CSUN Fires Second Round 299, Moves up to 11th at Lady Thunderbird Invitational

Friday, March 10

Saint George, UT // Sunbrook GC

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California State University at Northridge

Pizza Hut Lady Thunderbird Invitational

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3/10/2023 5:29:00 PM | Women's Golf

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ST. GEORGE, Utah - The CSUN women's golf team carded its lowest round in four years on Friday as the Matadors fired a team round of 299 to move just outside of the top-10 after the second round of the Pizza Hut Lady Thunderbird Invitational at Sunbrook G.C.

CSUN's team score of 299 is its lowest since posting a round of 296 at the Rainbow Wahine Invitational in October of 2019. The Matadors posted a 15-shot improvement from their 314 score in round one and are now just one shot out of the top-10. At 613, CSUN trails 10th-place Portland State (612) by one shot and ninth-place Utah Valley (609) by four strokes. Wyoming (592) maintained the team lead while Samantha Dizon of California Baptist is the individual leader at 3-under 141.

Elle Laur is the low Matador player through 36 holes, although she is competing as an individual outside of the team scoring. Laur, who began the day tied for 15th after a 2-over 74 on Thursday, followed up with a second round of 74 on Friday to move into a tie for 12th at 4-over 148. She heads into the final round trailing Dizon by seven shots.

CSUN SCORES

Sophomore Julia Mykebust posted her second consecutive round of 75 and is the low CSUN scorer as she sits just outside of the top 20 in a tie for 21st at 6-over 150. Myklebust played a near error-free round on Friday, posting 15 pars and three bogeys in moving up four spots on the leaderboard.
Freshman Kim Turgut made the biggest jump on the leaderboard after tying her season-low with a round of 1-over 73. After opening with an 81 on Thursday, Turgot had a pair of birdies and 13 pars on Friday to move up from 69th into a tie for for 35th at 10-over 154.
Freshman Gracie Piar tied for the team lead with three birdies in a round of 6-over 78 on Friday. Piar, who opened with a 5-over 77 on Thursday, is currently tied for 42nd at 11-over 155.
Fernanda Sosa Stackpole also had three birdies in matching Turgut's 1-over 73 in round two. After an opening round 83, Sosa Stackpole moved up from 79th into a tie for 49th at 12-over 156.
Junior Grace Bettis rounded out the Matador scoring as she is tied for 70th at 16-over following rounds of 81-79.

COACH MICHELLE WINKLER SAID
"I'm happy to see we made better decisions on the course. We have the talent to shoot under 300 every single time we compete, but we have to continue to trust our game plan, work on our weaknesses, and prepare like professionals. If we can focus on the day-to-day preparation, the only result is success."

The Matadors will be paired with Utah Valley, Portland State and Weber State for the third and final round which gets underway with a shotgun start Saturday morning at 9 a.m.

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