White helps No. 25 BYU to fifth place finish at The Gold Rush

SEAL BEACH, Calif. — Shooting one-under-par on the day, Alexandra White helped the No. 25 BYU women’s golf team to a fifth-place finish at The Gold Rush hosted by Long Beach State, Wednesday.

"This tournament had a good field of teams," BYU head coach Carrie Roberts said. "Alex played well for us, but overall it was not our best tournament. We'll make the adjustments we need for our next event."

As a team, the Cougars shot 29-over-par throughout the 54 holes of tournament play to finish fifth overall. BYU shot 12-over-par, eight-over-par and nine-over-par in the three rounds, respectively.

The Cougars finished one stroke behind Colorado State (+28), while finishing 12 strokes in front of West Coast Conference foe Gonzaga.

White concluded the tournament at one-over-par to tie for fifth individually. In today’s round of 18, White birdied four holes and finished the event with 10 birdies overall. This is White’s third top-5 finish of the 2015-16 season.

Freshman Rose Huang finished the event tied for 18th place at eight-over-par. Huang birdied the fourth, seventh and 16th holes in today’s round. Huang has finished in the top-20 in four out of the five tournaments in which BYU has competed this season.

Lea Garner, who competed in the even as an individual, finished at 11-over-par after three rounds of play. The senior finished the tournament tied for 26th place. Lauren Atkinson shot 13-over-par through day one and day two of the event. Atkinson concluded the tournament tied for 38th place.

Kendra Dalton shot one-over-par on the day to finish the tournament at 15-over-par. Dalton birdied three holes in today’s round of 18. Annie Yang shot 16-over-par throughout the 54 holes of golf played. In today’s 18 holes, Yang shot five-over-par, finishing the event tied for 47th place.

BYU women’s golf will continue its spring season as the team competes in Bay Area Intercollegiate March 7-8.

The Gold Rush - Feb. 22, 2016

TEAM

Place	Player	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Total	To-Par
T5	Alexandra White	70	76	71	217	+1
T18	Rose Huang	74	74	76	224	+8
T38	Lauren Atkinson	78	70	81	229	+13
T45	Kendra Dalton	82	76	73	231	+15
T47	Annie Yang	78	77	77	232	+16

INDIVIDUAL

Place	Player	Round 1	Round 2	Total	To-Par
T26	Lea Garner	76	75	76	+11

Place	Team	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Total	To-Par
1	No. 1 USC	286	285	294	865	+1
2	Fresno State	292	295	294	881	+17
3	Long Beach State	308	286	296	890	+26
4	Colorado State	294	302	296	892	+28
5	No. 25 BYU	300	296	297	893	+29
6	Gonzaga	301	309	295	905	+41
7	Boise State	309	299	304	912	+48
8	Cal Poly	303	305	306	914	+50
9	Nevada	309	300	306	915	+51
10	Sacramento State	305	302	313	920	+56
11	CSU Fullerton	312	311	308	931	+67
12	Idaho	312	312	310	934	+70
13	Mississippi	319	307	317	943	+79
14	Boston College	306	320	320	946	+82
15	UC Irvine	316	311	323	950	+86