UH Places Two Individuals In Top 10, Finished Tied For Sixth At Fresno State Invitational

FRESNO, Calif. - Led by a second place finish by Corie Hou and a sixth place finish by Xyra Suyetsugu, the University of Hawai`i Rainbow Wahine golf team (301-303-604) finished tied for sixth at the Kitahara Fresno State Invitational at Copper River Country Club Tuesday.

Hou (72-73-145) finished up at one-over-par, tying for second, just one shot off the lead. Suyetsugu(75-72-147) tied for sixth at three-over-par. The two were followed by Carolina Perez (77-77-154), tied for 37th, Lisa Kajihara (77-81-158), tied for 50th, and Phyllis Lai (81-83-164), tied for 76th.

Tulsa came from behind to take the team title at 14-over-par. They were followed by UC Davis (+17), Kansas (+20), San Francisco (+21) and UC Irvine (+27).

Individually, Fresno State's Taylor Siebert finished at even-par to take the title. She was followed by Hou, UC Davis' Jee Park and Kansas' Emily Powers (+1) and Danielle Cvitanov (+2).

The Rainbow Wahine will be playing in the SJSU Spartan Invitational next week, from March 3-4.

Warriors Tied For 18th After Second Day Of John Burns Intercollegiate

SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, O`ahu - The University of Hawai`i Warrior golf team (292-290-582) finished the second round of the John A. Burns Intercollegiate in a tie for 18th at the Leilehua Golf Course Wednesday.

Kyle Walters (73-67-140) moved up the individual leaderboard, tying for 25th. Robert Berton (74-72-146) is tied for 66th, followed by Travis Toyama (72-75-147), tied for 72nd, Ryan Perez (73-76-149), tied for 84th, and Cody Pewarchuk (74-77-151), tied for 92nd.

Three Warriors are competing as individuals, led by Kamden Brakel (76-77-153), tied for 97th. Chase Bingham (77-83-160) is tied for 107th with Daniel Soglanich (90-88-178) in 110th.

Auburn shot 15-under-par on the day to move into first by themselves at 25-under-par. UNLV (-22) is in second, followed by Texas A&M (-21), Southern Methodist (-20) and San Diego Stat, e (-16).

Individually, California's Stephen Hale and San Diego State's Johan Carlsson are tied for the lead at 10-under-par. UTEP's Herbert Day and Arizona's Tarquin Macmanus are tied for third at nine-under, followed by three players tied for fifth at eight-under-par.

The tournament concludes tomorrow with the final round, starting at 8:00 a.m. HST.

Second Round Results