Feb. 18, 2003

Complete Results

LAKE SAN MARCOS, Calif. - Tournament-low performances on the second and final day sent the Texas Tech women's golf team to the championship of the 2003 Lady Aztec Invitational at Lake San Marcos Country Club. Propelled by the best individual round of the event - a 3-under 69 by junior Jackie Ey - the Red Raiders leaped from third place after 18 holes to the title with a tourney-best second-round 302.

At last year's Lady Aztec, the course was set up almost 200 yards longer as a par 73 and scores soared as Colorado State won with a 626 total. However, Texas Tech found this year's par 72, 5,885-yard course setup to its liking in round two as all five Red Raiders shot under 80 to polish off a 609 final total.

Despite the individual medalist performance of Jennifer Bawanan, Kansas relinquished its first-round lead and took second place at 613, four shots behind Texas Tech. Host San Diego State placed three players among the top 16 scores and tied for third at 620 with CSU Northridge. Colorado State, the highest-ranked team in the field coming in at No. 60 in the Golfweek/Sagarin ratings, placed fifth at 622.

Bawanan followed up the only sub-par round yesterday (71) with a final-round 77 to eke out a one-shot win at 148. San Diego State junior Shayna Miyajima (Wailuku, Hawaii/Baldwin HS) could not duplicate her four-birdie round of the day before in shooting a second-round 77 and tying with Sacramento State's Courtney Cotter for second at 149. Colorado State's Dawna Virdell took fourth at 141, while Ey, whose 69 was five shots lower than the second-best score today and 14 strokes better than her first-round 83, was among four golfers tied for fifth.

For the host Aztecs, Miyajima's second-place tie matched SDSU's and her own best individual finish of the year. Senior Jennifer Hoene (Acampo, Calif./St. Mary's HS) fired a 78 for the final 18 and tied for 13th at 155. Junior Sandy Kim (West Linn, Ore./West Linn HS) claimed the Aztecs' other top-20 finish by sharing 16th place at 156.

Senior Claire Riley (San Diego, Calif./Univ. of San Diego HS) tied for 29th with a total of 161, while redshirt freshman Toni Lutz (Anaheim, Calif./Valley Christian HS) dropped three shots off her first-round score with an 81 to finish at 165 in 45th place. Sophomore Cameron MacFarland (Issaquah, Wash./Liberty HS), playing in the first tournament of her collegiate career as an individual, tied for 63rd at 172.

The San Diego State women's golf team resumes its spring schedule at the March 10-11 Oregon Duck Invitational.

FINAL RESULTS           Lady Aztec Spring Invitational
 * Individual            Lake San Marcos CC       LakeSanMarcosCA
                         Dates: 02/17 - 02/18     (Today:02-18-2003)
                                   Par:        72
                                   Yardage:  5885

      Fin.   Top 20 Teams             Scores
         1   Texas Tech Univ          307  302    609       +33
         2   Kansas, U. of            304  309    613       +37
         3   San Diego State Univ     305  315    620       +44
             CSU-Northridge           310  310    620       +44
         5   Colorado State Univ.     311  311    622       +46
         6   Sacramento State U.      315  315    630       +54
         7   UC - Riverside           321  316    637       +61
         8   Weber State Univ.        333  314    647       +71
         9   Cal Poly                 319  332    651       +75
        10   Portland, U. of          325  340    665       +89
        11   Wyoming, U. of           333  333    666       +90
        12   CSU-San Marcos           334  336    670       +94
        13   SW Missouri St. U.       333  338    671       +95
        14   CSU-Monterey Bay         346  337    683      +107
        15   Wichita State Univ.      351  351    702      +126


   Fin.    Top 20 Players         School       Scores
      1    Jennifer Bawanan       Kansas        71   77   148
      2    Shayna Miyajima        S.Diego St    72   77   149
           Courtney Cotter        Sac. St.      74   75   149
      4    Dawna Virdell          Col. St.      76   75   151
      5    Jackie Ey              Texas Tech    83   69   152
           Lynette Duran          Col. St.      75   77   152
           Heather Rose           Kansas        77   75   152
           Courtney O'Neill       UC-Rvrside    77   75   152
      9    Elizabeth Allen        CSUN          79   74   153
           Tiffany Woods          Kansas        76   77   153
     11    Kim Kolb               Texas Tech    77   77   154
           Hazel Tan              Texas Tech    75   79   154
     13    Emma Wahlgren          CSUN          77   78   155
           Jennifer Hoene         S.Diego St    77   78   155
           Sheila Mendez          Texas Tech    77   78   155
     16    Sandy Kim              S.Diego St    77   79   156
           Megan Hull             Texas Tech    78   78   156
     18    Megan Radonich         Portland      75   82   157
     19    Kimberly Feliciano     UC-Rvrside    78   80   158
           Christy Ferrero        Sac. St.      82   76   158

San Diego State Individuals
      Fin.   School                   Scores
      T  3   San Diego State Univ     305  315    620
      T  2    Shayna Miyajima          72   77    149
      T 13    Jennifer Hoene           77   78    155
      T 16    Sandy Kim                77   79    156
      T 29    Claire Riley             79   82    161
      T 45    Toni Lutz                84   81    165