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Women?s Golf Finishes 14th at Wyoming Cowgirl Classic

Quinn shoots best Redhawk round of day, McCleary finishes in top 15

Opens in a new window Wyoming Cowgirl Classic - Final Results
Women?s Golf Finishes 14th at Wyoming Cowgirl ClassicWomen?s Golf Finishes 14th at Wyoming Cowgirl Classic
The Seattle University women's golf team finished the Wyoming Cowgirl Classic Tuesday in 14th place after the third round at the Ocotillo Golf Resort.

Caitlin McCleary (The Dalles, Ore.) endured two tough holes, but still finished with a 77 (+5) to end the tournament in a tie for 13th place with a final score of 224 (+8). Shannon Quinn (Shoreline, Wash.) notched the team's best round of the day, posting a final-round score of 74 (+2) to move up into a tie for 42nd place in the final standings with a cumulative score of 233 (+17).

Christine Cook (Yakima, Wash.) finished her final 18 holes with a score of 81 (+9) for a three-round total of 237 (+21), good enough for a tie for 56th place. Lori Pearson (Seattle, Wash.) finished the tournament in a tie for 76th place after a third-round 82 (+10) gave her a total score of 242 (+26), and Nicole Gaddie (Salt Lake City, Utah) shot 85 (+13) in the final round for a three-round total of 259 (+43) to finish in 114th place.

As a team, Seattle University combined for a third round score of 314 (+26), slipping down to 14th place in the final standings with a 54-hole total of 936 (+72). Portland State completed a wire-to-wire first place finish with a combined score of 871 (+7), 28 strokes better than second-place New Mexico State. Britney Yada of Portland State won the individual title on a scorecard playoff after finishing the tournament tied with Northern Colorado's Carleigh Silvers at three-under-par 213.

Seattle University will prepare for the West Coast Conference Championships, to take place April 18-19 at the San Juan Oaks Country Club in Hollister, Calif. Seattle U is an associate member of the WCC in women's golf only, as the conference extended the invitation to the Redhawk women's golf program last summer.