Pytlewski Wins, Team Third at TTU Invite

LUBBOCK, Texas ? Sophomore Dominique Pytlewski became just the third player in Colorado women's golf history to capture a first place finish when she shot one-under in the third and final round of the McHaney/Morehead Invitational to finish 77-71-72 ?220 and win on the Rawles Golf Course here Tuesday.

She is the first CU women's golfer to take first in a tournament since Hannah Hoch in 2004-05, and just the third in 14 seasons. She now has three top-five finishes this year, including last week's second place finish at the Heather Farr Memorial/CU Invitational.

“Domi's win is huge,” said head coach Anne Kelly. “She played really solid golf this tournament. She did miss a few birdie opportunities and was a little disappointed about that, but she was still able finished strong.”

“It feels pretty good,” said Pytlewski. “I knew how things were going throughout the round today, so it was a little nerve-racking. I'm definitely happy because I feel like I've been playing really well and I've come close, but when you finally finish on top it's a good feeling.”

Colorado shot a 303 in the final round of play, giving them an overall score of 920, keeping Buffs in third place. Host Texas Tech won the team competition with a three day total of 900, 24-over par. They posted a 19-stroke margin over the runners up from Georgia State, who shot a 919, 43-over par.

“Overall the team is a little disappointed with the finish,” said Kelly. “We had a chance at finishing really high and let a few opportunities slip away from us; however, we've been seeing some good things from our girls in these last few tournaments.”

Senior Lindsay Senger followed Pytlewski's lead and stayed put in a tie for 14th with a score of 79-77-75?231. Sophomore Julie Kim was one-behind Senger with a three round total of 231, as she finished in a tie for 16th.

Freshman Stephanie Simich rounded out her third round with a three-stroke improvement, shooting 80-80-77?237 and wrapped up play tied for 28th. Junior Cierra Ko also improved with each round and shot a 79 on the final day to give her a three-round total of 242.

“There are still aspects of our game that we need to work on,” said Kelly. “We have a nice break right now to work on those things and get ready for our last tournament of the fall season.”

“We were close,” said Pytlewski. “Everyone keeps blaming themselves but in every tournament we're all going to make mistakes. While we are starting to eliminate some of those mistakes, there are still things that we need to work on and we're looking forward to finishing the fall season stronger in Hawaii.”

After two straight weeks of tournaments, the Buffs will take next week off from competition before heading to Honolulu, Hawai'i on Oct 30-31 for the Kent Youel Invitational.

“We have a nice break right now to work on some things and get ready for our last tournament of the fall season,” said Kelly.

BUFFALO INDIVIDUALS

1. Dominique Pytlewski.... 77-71-72 ?148
T14. Lindsay Senger............ 79-77-75 ?156
T16. Julie Kim..................... 76-77-79 ?153
T28. Stephanie Simich......... 80-80-77 ?160
T40. Cierra Ko..................... 83-80-79 ?163

TEAM RESULTS

1 Texas Tech Univ ............... 313-296-291 ?900
2 Georgia State Univ. ............ 307-306-306 ?919
3 Colorado, U. of.................. 312-305-303 ?920
4 Oklahoma, U. of ................. 312-311-304 ?927
5 Arkansas-Little Rock .......... 318-309-302 ?929
6 Oral Roberts Univ. ............. 321-322-303 ?946
7 Colorado State Univ. .......... 320-318-312 ?950
8 Redlands CC ..................... 322-314-318 ?954
9 New Mexico State U. .......... 328-323-306 ?957
10 Fla. International ................ 322-318-319 ?959
11 Nevada, U. of ..................... 327-320-317 ?964
12 North Texas, U. of ............. 330-329-310 ?969
13 Texas El Paso, U. of .......... 344-327-318 ?989
14 Southern Mississippi .......... 342-325-324 ?991

TOP 11 INDIVIDUALS

1 Dominique Pytlewski (Colorado)................ 77-71-72?220
2 Megan Dowdy (Texas Tech)......................... 76-71-74?221
3 Anna Scott (Georgia State)........................... 76-72-74?222
T4 Nicola Race (Redlands CC)....................... ... 79-72-74?225
T4 Sara Wikstrom (Arkansas-Little Rock)........... 74-75-76?225
6 Iliska Verwey (Georgia State)........................ 74-74-78?226
T7 Pamela Ontiveros (Oral Roberts)................... 80-77-70?227
T7 Gloriana Soto (Texas Tech) ......................... 82-74-71?227
T9 Ulrika van Niekerk (Texas Tech) .................. 76-77-75?228
T9 Buz Bowerman-Ritchie (New Mexico State) .. 83-74-71?228
T9 Kayley Kempton (Colorado State).................. 77-78-73?228