The Hornet women ended the two-round event with a total of 628, 19 strokes behind champion Northern Arizona. The tournament was held at the Palm Valley Golf Club in Goodyear, Ariz. The men’s team could not overcome a rough second round and concluded its three-round tournament at 892, Host UC Riverside ran away from the field, shooting 19-under and winning the tournament by 23 strokes over second-place Denver.

Individually, the women’s team was paced by Tracy Nichols’ fourth-place finish. Nichols shot rounds of 73 and 76 to finish six strokes off the pace

of medalist Randi Gauthier of North Texas. Sophomore Courtney Cotter recorded her second-straigt strong performance by tying for sixth. Cotter, who tied for second last week at the San Diego State Invitational, shot 75-77-152.

Bryan O’Malley guided the men’s team with a tie for 11th. O’Malley shot 70-72-74-216 to finish even. Senior Tanner Makimoto tied for 14th at

72-75-70-217.

The men were forced to complete their second round on Tuesday morning due to the fact that darkness cut Monday’s play short. Conditions were not much

better on Tuesday as a storm produced wind and rain at the PGA of Southern California course.

Women’s Results

1. Northern Arizona 302-307-609, 2. North Texas 313-305-618, 3. Weber State 311-314-625, T4. Eastern Washington 317-3098-626, T4. Portland State 312-314-626, 6. Sacramento State 312-316-628, T7. Boise State 317-319-636,

T7. Montana State 324-312-636, T9. Wyoming 330-32-654, T9. Montana 330-324-654, 11. Grand Canyon 341-329-670.

Top 5 and Sacramento State Finishers

1. Randi Guathier, UNT, 72-71-143; T2. Hanna-Rikka Kuitunen, NAU, 73-71-144; T2. Rebecca Randolph, PSU, 72-72-144; 4. Tracy Nichols, SAC, 73-76-149, 5. Kelly Gardner, EWU, 78-73-151, T6. Courtney Cotter, SAC, 75-77-152; T25. Christy Ferrero, SAC, 81-80-161; T44. Mackenzie Francis, SAC, 83-83-166;

T55. Audra Mason, SAC, 84-88-172.

Men’s Results

1. UC Riverside 289-278-278-845, 2. Denver 287-294-287-868, 3. Utah 285-296-289-870, 4. Cal Poly 299-291-286-876, 5. CS Northridge 295-298-287-880, 6. Boise State 293-295-293-881, 7. San Diego 297-294-291-882, 8. New Mexico State 296-294-293-883, 9. Weber State 301-298-287-886, 10. Idaho 291-291-309-891, 11. Sacramento State

296-303-293-892, 12. Wyoming 302-294-300-896, 13. New Mexico 308-303-290-901, 14. Saint Mary's 304-296-304-904, 15. Southern Utah 305-300-314-919, 16. Utah State 330-323-313-966.

Top 5 and Sacramento State Finishers

1. Garrett Clegg, Utah, 66-71-71-208; T2. Ben Kreger, NMSU, 66-74-70-210; T2. Cameron Nelson, UCR, 72-70-68-210; 4. Brendan Steele, UCR, 72-69-70-211; T5. Eric Riehle, UCR, 73-69-71-212; T5. Berry Henson, USD, 71-70-71-212; T11. Bryan O’Malley, SAC, 70-72-74-216; T14. Tanner Makimoto, SAC, 72-75-70-217; T54. Jarrod Makimoto, SAC, 76-79-74-229; T62. Brian Little, SAC, 79-77-75-231; T77. Chris Medina, SAC, 78-83-77-238.

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