SUU Women Finish 17th at Red Rocks
SEDONA,
Ariz., Feb. 28 - Southern Utah's women improved by nine strokes in the
final round Sunday but slipped one position to finish 17th at
Northern Arizona's Red Rocks Invitational golf tournament.
SUU
shot 341 Saturday to hold a three-stroke lead over North Dakota State heading
into Sunday's final round at Oak Creek Country Club but the Bison shot 328
Sunday while SUU fired a 332 for a final total of 673, one shot behind NDSU.
Sadie Palmer led the Thunderbirds, firing a second-round 78 to move from 55th
place into a six-way tie for 27th at 19-over par 162. Morgan Kerber
(89-80) and Mikayla Williamson (85-84) finished second among Thunderbirds in 60th
at 169, while Jamie Coking (85-90, 175) finished 91st and Kacy Buckner (87-90, 177) was 96th. Brittany Edwards, playing as an
individual, was tied with Buckner in 96th (95-82).
Host
Northern Arizona placed four players in the top-eight to win the team title at
613, four strokes ahead of Cal Poly (617) and 25 shots ahead of third-place
Portland (638). Portland's Paige Rachor claimed the individual title at 5-over
par 149, with Cal pOly's Maddy Fletcher and Kristin Locke tie din second at
150.
"This
was a very tough field, and while I was disappointed with the way we played
Saturday we played much better today," SUU Coach Richard Church said.
"Unfortunately, so did everyone around us" in the scoring column.
The
Thunderbirds were two shots behind Utah Valley (671), four behind Montana State
(669) and five back of Cal State Bakersfield (668) but well ahead of 18th-place
South Carolina Upstate (690).
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