University of Nevada Las Vegas
The Farms Invitational
3/26/2014 12:00:00 AM | Women's Golf
March 26, 2014
LAS VEGAS (UNLVRebels.com) - The UNLV women's golf team finished seventh at the SDSU Farms Invitational, which was being played at the The Farms Golf Club (par-72, 6,211 yards). The team turned in a score of 33-over-par 897 (304-294-299) in the tournament.
Junior Dana Finkelstein led the Rebels and finished tied for fifth at 1-over 217 (73-69-75). It is her second consecutive top-five finish, her fifth to-five finish of the year and her ninth career top-five finish. She is now tied with Sunny Oh for the second most top-five finishes in school history.
USC finished 3-under 861 (298-281-282) to win the tournament. The Trojans beat UCLA (285-286-293) and Stanford (290-285-289) who tied for second at even-par 864. Arizona State finished fourth at 17-over 881 (295-284-302) and the host San Diego State finished fifth at 25-over 889 (292-292-305).
USC's Karen Chung took home individual medalist honors after turning in a score of 8-under 208 (74-68-66) in the tournament. Stanford's Lauren Kim and Casey Danielson finished second and third, respectively, at 6-under 210 (69-71-70) and 5-under 211 (72-68-71). UCLA's Alison Lee finished six strokes off the lead at 2-under 214 (68-73-73). Tied with Finkelstein for fifth was UCLA's Erynne Lee (69-77-71), USC's Gabriella Then (72-72-73), SDSU's Emma Henrikson (68-69-80), Stanford's Mariah Stackhouse (70-73-74) and ASU's Noemi Jimenez (72-71-74) at 1-over 217.
Also competing for UNLV was junior Mayko Chwen Wang, who tied for 24th at 7-over 223 (79-72-72). Senior Demi Mak tied for 29th at 9-over 225 (74-75-76), freshman Avery French tied for 52nd at 17-over 233 (78-79-76) and junior Marguerite Swearingen tied for 66th at 21-over 237 (83-78-76). Freshman Vivian Hsuan Chen competed as an individual and tied for 55th at 18-over 234 (79-75-80).
A total of 17 teams and 93 individuals competed in the three-day tournament. The Rebels will have a couple weeks off before competing in the Silverado Tournament in Napa, Calif., which will be hosted by Oregon, on April 14-15. That will be the last tournament of the regular season as the Mountain West Championship will be played on April 24-26.
