Tess Barr of Sacramento State claimed the individual title by five strokes and led the Hornets to victory in the Rainbow Wahine Invitational at Kapolei Golf Course www.kapoleigolf.com in Kapolei, Hawaii.
Sacramento State rallied from three shots down in the final round to capture its first victory of the season by recording a score of 291-287-285—863, 1-under-par, followed by Brigham Young at 300-285-281—866, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo at 298-277-292—867 and Sam Houston State at 289-291-288—868.
College of Charleston totaled 296-291-288—875 to tie for fifth with Grand Canyon, which finished at 296-293-286—875, while Weber State was seventh at 295-298-298—891, Northern Iowa at 300-287-305—892, Hawaii at 301-296-296—893 and Illinois State at 306-304-302—912.
Cal State Northridge finished 12th at 320-299-296—915.
Blair, a freshman who won two Utah state 6A High School Championships and was selected Utah Junior Golf Association Player of the Year seven times, earned her first college victory with a score of 71-70-66—207, 9-under.
Blair, who tied the school with her 66 and broke the 54-hole mark with her total of 207, gave the Hornets the lead for good with an eagle on the 17th hole.
Caroline Cantlay of Cal Poly SLO shot 74-65-73—212 to tie for second with Viera Permata Rosada of Sam Houston State, who wound up at 71-72-69—212, while Siripatsorn Patchana of Grand Canyon totaled 73-70-70—213 to tie for fourth with Tyra Tonkham of Hawaii, who finished at 72-70-71—213.
Annick Haczkiewicz of BYU posted a score of 75-71-68—214 to tie for sixth with Hanna Alberto of Sam Houston State, who shot 73-70-71—214 and Naomi Soifua of BYU, who wound up at 74-71-69—214.
Cloe Grand of Sacramento State shot 70-70-76—216 to tie for ninth with Vanessa Wang of Cal Poly SLO, who totaled 75-70-71—216, Payton Fehringer of Grand Canyon, who finished at 74-70-72—216, and Emily Dunlap of College of Charleston, who came in at 72-69-75—216.
Kiran Sangha led Cal State Northridge in a tie for 40th at 78-74-75—227.
Rounding out the scoring for team champion Sacramento State were Nishtha Madan in a tie for 13th at 72-71-74—217, Sofie Babic in a tie for 19th at 74-72-74—220, Miki Manta in a tie for 27th at 77-78-68—223, Sydney Smith in a tie for 32nd at 79-74-71—224, Corinne Viden in a tie for 60th at 74-82-78—234, and Amelia Hicks in a tie for 72nd at 82-79-79—240.
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