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Huskies Tie for Seventh at AllState Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate Challenge
February 20, 2017 | Women's Golf
NEW ORLEANS, La. – The University of Washington women's golf team climbed five spots up the leaderboard during the final two rounds of the 2017 AllState Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate Championship en route to finishing tied for seventh with a 25-over 889 (301-298-290).
Due to weather, both the second and third rounds were played on Monday and the Huskies responded with rounds of 298 and 290. Their third round score of 2-over 290 was the second best round during the final 18 which was played during extremely wet and windy conditions.
"We had a much better day today and the conditions were really tough this afternoon, making scoring difficult, so it was really exciting to see our group play their best round at the end of the day," said head coach Mary Lou Mulflur. "We were pleased overall with our play and happy to see them really grind it out. There were lots of positives to take away from this tournament and we definitely got better."
The Huskies were led by freshman Karen Miyamoto, who not only carded her second eagle in as many days, but also recorded her first top 10 finish, tying for 10th with a 1-over 217 (70-73-74). Miyamoto, in just her second tournament with UW after joining the team in January, knocked in four birdies and that one eagle on hole 11 over the final 36 holes.
"Karen is just such a solid player out there on the course and on top of that, she's a great kid," said Mulflur. "I was really excited for her and was impressed with her play during this tournament."
She was followed closely behind by sophomore Julianne Alvarez who climbed 17 spots up the leaderboard to finish tied for 16th at 2-over 218 (75-73-70). Alvarez improved her score in each round and was one of six players out of 90 to post a 70 or lower during that windy final round.
Alvarez opened the day with a trio of errors but responded over her sixth-17th holes with four birdies and just two bogeys. She got even better during the final 18 going clean with five birdies until her final hole to finish at 2-under in that round.
"Julianne had a bad break on her final hole but outside of that she had a very solid pair of rounds and seemed to be getting her confidence back and feeling better about her play, which was great to see," said Mulflur.
Sophomore Wenyung Keh finished third for the Huskies as she tied for 35th with a 9-over 225 (76-78-71) after jumping 23 spots on the individual leaderboard thanks to her final round score of 1-under 71. She joined Alvarez as one of nine players to shoot under par in the final round thanks to her four birdies.
"Wenyung's final round was huge," added Mulflur. "It was really impressive to see how she responded following round two and I believe she took a big step forward today."
Rounding out the UW contingent was freshman EunWon Park who climbed six spots on Monday and ended up tied for 52nd at 13-over229 (80-74-75) and freshman Christina Wang who finished 86th at 24-over 240 (82-80-78).
Arizona's Haley Moore won the individual title finishing at 6-under 210 while No. 1 Stanford took home the team title at 1-under 863 (293-278-292).
The Huskies return to the course on Monday, Feb. 27 as they head to the Bruin/Wave Invite in San Luis Obispo, California.
Due to weather, both the second and third rounds were played on Monday and the Huskies responded with rounds of 298 and 290. Their third round score of 2-over 290 was the second best round during the final 18 which was played during extremely wet and windy conditions.
"We had a much better day today and the conditions were really tough this afternoon, making scoring difficult, so it was really exciting to see our group play their best round at the end of the day," said head coach Mary Lou Mulflur. "We were pleased overall with our play and happy to see them really grind it out. There were lots of positives to take away from this tournament and we definitely got better."
The Huskies were led by freshman Karen Miyamoto, who not only carded her second eagle in as many days, but also recorded her first top 10 finish, tying for 10th with a 1-over 217 (70-73-74). Miyamoto, in just her second tournament with UW after joining the team in January, knocked in four birdies and that one eagle on hole 11 over the final 36 holes.
"Karen is just such a solid player out there on the course and on top of that, she's a great kid," said Mulflur. "I was really excited for her and was impressed with her play during this tournament."
She was followed closely behind by sophomore Julianne Alvarez who climbed 17 spots up the leaderboard to finish tied for 16th at 2-over 218 (75-73-70). Alvarez improved her score in each round and was one of six players out of 90 to post a 70 or lower during that windy final round.
Alvarez opened the day with a trio of errors but responded over her sixth-17th holes with four birdies and just two bogeys. She got even better during the final 18 going clean with five birdies until her final hole to finish at 2-under in that round.
"Julianne had a bad break on her final hole but outside of that she had a very solid pair of rounds and seemed to be getting her confidence back and feeling better about her play, which was great to see," said Mulflur.
Sophomore Wenyung Keh finished third for the Huskies as she tied for 35th with a 9-over 225 (76-78-71) after jumping 23 spots on the individual leaderboard thanks to her final round score of 1-under 71. She joined Alvarez as one of nine players to shoot under par in the final round thanks to her four birdies.
"Wenyung's final round was huge," added Mulflur. "It was really impressive to see how she responded following round two and I believe she took a big step forward today."
Rounding out the UW contingent was freshman EunWon Park who climbed six spots on Monday and ended up tied for 52nd at 13-over229 (80-74-75) and freshman Christina Wang who finished 86th at 24-over 240 (82-80-78).
Arizona's Haley Moore won the individual title finishing at 6-under 210 while No. 1 Stanford took home the team title at 1-under 863 (293-278-292).
The Huskies return to the course on Monday, Feb. 27 as they head to the Bruin/Wave Invite in San Luis Obispo, California.
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