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sports
Record setting
effort for Furuta, Beach
By Mike Haubrich
On-line Forty-Niner
The Long Beach
State women's golf scored an impressive double Tuesday, not
only winning the team title at the Matador Fall Classic, but
also getting a record-setting performance from 49er sophomore
Melanie Furuta, who took the individual title.
"I'm thrilled for the girls," LBSU Head Coach Sue
Ewart said. "I knew they were capable of putting up good
scores and all five players stepped it up."
Furuta shot 69-72-141 at the par-73 River Ridge Golf Course
in Oxnard to claim the title with a two-day total of five-under
par. Monday's round of 69 broke the LBSU single-round scoring
record held by Donna Watson and current Furuta teammate Marie
Louise Juul, who shared the record at 70.
"[Furuta] played steady," Ewart said. "She
kept her head on straight and stayed focused the entire tournament."
Furuta's two-day score of 141 also tied Juul for best two-day
total in 49er history. Juul shot 141 in the first two rounds
of the Oregon State Shanico Invitational in October.
The Beach's first day team total of 292 also broke a record,
this one set 15 years ago when LBSU recorded a team score
of 296 at the California Intercollegiate.
Three 49er players finished in the top-10 at the Matador Fall
Classic. Besides Furuta, Heeyoung Cho shot 71-79-150 to finish
in fourth place overall and Teal Thron shot 75-78-153 to finish
seventh.
LBSU bested second-place and host school Cal State Northridge,
597-615, to claim the only the second team title in the programs
history. The Beach captured the 1994 Alisal Invitational in
Santa Barbara.
"Our goal was to win the tournament," Ewart said.
"We were feeling good [after the first day], but didn't
want to fall flat the second day. I'm real happy for [the
team]. They knew they were good, they just had to prove it
to themselves."
The Beach concludes its fall schedule at the Wahine Fall Invitational
in Oahu, Hawaii beginning Tuesday and concluding Wednesday.
Men place 8th
Men's golf finished
eighth overall and 49ers' Nick Seymour and Tyler Mays finished
in the top-20 at the Pacific Invitational held in Stockton,
California.
Seymour shot 73-70-76-219 to finish tied for 13th and Mays
finished one stroke back at 71-69-80-220 to finished tied
for 17th.
Fresno State captured the team title and Troy McKinley of
Pacific won the individual title.
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