Buffs Finish Fifth At Pacific Coast Intercollegiate

HALF MOON BAY, Calif. - The University of Colorado women's golf team finished tied for fifth at the inaugural Pacific Coast Intercollegiate here on the Ocean Course at Half Moon Bay.

Co-host and No. 37 Oregon won by shooting the best team score in any of the three rounds with a 2-over par 290 to finish 27-over par 891, just one stroke ahead of No. 27 Texas A&M, which held a five stroke advantage over the Ducks entering the day. No. 17 UC Davis moved from sixth to a tie for third at 41-over par 905, an identical score to Long Beach State. The Buffs and No. 40 Northwestern finish tied for fifth at 43-over par 907, just a shot ahead of seventh place Texas Tech (908).

"I think what hurt us was the second round," CU head coach Anne Kelly said. "We had the toughest conditions and happened to be on the toughest part of the course right when the wind was the strongest in that round. Today wasn't a bad day, we just didn't have enough birdies. We are out there competing hard, we just didn't get it done today."

The Buffs close out the regular season finishing in the top five in all 10 regular season events. The previous best was six top five team finishes in 2004-05, and with two other seasons seeing the Buffs compile four top 5 finishes, CU essentially more than doubled the best team finishes from all but one season in CU history.

Junior Jess Wallace and freshman Kristin Coleman both shot 2-over par 74 to pace the Buffaloes in the final round. Wallace finished tied for sixth with a three round total of 7-over par 223. She was sitting at 3-over par for seven straight holes before she was able to get a birdie late in her round. Kristin Coleman had four bogeys and a pair of birdies and moved from a tie for 50th to a tie for 35th with her 2-over round, giving her a three-round total of 16-over par 232.

"I was proud of Kristin today," Kelly said. "She made a nice comeback and had a solid round of golf. I'm happy with how she came through."

Junior Emily Talley struggled a bit in her final round, finishing 6-over par 78 and moved from third entering the day to tied for 13th with a three-round total of 9-over par 225. Freshman Jenny Coleman shot a final round 5-over par 77 to hold on for a top 20 finish, taking 19th at 11-over par 227. Sophomore Taylor Doyle finished 8-over par 80 in the final round and 27-over par 243 to finish tied for 63rd.

"We just didn't score enough birdies," Kelly said. "We had five and only counted four, so that's tough, it's hard to beat anybody when you don't make birdies."

Each of the four Buffs' scorers in each round shot at least one round of 2-over par or better in the three rounds. Talley was 2-over in the first round and 1-over in the second while Wallace was even par in the first round and 2-over in the third. Kristin Coleman shot 2-over in the third round and Jenny Coleman was 1-under par in the first round.

"They're all a little frustrated," Kelly said. "It's hard in golf to make something happen. You have to be determined and go out there, it's all in the preparation, what you do before the tournament. We're doing a lot of things well, yesterday our short game showed a lot of improvement. Now our task is to make more birdies and getting comfortable playing under par, that's what we've been talking about and there's things in practice we can do to help that process."

The Buffs now head into the post season with a lot to accomplish. First up is the Buffs' final Big 12 Championship, which will be held in Columbia, Mo., where the Buffs finished second in the fall with a lot of Big 12 competition in attendance. Throughout the season, the Buffs have compiled a 20-5-1 record head to head against Big 12 competition at other tournaments.

"Our main goal is the post season," Kelly said. "We will look back at all that we have accomplished this season later. We learned a lot this week and figured out some things we're doing well and others we can improve on, so we will work at it and see what we can do in the post season."

BUFFALOES INDIVIDUALS

Rk.	Team	Score
t-6.	Jessica Wallace	72-77-74-223
t-13.	Emily Talley	74-73-78-225
t-19.	Jenny Coleman	71-79-77-229
t-35.	Kristin Coleman	78-80-74-232
t-63.	Taylor Doyle	83-80-80-243

TOP FIVE INDIVIDUALS

Rk.	Team	Score
1.	Katerina Ruzickova, Texas A&M	73-76-69-218
t-2.	Ashley Edwards, Oregon	77-75-68-220
t-2.	Noelle Zavaleta, Long Beach St.	71-78-71-220
t-4.	Gabriel Dominguez, Texas Tech	76-75-71-222
t-4.	Lauren Weaver, Northwestern	69-76-77-222

TEAM SCORES

Rk.

Team

Score

1.

Oregon

297-304-290-891

2.

Texas A&M

298-298-296-892

t-3.

UC Davis

309-302-294-905

t-3.

Long Beach State

304-297-304-905

t-5.

Colorado

295-309-303-907

t-5.

Northwestern

293-320-294-907

7.

Texas Tech

307-299-302-908

8.

San Jose State

299-316-304-919

9.

Fresno State

307-310-306-923

10.

UNLV

311-310-303-924

12.

Fresno State

313-314-307-934

11.

Colorado State

302-322-313-937