RENO, NEV. -- San Jose State led wire-to-wire to win the Club Glove WAC Women's Golf Championship at Wolf Run Golf Club in Reno, Nev. It is the third WAC title for the Spartans and first since the 2006 season. San Jose State posted a three-round total of 870 (+6) to win the title by 19 strokes over Idaho (889).
“We knew we should win this tournament if we executed our game and played to our
capabilities,” said Spartan head coach John Dormann. “The wind started blowing
on the back-nine today, and we got a small case of the nerves at the same time.
This was a true team title as every player contributed to this championship. Now
we just wait to see where we are going for regionals.”
San Jose State senior Erica Moston won the individual title after starting today's round in third place. Moston's 70 on Wednesday was the best final round score of the day and enabled her to be the only player to finish under par at -2 (71-73-70--214). It was her second WAC title after winning the 2007 championship and the fourth be a Spartan player in the last six years. A pair of freshmen tied for second in Fresno State's Louisa Lies and Idaho's Kayla Mortellaro (217, +1).
Starting the day in third place, Moston started her final round with a birdie on
the first hole. She then bogeyed the fifth before birdies on six and eight put
her at two-under as she made the turn. On the back nine, Moston had a bogey on
10, birdie on 13 and bogey on 14. After three consecutive pars, she birdied her
final hole to end the round at two-under.
“I came into today knowing I
had a chance to win and just had to keep fighting,” said Moston. “I made some
bad mistakes on this course but had enough birdies for the win. I knew that if I
kept my composure and didn’t get frustrated, like I did on Tuesday, I figured I
could win.
“Winning player of the year for the second time is awesome. It
shows how consistent I played all year. If you want to be a good player, you
have to be consistent.”
In the rest of the team competition, defending champion Fresno State was third (896, +32), host Nevada fourth (900, +36), New Mexico State fifth (911, +47), Boise State sixth (916, +52) and Hawaii finished seventh (940, +76).
Also announced today were the all-WAC teams and top awards.
San Jose State junior Erica Moston of Belmont, Calif., was voted the
WAC's Player of the Year by the seven head coaches for the second consecutive season. Freshman
of the year honors went to Idaho's Mortellaro and Coach of
the Year honors went to San Jose State's John Dormann.
2008-09 Awards
First Team All-WAC
Kayla Mortellaro, Fr., Idaho
Melanie DeLeon, Sr., Nevada
Katrina Delen Briones, So., San Jose State
Cristina Corpus, Jr., San Jose State
Erica Moston, Sr., San Jose State
Second Team All-WAC
Iris Ocariza, Jr., Boise State
Taylor Siebert, Sr., Fresno State
Corie Hou, Jr., Hawaii
Suteera Chanachai, So., New Mexico State
Madeleine Ziegert, Fr., San Jose State
Player of the Year: Erica Moston, San Jose State
Freshman of the Year: Kayla Mortellaro, Idaho
Coach of the Year: John Dormann, San Jose State
Tuesday's Recap
RENO, NEV. -- San Jose State has a 17-stroke lead over defending champion Fresno State after the second round of the 19th annual Club Glove Western
Athletic Conference women's golf championship. The Spartans followed up yesterday's 285 with a 289 on Tuesday at the 6,133-yard,
par-72 Wolf Run Golf Club in Reno, Nevada.
Fresno State posted the best score of the day with a 288 to move up one spot in the team standings. The Bulldogs improved their score from Monday by 15 strokes. Host Nevada also improved in the second round, carding a 296 to jump two spots to fourth place.
San Jose State's Katrina Delen Briones (141) remains the individual leader after a two-over par 74 today and leads the tournament by two strokes over Fresno State's Louisa Lies (70-73--143) who began the day in second place. San Jose State senior Erica Moston is in third after a one-over par 73 and is even par for the two rounds. Four players posted one-under par 71's today, the best score of the day: San Jose State's Cristina Corpus, Fresno State's Hali Coppin, Fresno State's Lindi Covarrubias and San Jose State's Shraddhanjali Singh.
Idaho dropped to third place (298-300--598) followed by Nevada (308-296--604), New Mexico State (305-305--610), Boise State (307-306--613) and Hawaii (319-308-627).
The three-day tournament concludes on Wednesday with final-round tee times beginning at 7:25 a.m.
Monday's Recap
RENO, NEV. -- San Jose State took a 13-stroke lead
over Idaho after the first round of the Club Glove Western Athletic Conference women's golf championship. The Spartans shot a total of 285 in the first round at the
6,133-yard, par-72 Wolf Run Golf Club in Reno, Nev.
San Jose State had four players in the top seven, led by Katrina Delen Briones who shot a WAC Championship single-round record five-under par 67. SJSU's Erica Moston is tied for third with Idaho's Teo Poplawski at one-under par 71. Fresno State's Louisa Lies sits in second place after shooting a two-under par 70.
Idaho is in second place at 298, followed by Fresno State in third at 303. New Mexico State sits in fourth place with 305, Boise State is fifth at 307, Nevada is sixth at 308 and Hawaii is seventh with 319.
The three-day tournament continues on Tuesday with second-round tee times beginning at 7:25 a.m.
WHAT:
2009 WAC Women's Golf Championship
WHERE:
Wolf Run Golf Club
Reno, Nevada (University of Nevada-host)
WHEN:
April 20-22
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