Battling rainy conditions throughout the day, the Seattle University women’s golf team was able to move up into 12th place as the third and final round of the Edean Ihlanfeldt Invitational, hosted by the University of Washington, was completed Wednesday at the Sahalee Country Club.
Alexus Song (Auburn, Wash.) started and ended her round with birdies, shooting 77 (+5) to end up in a tie for 12th place at 225 (+9). Jamie Huo (Kent, Wash.) shot 81 (+9) to finish in 44th place with a three-round total of 235 (+19), while Dorsey Addicks (Big Sky, Mont.) shot 80 (+8) to complete the tournament in a tie for 51st place at 238 (+22).
Yen Ting Wong (Singapore) posted Seattle U’s best individual round of the day, collecting two birdies as she shot 76 (+4) to finish in a tie for 57th place at 240 (+24). Ellen Brantberg (Stockholm, Sweden) also picked up two birdies as she shot 79 (+7) for a three-round total of 243 (+27), placing her in 63rd place. Juhee Lee (Wilsonville, Ore.) shot 83 (+11) and finished in a tie for 67th place at 251 (+35).
On a day when no team shot below 300, Seattle U combined for a third-round total of 312 (+24), ending the tournament in 12th place at 933 (+69). Thanks to a 301 (+13), the second-best round score among the 13-team field, San Diego State rallied past California to take the team title by five strokes over the Golden Bears and seven strokes over the host Huskies. Gonzaga’s Bianca Pagdanganan held on for medalist honors with a 54-hole score of 217 (+1), one stroke better than San Francisco’s Vanessa Ha and two strokes ahead of Emelie Lundstrom of the Dons, the only player to post a score under par Wednesday.
The Seattle University women’s golf team will host the second annual Pat Lesser Harbottle Invitational next Monday and Tuesday, Oct. 12-13, at the Tacoma Country and Golf Club in Lakewood, Wash. The Redhawks will be one of 15 teams competing in the tournament, along with defending champion Washington, in-state rivals Gonzaga and Eastern Washington, and conference foes Grand Canyon, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, and Utah Valley.