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49ers
second at SoCal tournament
By Mike Haubrich
On-line Forty-Niner
A second-place
finish in a golf tournament would please most teams, but not
the Long Beach State women's squad.
"All in all,
we played pretty good," LBSU Head Coach Sue Ewart said
of the 49ers' finish at the Southern California Intercollegiate
Tournament. "Some of our players thought they could play
better, but golfers always think that way."
Pepperdine won
the tournament, held at the PGASC Golf Course in Calimesa.
The Waves had a team total of 591, 25 strokes better than
the second-place 49ers, who finished at 616.
Pepperdine, one
of the nation's top teams, entered the Southern California
Intercollegiate Tournament after its season-opening tournament
in New Mexico was canceled.
"[Pepperdine]
added a strong component to the competition," Ewart said.
"It's a great experience for our team to compete against
players of that caliber."
The University
of San Francisco finished third at 622.
"San Francisco
put the pressure on us," Ewart said. "They were
in the top-50 [in the nation] last year, so that shows us
were just as strong, if not better, than San Francisco."
Heeyoung Cho was
The Beach's top individual finisher, carding 75s both Monday
and Tuesday to finish in a tie for 4th overall with USF's
Susannah Laing at 150.
LBSU's Carla Legaspi
shot 80-75 and finished in a tie for 10th at 155.
Katherine Hull
of Pepperdine shot a five-under 67 Tuesday and a 72 Monday
to earn medalist honors with an overall score of 139.
The Beach next
plays at the Oregon State Invitational in Corvallis, Ore.
Oct. 8-9.
"We have a
couple of weeks to work on our short game," Ewart said,
"and then we'll roll on."
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