March 4, 2013

TARZANA, Calif. - After two rounds of play at the fourth annual Bruin Wave Invitational at the El Caballero Country Club, the Long Beach State women's golf team sits in seventh-place.

LBSU recorded a 36-hole score of 50-over par 626 to finish day one four shots behind sixth-place Oregon State and 10 strokes behind No. 21 Oklahoma State in fifth.

Tournament co-host No. 20 UCLA (+7) leads the field of 15 teams by eight shots over No. 1 USC (+15) in second and 16 strokes over No. 8 Arizona (+23) in third. Co-host No. 33 Pepperdine sits in fourth at 35-over.

The 49ers closed out the opening round with a 21-over 309 to tie for fifth with New Mexico and remain just two strokes behind the Cowgirls and four shots behind the Wildcats. In the second round, the 49ers weren't able to gain some ground, shooting a 317 to fall two spots in the team standings.

Freshman Shawnee Martinez led the way for LBSU shooting a 10-over 154 to tie for 21st. The Modesto native carded a 75 in the opening round to tie for 12th that was highlighted by three birdies, two bogeys and two double-bogeys. In the second round, Martinez shot a 79 as she collected just two birdies, five bogeys and two double-bogeys.

Sophomore Chaewon Park shot an 81 to tie for 47th after the first round, but came back with a strong 75 after scoring five bogeys on the front-nine and went onto the back collecting two birdies and seven pars to finish in 28th.

Senior Simone Hoey and junior Rochelle Chan are tied for 36th at 14-over, while freshman Kassidy Teare tied for 59th at 20-over.

Lee Lopez of UCLA sits on top of the leaderboard with a two-shot lead over Annie Park of USC.

Final round play concludes on Tuesday with the 49ers teeing off at 7:30 a.m. from the No. 1 tee. LBSU will be paired with New Mexico and San Diego State. Live play can be followed on Golfstat.com.

Team Leader Board
Course:El Caballero Country Club: Tournament Tees     Par 72 - 6131 Yards
current  position	team	scoring			rounds		total  score
		to par	thru	today	1	2
1	20 UCLA	+7	F	-2	297	286	583
2	1 Southern California	+15	F	+13	290	301	591
3	8 Arizona	+23	F	+6	305	294	599
4	33 Pepperdine	+35	F	+11	312	299	611
5	21 Oklahoma State	+40	F	+21	307	309	616
6	Oregon State	+46	F	+24	310	312	622
7	Long Beach State	+50	F	+29	309	317	626
8	San Diego State	+55	F	+22	321	310	631
9	New Mexico	+58	F	+37	309	325	634
10	Washington State	+59	F	+35	312	323	635
11	40 UNLV	+60	F	+34	314	322	636
12	31 Denver	+61	F	+27	322	315	637
13	BYU	+70	F	+38	320	326	646
14	Hawaii	+82	F	+33	337	321	658
15	New Mexico State	+88	F	+38	338	326	664

 

7	Long Beach State	309	317	626
T21	Shawnee Martinez (3)	75	79	154
28	Chaewon Park (5)	81	75	156
T36	Simone Hoey (2)	77	81	158
T36	Rochelle Chan (4)	76	82	158
T59	Kassidy Teare (1)	81	83	164