GOODYEAR, Ariz. – The Western Washington University women's golf team opened the 2018-19 season with a third-place finish at the WNMU Fall Intercollegiate played Monday and Tuesday at the Golf Club of Estrella.
Western completed the 36-hole tournament at 20-over-par 596, finishing in third place out of 18 teams. Cal State San Marcos led wire-to-wire to win the tournament finishing at 1-under-par 575 and Arkansas Tech was second at 6-over-par 582.
"I was proud of how the team recovered during the middle of the round, after a tough start, and they didn't let the day get away from them. That's a real positive this early in the season and it led to a great team finish in the tournament," said head coach
Bo Stephan. "The overall feeling this team has is really positive and there is a lot of confidence. We turned the page from last season and started on a very positive note. We'll take that into our practice rounds and our next event. There are quality players on this team."
Junior transfer
Lacy Sheldon (Dallas, TX/Legacy Christian/Montevallo) tied for third place in the 97-player field, completing the tournament with a 1-under-par score of 143. Sheldon fired a 1-under-par 71 in Monday's first round and finished the tournament with an even-par 72 on Tuesday.
Senior
Nicole Miller (Renton, WA/Kennedy Catholic/North Idaho College) also cracked the top 20 finishing in a tie for 18
th place at 4-over-par 148. Miller carded rounds of 73 (+1) and 75 (+3) in the season-opening tournament.
Junior college transfer
Briana Esvelt (Kennewick, WA/Kamiakin/Columbia Basin College) moved up from 41
st to a tie for 23
rd place with a 1-over-par round of 73 in the final round.
Cal State San Marcos had the top two individuals in the tournament placing ahead of Sheldon, with Sarah Garcia winning with a 4-under-par 140 and Jamie Jacob placing second at 2-under-par 142.
Here is a look at the team and WWU's individual standings from the WNMU Fall Intercollegiate, hosted by Western New Mexico University.
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WNMU FALL INTERCOLLEGIATE
Golf Club of Estrella 8 Goodyear, Ariz. 8 Par 72 8 6,087 Yards
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Pos.
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Team/Player
|
To Par
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Rd 1
|
Rd 2
|
Total
|
|
3rd
|
Western Washington
|
+20
|
296
|
300
|
596
|
|
T3
|
Lacy Sheldon
|
-1
|
71
|
72
|
143
|
|
T18
|
Nicole Miller
|
+4
|
73
|
75
|
148
|
|
T23
|
Brianna Esvelt
|
+6
|
77
|
73
|
150
|
|
T57
|
Megan Billeter
|
+13
|
75
|
82
|
157
|
|
T64
|
Annie Leete
|
+15
|
79
|
80
|
159
|
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Pos.
|
Team
|
To Par
|
Rd 1
|
Rd 2
|
Total
|
|
1.
|
Cal State San Marcos
|
-1
|
289
|
286
|
575
|
|
2.
|
Arkansas Tech
|
+6
|
291
|
291
|
582
|
|
3.
|
Western Washington
|
+20
|
296
|
300
|
596
|
|
4.
|
Sonoma State
|
+25
|
302
|
299
|
601
|
|
5.
|
Colorado State-Pueblo
|
+26
|
299
|
303
|
602
|
|
6.
|
Cal State Monterey Bay
|
+29
|
304
|
301
|
605
|
|
|
Regis
|
+29
|
305
|
300
|
605
|
|
8.
|
Biola
|
+31
|
302
|
305
|
607
|
|
|
Cal State East Bay
|
+31
|
306
|
301
|
607
|
|
10.
|
Colorado-Colo. Springs
|
+33
|
308
|
301
|
609
|
|
11.
|
Chico State
|
+38
|
309
|
305
|
614
|
|
12.
|
Embry Riddle (AZ)
|
+40
|
311
|
305
|
616
|
|
13.
|
Colorado Mesa
|
+41
|
310
|
307
|
617
|
|
14.
|
Western New Mexico
|
+45
|
322
|
299
|
621
|
|
15.
|
Point Loma
|
+49
|
310
|
315
|
625
|
|
16.
|
Montana State Billings
|
+59
|
325
|
310
|
635
|
|
17.
|
Fort Lewis College
|
+82
|
325
|
333
|
658
|
|
18.
|
Cal State Los Angeles
|
+97
|
338
|
335
|
673
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WWU hosts the 24
th WWU Invitational that will be played Oct. 8-9 at the Bellingham Golf & Country Club. Following this event, the Vikings will play in the Dixie State Fall Invitational Oct. 1-2 at Sand Hollow Resort in Hurricane, Utah and will conclude the fall season Oct. 29-30 at the Cal State San Marcos Fall Classic at Woods Valley Golf Course in Valley Center, California.
The complete 2018-19 season schedule, team roster and updated season statistics provided by
Golfstat can be viewed online at
WWUVikings.com/WGolf.
