LeMASTER LEADS WOMEN'S GOLF AT KITAHARA FRESNO STATE INVITATIONAL
2/26/2008
FRESNO, Calif. — Senior Heather LeMaster carded a 74 on Tuesday to lead the Sacramento State women's golf team at the Kitahara Fresno State Invitational. Longcrier finished tied for 13th place while the Hornets finished tied for 12th.
Tulsa, which entered the tournament ranked 31st in the latest NCAA poll, won the team title with a two-round total of 590. The Golden Hurricanes were followed by UC Davis (593), Kansas (596), San Francisco (597) and UC Irvine (603) in the top five.
LeMaster posted the lowest round for the Hornets during both days of play. On Tuesday, she opened on the 10th tee with three straight bogeys put played even par for the next six holes and made the turn at 39. On the front side, the Sacramento native recorded five consecutive pars before birdeying the par-5 sixth hole. She then concluded play with three more pars.
Sophomore Brooke Green had the second best score on the team with an 81-77-158 to tie for 50th place. She was followed by Kim Coppin (t-62, 78-82-160), Erica Yoshino (t-65, 82-79-161) and Samantha Saffold (t-65, 77-84-161).
Fresno State's Taylor Siebert was the medalist. Siebert finished even at 73-71-144 and was one stroke better than UC Davis' Jee Park, Kansas' Emily Powers, and Hawaii's Corie Hou.
Sacramento State will next be in action on March 10 and the UNLV Spring Invitational.
TEAM SCORES
1. Tulsa 299-291-590
2. UC Davis 301-292-593
3. Kansas 295-301-596
4. San Francisco 302-295-597
5. UC Irvine 304-299-603
T6. Hawaii 301-303-604
T6. Fresno State 299-305-604
8. Boise State 306-303-609
9. Nevada 304-306-610
10. Colorado State 310-311-621
11. Long Beach State 306-316-622 T12. SACRAMENTO STATE 311-312-623
T12. Santa Clara 307-316-623
14. New Mexico State 316-313-629
15. Portland State 319-311-630
16. San Diego State 320-314-634
INDIVIDUAL TOP FIVE
1. Taylor Siebert, FS, 73-71-144
T2. Jee Park, UCD, 75-70-145
T2. Emily Powers, KU, 72-73-145
T2. Corie Hou, UH, 72-73-145
5. Danielle Cvitanov, USF, 73-73-146
