PRIMM VALLEY, Calif. --- After falling behind on the opening day, neither the California Baptist University men’s or women’s golf teams could make up ground on the final day of play at the CBU Spring Break Invitational.
The top-ranked women improved on their opening round score, but could not move out of fifth place, shooting a 319 Tuesday to finish with a 945. The 25th-ranked men shot 300 on Tuesday, losing two spots to fall to 10th.
“These were not the finishes we were hoping for,” said Head Coach Lane Pace. “Both fields were very tough, but we still should have been able to post better scores than that. Now it’s time to keep working as we head to the end of the season.”
After having just one player break 80 on day one, Nathalie Silva led CBU with a 75 on Tuesday and Kirsten Keyser shot 78. Silva shot 157 for the tournament and Keyser shot 159. Adriana Niclotti struggled after leading the Lancers in the opening round, shooting 85 to finish with a score of 164. Samantha Katz shot 165 (84-81) and Sara Koizumi shot 175 (87-88).
No. 8 British Columbia finished off the wire-to-wire victory finishing at 612 (301-311). The Thunderbirds narrowly held off No. 3 Oklahoma City who made a final round charge, but fell one stroke short at 613 (305-308).
The CBU men shot better than their opening round 311 Tuesday, but with nine teams breaking 300 in the final round the Lancers lost ground falling to 10th.
“The weather was great today and that allowed a lot of people to really go low,” said Pace.
No. 19 Savannah College of Arts and Design had two players shoot below 70 on the day, with Greg Richards posting a tournament best 66 and Dylan O’Leary shooting 67. SCAD posted the best single-round score of the tournament Tuesday with a 279, but was unable to overcome an opening round 304, falling five strokes short of No. 2 Oklahoma City at 870 (292-291-287).
Richards won the tournament with a 213 (78-69-66).
Chris Rabbich led CBU with a consistent 222 (75-73-74) for the tournament. Fredrik Hansson was just one stroke behind at 223 (77-72-74). Leonard Rooney finished at 228 (78-75-75), Micah Machado shot 233 (81-75-77) and Tim Tait rounded out the scores with a 248 (87-83-78).
“It’s just one tournament and we need to put it behind us,” said Pace. “It’s tough to come off of a break in the middle of the season like this. These aren’t our typical scores and we need to come out in the next tournament and prove that.”
The CBU women will compete in the Lady Otter Invitational in Monterey Bay, Calif. next week and the Lancer men head to Turlock, Calif. for the Hanny Stanislaus Invitational April 11-12.
The top-ranked women improved on their opening round score, but could not move out of fifth place, shooting a 319 Tuesday to finish with a 945. The 25th-ranked men shot 300 on Tuesday, losing two spots to fall to 10th.
“These were not the finishes we were hoping for,” said Head Coach Lane Pace. “Both fields were very tough, but we still should have been able to post better scores than that. Now it’s time to keep working as we head to the end of the season.”
After having just one player break 80 on day one, Nathalie Silva led CBU with a 75 on Tuesday and Kirsten Keyser shot 78. Silva shot 157 for the tournament and Keyser shot 159. Adriana Niclotti struggled after leading the Lancers in the opening round, shooting 85 to finish with a score of 164. Samantha Katz shot 165 (84-81) and Sara Koizumi shot 175 (87-88).
No. 8 British Columbia finished off the wire-to-wire victory finishing at 612 (301-311). The Thunderbirds narrowly held off No. 3 Oklahoma City who made a final round charge, but fell one stroke short at 613 (305-308).
The CBU men shot better than their opening round 311 Tuesday, but with nine teams breaking 300 in the final round the Lancers lost ground falling to 10th.
“The weather was great today and that allowed a lot of people to really go low,” said Pace.
No. 19 Savannah College of Arts and Design had two players shoot below 70 on the day, with Greg Richards posting a tournament best 66 and Dylan O’Leary shooting 67. SCAD posted the best single-round score of the tournament Tuesday with a 279, but was unable to overcome an opening round 304, falling five strokes short of No. 2 Oklahoma City at 870 (292-291-287).
Richards won the tournament with a 213 (78-69-66).
Chris Rabbich led CBU with a consistent 222 (75-73-74) for the tournament. Fredrik Hansson was just one stroke behind at 223 (77-72-74). Leonard Rooney finished at 228 (78-75-75), Micah Machado shot 233 (81-75-77) and Tim Tait rounded out the scores with a 248 (87-83-78).
“It’s just one tournament and we need to put it behind us,” said Pace. “It’s tough to come off of a break in the middle of the season like this. These aren’t our typical scores and we need to come out in the next tournament and prove that.”
The CBU women will compete in the Lady Otter Invitational in Monterey Bay, Calif. next week and the Lancer men head to Turlock, Calif. for the Hanny Stanislaus Invitational April 11-12.
