March 23, 2003

TUCSON, Ariz. - A final-round 302 earned the San Diego State women's golf team its third straight strong showing to begin the spring season, a fourth-place result at the Mountain View Collegiate. The Aztecs' consistent play over the 54-hole event - the Aztecs scored 305-304-302 for a final total of 911 - gives SDSU its third straight top-four finish to start 2003 after only one such result in the fall.

SDSU's best 54-hole score of the season finished 21 shots back of team champion International Pacific College (890, +26), which shot the low round of the day with a 293 to leapfrog both second-round leader Kansas State (3rd place, 894) and Iowa State (2nd place, 892).

The Aztec lineup came through with three individuals among the top 13. Junior Sandy Kim (West Linn, Ore./West Linn HS) led the way with a tie for sixth at 6-over 222, the best 54-hole score of her collegiate score by one shot. Kim followed her career-low round of 71 in yesterday's second round with a final-round 72, giving her two scores of par or better in a tournament for the first time. Kim, who has finished at least 26th in her last six events, ended up five shots back of individual medalist Christine Boucher of Kansas State (217, +1)

Senior Jennifer Hoene (Acampo, Calif./St. Mary's HS) matched the third-best round of the day with a career-best 1-under 71 that was three shots clear of her previous personal-best 74. Hoene finished in a tie for ninth at 7-over 223 for her second top 10 this season.

Junior Shayna Miyajima (Wailuku, Hawaii/Baldwin HS), the first-round leader after shooting the third 71 of her collegiate career, finished 76-77 to tie for 13th at 8-over 224. Miyajima, who was coming off back-to-back second-place results in the first two events of the spring, still picked up her fourth top-20 of the year. Senior Claire Riley (San Diego, Calif./Univ. of San Diego HS) shared 53rd place at 245, while redshirt freshman Toni Lutz (Anaheim, Calif./Valley Christian HS) finished in a 59th-place tie at 249.

SDSU enjoys two weeks off before returning to action at the April 7-8 BYU Invitational.

Final scores with relation to par Mar. 23
at the Mountain View Collegiate, played at the
par-72, 5,984-yard Mountain View Golf Course
in Tucson, Ariz.

      Fin.   School                   Scores
         1   Internat'l Pacific       295  302  293    890       +26
         2   Iowa State               301  291  300    892       +28
         3   Kansas State             299  290  305    894       +30
         4   San Diego State          305  304  302    911       +47
         5   Colorado                 301  309  307    917       +53
             Boise State              310  303  304    917       +53
             Iowa                     301  309  307    917       +53
         8   Nevada                   315  303  300    918       +54
         9   Hawai'i                  305  312  311    928       +54
        10   Idaho                    314  313  305    932       +68
        11   Northern Arizona         319  308  312    939       +75
        12   Wichita State            346  325  328    999       +135

Top 5 Individuals
   Fin.   Name                   School        Scores
      1   Christine Boucher      Kansas State  76   71   70    217   +1

      2   Louise Kenney          Iowa St       74   72   72    218   +2

      3   Nicole Keller          Idaho         73   74   74    221   +5
          Alana Condon           Nevada        72   74   75    221   +5
          Nahoko Matsumoto       IPCA          75   74   72    221   +5

  Fin.   School                       Scores
     4   San Diego State Univ         305  304  302    911  (+47)
      T  6    Sandy Kim                79   71   72    222   (+6)
      T  9    Jennifer Hoene           75   77   71    223   (+7)
      T 13    Shayna Miyajima          71   76   77    224   (+8)
      T 53    Claire Riley             80   83   82    245  (+29)
      T 59    Toni Lutz                85   80   84    249  (+33)