Long Beach State University Athletics
Women's golf ready to defend title at Anteater Invitational
3/28/2010 12:00:00 AM | Women's Golf
March 28, 2010
DOVE CANYON, Calif. - The Long Beach State women's golf team travels down to south Orange County as they take part in the Anteater Invitational hosted by UC Irvine. First and second round action is scheduled to begin on Monday, Mar. 29, at the par-71, 5,960 yard Dove Canyon Country Club in Dove Canyon with final round play concluding on Tuesday, Mar. 30. Both days will begin with a shotgun start at 8:30 a.m. Live action can be followed on golfstat.com.
LBSU will be among a 15-team field as senior Brenda Chhuor, junior Lindsey McAtee, sophomores Monica Villarreal and Noelle Zavaleta and freshman Simone Hoey will go up against Cal State Fullerton, Cal State Northridge, Fresno State, Hawai'i, No. 40 Idaho, No. 81 Kentucky, Oregon State, Portland State, Sacramento State, No. 48 San Diego State, No. 43 San Francisco, Santa Clara, UC Riverside and No. 38 UC Irvine.
The 49ers are currently ranked No. 79 in the latest Golfstat ratings and at No. 80 in Golfweek. The Anteater Invitational will be the last regular season tournament for The Beach as the 49ers will then prepare to defend its title at the Big West Conference Championship in San Luis Obispo in late April, as the winner will receive the automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament.
The 49ers are the defending Anteater Invitational champions as The Beach recorded a 39-over 891 (302-300-289) to hold onto a 12-stroke lead over fellow Big West Conference member UC Davis (903). LBSU had three players finish in the top 20 in last year's tournament as former 49ers Kay Hoey and Lee Lopez tied for third while McAtee tied for 20th with a 19-over 232 (77-83-72).
LBSU is coming off from a three-week layover as the 49ers finished in ninth place in the 16-team Juli Inkster Spartan Invitational in San Jose. The Beach carded a three-round score of 58-over 922 (300-311-311) to finish ahead of No. 65 Colorado (11th), No. 66 Oklahoma (10th) and No. 76 Colorado State (15th).
Three 49ers finished in the top 30 as Zavaleta led the way for LBSU as she tied for 21st with a 229 (+13), followed by McAtee just one shot behind with a 230 (+14) and Villarreal tied for 26th with a 231 (+15).
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