Colorado Finishes 13th At Lamkin Invitational

RANCHO SANTE FE, Calif. – The Colorado women's golf team moved up one spot on Tuesday to finish 13^th at the Lamkin Invitational.

The 14-team field hit the par 72, 6,329-yard The Farms Golf Club course early Tuesday morning in the drizzling rain to finish the second round, where the Buffaloes ended up carding a 312. Play continued as teams started the third round with temperatures in the mid-50's. Rain continued throughout play, but CU was able to card a 308 and move up a spot in the standings to finish 13^th with a 934 (314-312-308).

No. 12 San Jose State earned the team win, defeating top-ranked Stanford by three strokes. SJSU finished with an 873 (289-291-293), while SU recorded an 876 (280-297-299).

The Buffaloes were 14^th after the first 18 holes, one stroke behind California (313) and three from Kansas (311). With just a few holes left to play, officials suspended the second round due to darkness. A few teams were able to complete the second round, but most did not. CU was still 14^th after all 14 teams finished the second round, five strokes behind Kansas (626-621), but the Buffaloes put their noses to the grindstone and despite the tough weather conditions, worked up a spot and finished one stroke behind California (933).

"We showed a few signs of improvement, but still a poor showing for our team," head coach Anne Kelly said. "We are pretty rusty coming out of the winter and hopefully get our games on track in the upcoming events."

Top-ranked Stanford fired an 8-under 280 at the par 72, 6,329-yard The Farms Golf Club to place first after the initial round. The Cardinal had a nine-stroke lead over No. 21 Arizona State and No. 13 San Jose State as both carded a 289 in the opening round. Fourth-ranked Oregon earned a 291 and No. 23 Ole Miss rounded out the top five, shooting a 293.

Ellie Gower led the Buffaloes individual in the third round and tied for the best finish on the team with Diane Baillieux as both tied for 49th. Gower entered the third round 72^nd (160) after she recorded a bogey on her final hole of the second round on Tuesday. She then fired a 73 in the final 18 holes to finish the tournament.

She sank a birdie on her first hole (No. 18) but followed it up with a bogey on No. 1. From there, Gower made par on the next nine holes before she sank her second birdie of the day. She made par on the following three holes and closed the round out with a bogey, par and a bogey, respectively.

Malak Bouraeda and Lauren Gooding had the second-best rounds for the Buffs on Tuesday, each carding a 78. Gooding sank a pair of birdies and made 10 pars. She was tied for 61^st heading into the round, but thanks to her improvement in the last round, she moved up into a tie for 54^th with a 235.

Bouraeda also had two birdies in her third round along with nine pars for her 78. Bouraeda finished with a 237 and tied for 60^th, which was also an improvement as she worked up from 68^th following the first 36 holes.

Bailliuex shot a 79 in her last round. She finished her first two rounds on Monday and was 49^th entering the final 18 holes with a 10-over 154. With her 79 in the last round, she finished with a 17-over (233) and tied for 49^th.

Vo finished her second round by making par on the 18^th hole, finishing the round 9-over (81), putting her in a tie for 64^th (158). She completed the tournament with an 80 which included three birdies and five pars. Vo tied for 64^th (238).

Individually, Schalk had two holes left in her second round to complete on Tuesday. She made par on the 13^th and then recorded a bogey on the 14^th to finish with an 80. She was tied for 51^st (155) as she started her final round where she shot an 80 with one birdie and 11 pars to finish 54^th (235).

Stanford's Rachel Heck took home medalist honors. She carded rounds of 70-73-68 to finish 5-under (211).

The Buffaloes are back on the course February 21-22, at the Icon Invitational in Houston, Texas.

BUFFALO INDIVIDUALS
Rank	Name	Score
T49.	Ellie Gower	79-81-73—233
T49.	Diane Baillieux	80-74-79—233
T54.	*Hailey Schalk	75-80-80—235
T54.	Lauren Gooding	81-76-78—235
T60.	Malak Bouraeda	78-81-78—237
T64.	Natalie Vo	77-81-80—238
*Individual

TOP 5 INDIVIDUALS
Rank	Name	Score
1.	Rachel Heck, Stanford	70-73-68—211
2.	Ashley Menne, Arizona State	68-74-72—214
3.	Natasha Andrea Oon, San Jose State	69-72-74—215
T4.	Sofie Kibsgaard Nielsen, Oregon	69-74-74—217
T4.	Rose Zhang, Stanford	69-73-75—217

TEAM SCORES
Rank	Team	Score
1.	San Jose State	289-291-293—873
2.	Stanford	280-297-299—876
3.	Arizona State	289-291-303—884
4.	Oregon	291-297-300—888
5.	Texas	297-289 -307—893
6.	UCLA	295-290-309—894
7.	Southern California	301-293-303—897
T8.	Ole Miss	293-300-308—901
T8.	Arizona	299-303-299—901
10.	San Diego State	294-298-311—903
11.	Pepperdine	303-313-299—915
12.	California	313-301-319—933
13.	Colorado	314-312-308—934
14.	Kansas	311-310-330—951

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Players Mentioned

Diane Baillieux

Malak Bouraeda

Ellie Gower

Hailey Schalk

Natalie Vo

Lauren Waxer-Gooding