296-299-294).
Notes
Fresno State scoring
T3. Harriet Lynch -4 (73-71-68)
T9. Nicola Kaminski -2 (71-75-68)
41. Katelyn Lehigh +19 (80-75-80)
42. Lory Paradis +21 (76-83-78)
43. Katelyn Harris +22 (76-78-84)
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Firing a 71 yesterday, Lynch birdied on two of her first five holes to move up from her starting position of seventh. The senior then dropped her score to 5 under through 14. Bogey free through 16 holes, Lynch took her only one of the round at No. 17 to finish the day at 4 under.
Beginning the day at 2 over, Kaminski knocked in four birdies during her final 10 holes on Thursday. All four of those birdies followed back-to-back pars as she birdied No. 9, 12, 15 and 18. She finished the day with five in all.
With those two combining for 8-under par in Round 3, Fresno State moved up one more spot, closing the tournament in seventh at 25-over par (889—296-299-294).
Notes
- Harriet Lynch's third-place finish is the highest of her career at a Mountain West Championship.
- Lynch has finished in the Top 11 in each MW Championship she has competed in, the first Bulldog to accomplish that (2019 – T-9th, 2021 – 11th, 2022 – T-7th, 2023 – T-3rd).
- Lynch's nine under was five shots better than a previous best score at a MW Championship.
- Lynch's 68 on Wednesday was her first round in the 60's at a MW Championship.
- The 68 was Lynch's third score in the 60's this year.
- Lynch's 212 matched her season-low score which she carded in the season-opening Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invitational.
- Nicola Kaminski's 68 in the final round was her lowest one-round score in her two years at Fresno State.
- The ninth-place finish was Kaminski's highest at a MW championship after placing 29th in 2022.
- Kaminski's 214 was the lowest 54-hole score of her Bulldog career.
- Lynch (-4) and Kaminski (-2) are the first Bulldogs to shoot under par at a MW Championship.
- Fresno State had two Bulldogs in the Top 10 at the MW Championship for the first time since 2019.
- It is the fourth time that has occurred, with Lynch being a part of two of those.
- 2014 (Gudrun Bjorgvinsdottir – 1st, Madchen Ly – 6th), 2016 (Gudrun Bjorgvinsdottir – T-7th, Kristin Simonsen – T-10th), 2019 (Brigitte Thibault – 1st, Harriet Lynch – T-9th), 2022 – Brigitte Thibault 1st, Harriet Lynch – T-9th)
Fresno State scoring
T3. Harriet Lynch -4 (73-71-68)
T9. Nicola Kaminski -2 (71-75-68)
41. Katelyn Lehigh +19 (80-75-80)
42. Lory Paradis +21 (76-83-78)
43. Katelyn Harris +22 (76-78-84)
"Fresno State Athletics - For The V: The Central Valley" - Bulldog student-athletes, coaches, and staff proudly wear the "Green V" to show their pride in representing the Central Valley. Stories of why the Bulldogs play for the "Green V" will be shared throughout the next year with #ForTheV. To become a Bulldog Foundation member or join "The Green V Society," please visit bulldogfoundation.org.
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