Abegail Arevalo gave San Jose State its second individual victory in as many tournaments of the new season and the Spartans finished second to Illinois in the Coeur d’Alene Collegiate at Coeur d’Alene Resort Golf Course (http://www.golfcda.com) in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.
Arevalo, a senior from the Philippines whose first college victory came in the MountainView Collegiate late last season, rallied from five strokes down in the final round, carding birdies on the 14th, 15th and 17th holes to beat Katherine Zhu of California and Crystal Wang of Illinois by one stroke.
“I had no idea until I made my final putt on 18 that I was winning,” said Arevalo, who earlier this month won the California Women’s State Fair Championship by seven strokes. “My coaches didn’t tell me.
“I came into the day focused on the process and plan for the day and helping my teammates. I wasn’t thinking about winning. This win feels great and gives me a lot of confidence for my senior year.”
Arevalo posted a score of 72-71-68—211, 3-under-par, while Wang finished at 70-68-74—212, and Zhu wound up at 72-69-71—212.
Valentina Gilly of Florida International was fourth at 73-70-70—213, while Haley Greb of Colorado State totaled 75-69-70—214 to tie for fifth with fifth with Michelle Kim of Idaho, who shot 71-72-71—214 and Bing Singhsumalee of Illinois, who came in 72-69-73—214.
Sophie Hausmann of Idaho finished at 74-68-73—215 to tie for eighth with Naomi Soifua of BYU, who wound up at 74-71-70—215, and Ali Morallos of Illinois, who totaled 71-72-72—215.
Pearl Rojanapeansatith led San Francisco in a tie for 13th at 74-72-71—217, Hunter Pate of Long Beach State tied for 25th at 72-72-75—219, and Janet Yeo of UC Irvine tied for 32nd at 72-74-75—221.
Natasha Andrea Oon of San Jose State, a freshman from Malaysia who won the Minnesota Collegiate two weeks ago and led San Jose State to victory in Dana Dormann’s first tournament as head coach, tied for 11th at 73-72-71—216.
Rounding out the scoring for the Spartans were Alexandra Cooper, who shot 75-73-70—218, to tie for 20th with teammate Franziska Friedrich, who finished at 72-76-70—218, while Antonia Malate tied for 29th in her first college event with a score of 73-72-75—220.
Illinois claimed the team title at 282-278-292—852, even par, while San Jose State was second at 290-288-279—857, followed by Idaho at 295-286-290—871, California at 296-289-287—872 and BYU at 288-291-294—873.
Washington State was sixth at 292-288-296—876, while Long Beach State totaled 288-292-302—882 to tie for seventh with Colorado State, which finished at 294-288-300—882, and Florida International, which wound up at 295-294-293—882.
UNLV was 10th at 302-285-298—885, followed by Nevada Reno at 298-292-296—886 and San Francisco at 302-292-296—890.
UC Irvine finished 14th at 296-297-303—896.
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