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The Gold Rush presented by Southern California Ford Dealers (Final Round)
LBSU Wins Team Title At The Gold Rush Presented By Southern California Ford Dealers
2/10/2015 12:00:00 AM | Women's Golf
SEAL BEACH, Calif. - Long Beach State recorded a 291 in Tuesday's final round of The Gold Rush presented by Southern California Ford Dealers to capture the team title at Old Ranch Country Club.
"I'm so proud of how the girls responded today,' said an ecstatic head coach Joey Cerulle. "We defended our home turf and did everything right. It's a great start to the spring season, and it's the best way to commence a long season ahead of us."
This was the first tournament title for LBSU this year and the first since 2013 when the 49ers won The Gold Rush at Yorba Linda Country Club.
The 49ers completed the two-day tournament at 19-over-par 883, to win the team title by a comfortable 19 shots over Fresno State (+38) in second and 24 strokes over UC Riverside and BYU (+43) tied for third.
LBSU had three players finish in the top-five as junior Kassidy Teare placed second, senior Chaewon Park finished in third and redshirt freshman Savannah Knox came in fourth.
Teare fired a season low 70 in Tuesday's final round, posting a 54-hole score of 1-over 217, to finish just one shot behind individual medalist Lea Garner of BYU (E). This was Teare's second top-five performance this season and fourth overall.
Teare was 2-over through eight holes as she picked up two bogeys on the front-nine. She would quickly recover making four consecutive birdies starting from the par-5 No. 9 hole to go 2-under through 15. The Vista, Calif. native collected her fifth birdie of the day on the par-5 16th to go 3-under on Nos. 16 and 17 until closing out her final hole with a bogey.
Park improved by two shots from Monday's second round to turn a 74 to finish the tournament with a 3-over 219 for her second top-five finish this season. Park recorded three birdies and 14 pars, while making three bogeys and one double-bogey.
Knox made a four-shot improvement to post her lowest score of the tournament with a 71 to finish at 4-over, recording her first career top-five finish. Knox posted two birdies and 15 pars with just one bogey for the round.
Junior Janelle Sua carded a 79 to finish at 14-over 230, tying for 25th while fellow classmate Shawnee Martinez shot a 76 to finish one shot behind tying for 30th.
Sophomore Sachi Hamada and freshmen Alicia Arzaga and Felicia Taverrite played as individuals for the 49ers. Hamada recorded a 77 to tie for 34th at 17-over, while Arzaga shot a 79 to tie for 50th (+23) and Taverrite carded an 82 to finish in 60th (+30).
The 49ers return to action Feb. 23-24, taking part in the UC Irvine Invitational presented by Kia at the Santa Ana Country Club.
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