Samford University
Day Two (Gonzaga Invitational)
Women's Golf Rallies For Fourth-Place Finish At Circling Raven Collegiate Invitational
9.13.11 | Women's Golf
Sept. 13, 2011
WORLEY, Idaho - The Samford University women's golf team continued its stellar play in the young 2011-12 campaign Tuesday as the Bulldogs charged to a fourth-place finish at the Circling Raven Collegiate Invitational being hosted by Gonzaga University at the Circling Raven Golf Course.
Samford entered the final round play in seventh place Tuesday, but carded a team-best score of 303 to notch a fourth-place finish in the highly-competitive, 22-team tournament. The Bulldogs concluded the 54-hole event with a total team score of 923 (316-304-303). Samford's mark of 303 tied the best round of the day Tuesday along with host school Gonzaga.
The Bulldogs nearly jumped all the way to second place behind tournament-champion Washington State (307-298-308=913). Samford finished just one stroke behind runner-up squads San Francisco and Portland State which both registered final team scores of 922 on Tuesday.
Following Samford and Gonzaga, Portland State turned in the third best mark of the day with final-round score of 305.
Individually, the Bulldogs were led this week by senior Sarah Butts. Butts, Samford's talented native of Carrollton, Ga., tallied a 10th-place finish and carded a final 54-hole score of 229 (82-73-74).
Following Butts for the Bulldogs were sophomores Alex Jasper and Natalie Mitchell. Jasper, Samford's native of Clarksville, Tenn., carded a three-round mark of 232 (80-75-77), while Mitchell also turned in an impressive 54-hole tally of 233 (76-78-79).
Kayla Turner, the Bulldogs' junior native of Clarksville, Tenn., finished the Circling Raven Collegiate Invitational with a score of 236 (78-78-80), while Anna Heim tallied a three-round total of 243 (82-88-73). In Tuesday's final 18 holes of play, Samford's Heim carded the team's best mark of the day with a 1-over-par 73.
The Samford University women's golf team will next be in action Oct. 7-9 as the Bulldogs head to Daytona Beach, Fla., for the Xavier Invitational to be held at the world-renown LPGA International Golf Course.
Final Results - - 2011 Circling Raven Collegiate Invitational
