SAN JOSE, Calif. ? The University of Colorado women's golf team, on the strength of a school-best three top 10 finishes, tied for second in the San Jose State Spartan Invitational completed here Tuesday.
The Buffaloes finished with a team score of 892, trailing only host and No. 23 ranked San Jose State, which rode a stellar second round to the team title. The Spartans had an 877 score to win by 15 strokes, though were tied with CU after the first round before posting the best single round score of the meet in round two.
Colorado tied with No. 51 California for runner-up honors, and bested six teams ranked ahead of it the latest GolfStat rankings, including Cal-Irvine (No. 34) and Hawaii (No. 47), who finished fourth and sixth, respectively.
Coach Anne Kelly took a very young team to San Jose, as three freshmen, a sophomore and a junior comprised the CU quintet, and they responded.
Freshman Julie Kim was CU's top finisher, as she posted a collegiate best effort in tying for third with a 220 total; she closed play Tuesday with a even-par 72 on the Almaden Country Club course layout. Her previous best was an 11th place finish in the CSU Ptarmigan Classic last fall.
Another frosh, Dominique Pytlewski, and sophomore Lindsay Caljouw, both tied for eighth with 223 totals; the pair both recorded final round 77s.
While the second time CU had three finishers in the top 20 this year (the Buffs had four finish in top 20 at Ptarmigan), it was the first time in program history the school had three in the top 10.
UC-Irvines's Selanee' Henderson won medalist honors with an impressive 69-71-70?210 scorecard, winning by two strokes. Only two players in the field were under par for the entire tournament.
Colorado's opening round of 290 was the second best single round of the season, and it helped the Buffs to their second best tournament score in 2006-07, trailing an 862 they posted in the CSU meet.
Final Team Scores
1 San Jose State 291 290 296?877
2 Colorado 291 301 300?892
California 298 297 297?892
4 UC-Irvine 297 301 297?895
5 Idaho 298 306 299?903
6 Hawaii 302 300 307?909
7 Washington 311 298 302?911
8 Colorado State 310 307 299?916
9 Nevada 308 304 308?920
10 Oregon State 315 299 311?925
11 Fresno State 311 311 308?930
12 New Mexico State 305 314 313?932
13 Santa Clara 314 317 320?951
14 Miami-Ohio 322 317 317?956
Colorado Scores
T3. Julie Kim 72 76 72?220
T8. Lindsay Caljouw 70 76 77?223
T8. Dominique Pytlewski 74 72 77?223
T31. Lindsay Senger 75 77 77?229
T41. Christine Kim 81 77 74?232
Individual Leaders
1 Selanee' Henderson, UC Irvine 69 71 70?210
2 Jenelle Gomez, San Jose State 70 68 74?212
3 Julie Kim, Colorado 72 76 72?220
Allison Goodman, California 72 73 75?220
Erica Moston, San Jose State 78 71 71?220
6 Shannon Yocum California 76 72 73?221
7 Jessi Gebhardt Oregon State 77 71 74?222
8 Inah Park N. Mex. State 75 75 73?223
Lindsay Caljouw Colorado 70 76 77?223
Dominique Pytlewski Colorado 74 72 77?223
Sirapa Kasemsamran San Jose St. 73 74 76?223
Cristina Corpus San Jose State 71 77 75?223
