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No. 31 BYU Places Second, Huang and Atkinson Tie for Fourth
By: Alexa Anderson, BYU Golf SID
SEAL BEACH, Calif. — BYU women's golf recorded a second-place finish as a team at The Gold Rush behind top-10 finishes from Rose Huang, Alexandra White and Kendra Dalton.
“Today was good, but we needed great,” BYU head coach Carrie Roberts said. “The wind came up today and we just didn't capitalize on our birdie chances. Our girls that finished in the top 10 were solid, and it was really good to see them finish so well.”
The Cougars fired an overall team score of 880 (+16) through 54 holes of play. BYU shot the fourth best team score of the third round shooting 7-over-par. The Cougar women birdied 10 holes as a team in round three.
Huang finished the tournament at 1-over. The sophomore tied for fourth place at The Gold Rush for her first top-5 finish of the spring and third of the 2016-17 season.
White and Dalton also both placed in the top-10 for the Cougars, with White placing sixth and Dalton finishing 10th. White recorded her fourth top-10 finish of the season, while Dalton garnered her third top-10 finish.
White shot even par in round three at finished the tournament at 2-over. Dalton carded a 73 in the third round to shoot 4-over-par over three rounds of play.
Brooklyn Hocker and Aiko Leong tied for 50th and 58th place, respectively.
Lauren Atkinson, who competed in the event individually, also tied for fourth place at 1-over. She carded a third-round score of 70 (-2) to move into fourth place. Atkinson's fourth place finish was a personal best.
“It was good to see Lauren (Atkinson) play so well,” Roberts said. “It should be a nice confidence booster for the rest of the semester.”
Also participating as an individual, Anna Kennedy placed 58th. Kennedy shot 19-over through 54 holes.
The Cougars will continue spring play March 6-7 at the Meadow Club Women's Intercollegiate.
The Gold Rush – Feb. 27-28, 2017
Old Ranch Country Club
Place
Player
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Total
To-Par
T4
Rose Huang
73
71
73
217
+1
6
Alexandra White
73
73
72
218
+2
10
Kendra Dalton
72
75
73
220
+4
T50
Brooklyn Hocker
83
73
77
233
+17
T58
Aiko Leong
75
79
81
235
+19
T4
Lauren Atkinson*
74
73
70
217
+1
T58
Anna Kennedy*
80
76
79
235
+19
*Competed as individuals
Place
Team
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Total
To-Par
1
San Jose State
289
287
293
869
+5
2
BYU
293
292
295
880
+16
3
Idaho
297
300
286
883
+19
4
Long Beach State
296
298
294
888
+24
5
Gonzaga
300
291
301
892
+28
6
Mississippi
298
301
304
903
+39
7
UC Irvine
302
305
300
907
+43
8
Colorado State
305
299
308
912
+48
9
Fresno State
305
308
302
915
+51
10
Nevada
306
307
303
916
+52
11
Santa Clara
304
308
305
917
+53
12
Boise State
309
312
312
933
+69
13
UC Riverside
311
315
313
939
+75
14
Montana
313
313
324
950
+86