March 11, 2003

JUNCTION CITY, Ore. - The San Diego State women's golf team shot a final-round 306 and held off Missouri to claim its best 54-hole tournament result of the year with a second-place finish at the Oregon Duck Invitational. In the final round, all five Aztecs scored in the 70s for the first time this season as the Nos. 3-5 golfers claimed SDSU's low three scores.

Washington State, No. 74 in the latest Golfweek/Sagarin ratings, ran away with the team title by 18 shots over SDSU with a 32-over total of 896. But the Aztecs (308-300-306-914) defeated five higher-ranked teams, including No. 42 Missouri (916), in matching a second-place finish at the 36-hole Matador Fall Classic for the team's best result of the year.

Wazzou's Kim Welch broke par all three days and also ran away with the individual title at 7-under 209. But 14 shots back in second place for her second straight event was SDSU junior Shayna Miyajima (Wailuku, Hawaii/Baldwin HS), who matched her best career result. Miyajima, who tied for second at SDSU's spring-opening Lady Aztec Invitational, finished alone in second this time despite a final-round 78 that left her at 7-over 223. She recorded her third second-place finish this season and has now averaged 74.4 strokes for her first five rounds, more than three strokes better than her fall average of 77.6.

Junior Sandy Kim (West Linn, Ore./West Linn HS) joined Miyajima in the top 10 in a sixth-place tie at 228. Kim shot bookend 78s around a second-round 72 to claim her second top-10 of the year and seventh of her career.

However, it was Nos. 3-5 that carried the Aztecs on this day. Senior Jennifer Hoene (Acampo, Calif./St. Mary's HS) was the low Aztec in the third round with a 75. Hoene ended up in a 29th-place tie at 238. Senior Claire Riley (San Diego, Calif./Univ. of San Diego HS) shot in the 70s for the third straight day with a final-round 76 that moved her into the top 20 in a tie for 18th. And redshirt freshman Toni Lutz (Anaheim, Calif./Valley Christian HS) registered SDSU's third score today with a 77 that surpassed a first-round 78 for the best 18 holes of her brief collegiate career.

"I'm very pleased with the result," coach Felicia Brown said. "You saw who shot low for us - they really played well."

SDSU resumes its spring schedule March 22-23 in Tucson, Ariz., at the Mountain View Classic.

Final scores with relation to par Mar. 11
at the Oregon Duck Invitational, played at
the par-72, 5,982-yard Shadow Hills Country
Club in Junction City, Ore.

      Fin.   School                   Scores
         1   Washington State U.      295  299  302    896       +32
         2   San Diego State Univ     308  300  306    914       +50
         3   Missouri, U. of          310  305  301    916       +52
         4   Portland State Univ.     309  314  300    923       +59
         5   Colorado State Univ.     313  311  303    927       +63
         6   Idaho, University of     315  307  315    937       +73
         7   Oregon, U. of            323  318  299    940       +76
         8   Colorado, U. of          312  327  304    943       +79
         9   Portland, U. of          322  325  313    960       +96
        10   Oregon Yellow            332  326  320    978      +114
        11   Montana State Univ.      329  331  322    982      +118
        12   Santa Clara Univ.        340  319  335    994      +130

Top 10 Individuals
   Fin.   Name                   School        Scores
      1   Kim Welch              Wash. St.     70   68   71    209   -7

      2   Shayna Miyajima        S.Diego St    73   72   78    223   +7

      3   Maria Kostina          Wash. St.     75   77   74    226  +10

      4   Erin Kerr              Colorado      75   79   73    227  +11
          Elin Ohlsson           Missouri      73   76   78    227  +11

      6   Sandy Kim              S.Diego St    78   72   78    228  +12
          Jay Lee Longbottom     Wash. St.     76   75   77    228  +12

      8   Lynette Duran          Col. St.      78   78   73    229  +13
          Mindy Bullard          Missouri      80   76   73    229  +13

     10   Nicole Keller          Idaho         82   76   72    230  +14
          Therese Wenslow        Oregon        75   81   74    230  +14
          Denise Knaebel         Missouri      79   75   76    230  +14

  Fin.   School                       Scores
     2   San Diego State Univ     308  300  306    914
     2    Shayna Miyajima          73   72   78    223
  T  6    Sandy Kim                78   72   78    228
  T 18    Claire Riley             79   78   76    233
  T 29    Jennifer Hoene           85   78   75    238
  T 36    Toni Lutz                78   85   77    240