Cougars Lurking in Fifth at MWC Tourney

SUN RIVER -- Four Cougars improved upon their first round scores, as the BYU women's golf team carded a 19-over 303 to remain in fifth place, after the second round of the Mountain West Conference Women's Golf Championships.

Senior All-American Carrie Summerhays jumped into a tie for sixth place after a two-over 73. Summerhays stands seven shots behind leader Lynette Duran of Colorado State. She needs one more individual crown to pass Pam Miller and become the winningest female golfer in BYU history.

After carding a first round 74, freshman Natalie Newren struggled Tuesday with a 79, but she remains in the top 20 as she stands in a tie for 12th.

Junior Jessica Gardner of Centerville, Utah, saw the biggest improvement of any Cougar from the first round, shooting six shots better in carding a 76. Gardner is currently tied in 22nd place.

Nicole Newren also shot a second day 76 to stand in a tie for 17th, and senior Lisa Dernick-Hardy had a 78 to stand alone in 21st.

San Diego State is the team leader after a 14-over 298 to lead by three strokes over second place Colorado State. First round leader New Mexico stumbled with a 305 as it tumbled into third place (598), four shots behind the Aztecs.

The third and final round of the MWC Championships will tee-off starting at 9 a.m. (PST) on Wednesday. The Cougars will tee-off at the following times: Jessica Gardner 9, Nicole Newren 9:10, Lisa Dernick-Hardy 9:20, Carrie Summerhays 9:30 and Natalie Newren 9:40.

Individual Finishes
      T  6    Carrie Summerhays        76- 73      149    +7
      T 12    Natalie Newren           74- 79      153    +11
      T 17    Nicole Newren            80- 76      156    +14
        21    Lisa Dernick-Hardy       79- 78      157    +15
      T 22    Jessica Gardner          82- 76      158    +16
      Fin.   Top 20 Teams             Scores  
         1   San Diego State Univ     296  298    594     
         2   Colorado State Univ.     301  296    597     
         3   New Mexico, U. of        293  305    598     
         4   UNLV                     305  303    608     
         5   Brigham Young Univ.      309  303    612     
         6   Wyoming, U. of           325  323    648
Mountain West Conference Champ
Meadows Course                 Sun River, OR
Dates: 04/22 - 04/24     (Today:04-23-2002)
Par:        71
Yardage:  6089
   Fin.   Name                   School       Scores  
      1   Lynette Duran          Col. St.      72   70    142    E
      2   Shayna Miyajima        S.Diego St    71   73    144   +2
      3   Heather Rollo          S.Diego St    73   72    145   +3
      4   Kristi Larsen          New Mexico    68   78    146   +4
      5   Jennifer Hoene         S.Diego St    74   74    148   +6
      6   Hwanhee Lee            UNLV          75   74    149   +7
          Carrie Summerhays      BYU           76   73    149   +7
          Kailin Downs           New Mexico    73   76    149   +7
          Erin Borcherts         UNLV          75   74    149   +7
     10   Bridget Johnson        Col. St.      74   77    151   +9
          Katrina Leckovic       New Mexico    74   77    151   +9
     12   Mayumi Motoyama        Col. St.      79   74    153  +11
          Claudia Ferrini        New Mexico    78   75    153  +11
          Natalie Newren         BYU           74   79    153  +11
          Stephanie Linnell      Col. St.      76   77    153  +11
     16   Christine Hentzner     UNLV          77   77    154  +12
     17   Tina Mabanta           UNLV          78   78    156  +14
          Nicole Newren          BYU           80   76    156  +14
          Kristen Campos         Col. St.      81   75    156  +14
          Shannon Johnson        New Mexico    79   77    156  +14
     21   Lisa Dernick-Hardy     BYU           79   78    157  +15
     22   Asa Jankler            S.Diego St    79   79    158  +16
          Jessica Gardner        BYU           82   76    158  +16
     24   Tara Ludwig            Wyoming       80   79    159  +17
     25   Sandy Kim              S.Diego St    78   82    160  +18
     26   Kim Nissen             Wyoming       83   78    161  +19
     27   Autumn Monteiro        UNLV          83   80    163  +21
     28   Alison McGuire         Wyoming       82   83    165  +23
     29   Katherine Crowley      Wyoming       80   86    166  +24
     30   Shala Hanson           Wyoming       84   83    167  +25