Aztecs Place Ninth at San Diego State Classic
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Aztecs Place Ninth at San Diego State Classic

SDSU was led by Ema Narita and Kylie Phi who both finished with a six-over-par 222, which put them in a tie for 21st.

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Aztecs Place Ninth at San Diego State ClassicAztecs Place Ninth at San Diego State Classic

SAN DIEGO – The Aztec women’s golf team completed the San Diego State Classic at The Heights Golf Club Monday. The Aztecs finished in ninth place with a 29-over-par 893.

SDSU was led by Ema Narita and Kylie Phi who both finished with a six-over-par 222, which put them in a tie for 21st. Phi improved her score in each round and shot an even-par 72 Tuesday.

Narita followed up her 71 in the second round with a two-over-par 74 Tuesday.

Freshman Emilia Omander, who was playing as an individual, finished third among Aztecs with a career-low eight-over-par 224. She shot a 75 (+3) Tuesday, the second best 18-hole score of her young career.

Nikki Kato also had a pair of career-best scores. She finished one stroke behind Omander with a 227 on the strength of an even par 72 in her final round. She had a team-best five birdies Tuesday.

Maya Benita, a graduate transfer from Arizona who was making her first career start as an Aztec, finished with a 230 after shooting a 76 and 77s in back-to-back rounds.

Stephanie Barbaglia carded a 233 while freshman Emma Delwes shot a 253 while playing as an individual.

Stanford, the No. 1 team in the country, won the tournament after shooting a 31-under-par 833. Their Meja Ortengren was the individual champion with a 15-under-par 201.

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San Diego State Classic
The Heights Golf Club – Par 72, 6,356 yards
Team Scores (Top Five & SDSU) – Out of 12 Teams

  1. No. 1 Stanford… 833 (278-270-285, -31)
  2. UNLV… 865 (283-290-292, +1)
  3. Georgia… 876 (290-28-297, +12)
  4. Oregon State… 878 (290-293-295, +14)
  5. BYU… 879 (293-290-296, +15)

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9. San Diego State… 893 (302-296-295, +29)

Individual Scores (Top Five & SDSU) – Out of 61 golfers

  1. Meja Ortengren (Stanford)… 201 (68-62-71, -15)
  2. Paula Martin Sampedro (Stanford)… 209 (70-69-70, -7)
  3. Toa Yokoyama (UNLV)… 210 (67-71-72, -6)
    T-4. Maria Jose Barragan (BYU)… 211 (68-69-74, -5)
    T-4. Kelly Xu (Stanford)… 211 (68-71-72, -5)
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T-21. Ema Narita (SDSU)… 222 (77-71-74, +6)|
T-21. Kylie Phi (SDSU)… 222 (76-74-72, +6)
T-27. Emilia Omander^ (SDSU)… 224 (72-77-75, +8)
T-34. Nikki Kato (SDSU)… 227 (81-74-72, +11)
T-43. Maya Benita (SDSU)… 230 (76-77-77, +14)
50. Stephanie Barbaglia (SDSU)… 233 (73-79-81, +17)
62. Emma Delwes^ (SDSU)… 253 (83-81-89, +37)

 

^Playing as an individual