Huang leads Cougars to second place finish

LAKEWOOD, Wash. – With three top-10 finishes from Rose Huang, Brooklyn Hocker and Alexandra White, the BYU women’s golf team took second place in the Pat Lesser Harbottle Invitational on Tuesday at the Tacoma Country and Golf Club.

“Overall, we had two really great rounds,” BYU head coach Carrie Roberts said. “Our third round was the best round of the tournament. If we would have played better in the first round we would have done away with the tournament, but it was a confidence booster being that close to the defending champion, Washington.”

BYU finished the invitational at 19-over-par shooting two-under-par on the day. The team was able to pull into second place after finishing the first day in third. The Cougars’ third round score of 286 (-2) was the lowest score of the tournament.

Instate rival UVU concluded the tournament in 10th place at 55-over-par while Weber State finished in eighth place shooting 51-over-par. West Coast Conference foe Gonzaga ended the invitational in fifth place with a score of 899 (+35).

Huang finished the tournament tied for fourth place shooting an even par of 216 over 54 holes. In her last round, Huang shot a total of 67 (-5), the lowest round of golf in the tournament

“Rose had an incredible round today,” Roberts said. “They changed the tees overnight so it was a challenge, but she played very well. She saved us shooting five-under-par.”

Teammates Hocker and White ended the event tied for 10th place. They both shot one-over-par on the day moving them up from their 11th place position yesterday. The two teammates finished the tournament shooting six-over-par.

Junior Kendra Dalton finished the tournament tied for 15th place as she shot one-over-par on the day and eight-over-par overall. Freshman Anna Kennedy tied for 50th place shooting 18-over-par.

Lauren Atkinson also participated in the event as an individual competitor. Atkinson finished tied for 27th, shooting 12-over-par on the tournament and just one-over-par in the final 18 holes.

The Cougars will travel to Hawaii to participate in the Rainbow Wahine Invitational on Nov. 1-3, where they will compete in their fifth tournament of the fall season.

Pat Lesser Harbottle Invitational - Oct. 10-11, 2016

Place	Player	Round 3	Total	To-Par
T4	Rose Huang	67	216	E
T10	Brooklyn Hocker	73	222	+6
T10	Alexandra White	73	222	+6
T15	Kendra Dalton	73	224	+8
T27	Lauren Atkinson*	73	228	+12
T50	Anna Kennedy	79	234	+18

*Competed individually

Place	Team	Round 3	Total	To-Par
1	Washington	291	880	+16
2	BYU	286	883	+19
3	Oregon St.	295	887	+23
4	Washington State	293	891	+27
5	Gonzaga	288	899	+35
6	CS Fullerton	293	900	+36
7	Sam Houston State	294	907	+43
8	Weber St.	293	915	+51
9	Seatle U Redhawks-W	298	917	+53
10	UVU	302	919	+55
11	Sac State	296	920	+56
T12	Cal Poly	295	931	+67
T12	Eastern Washington University	304	931	+67
14	Grand Canyon University	305	934	+70
15	Montana	309	955	+91