BYU places seventh at Bruin Classic

Sophomores Carrie Summerhays and Adrianne Gibby paced the BYU women's golf team to a seventh-place finish and the team's lowest 54-hole total of the season at the Pioneer Electric Bruin Classic.

After struggling in it's first two spring tournaments, BYU got on track thanks to the play of Gibby and Summerhays. Summerhays shot a final round 72 to finish 11th overall while Gibby, who made her first hole in one on her 20th birthday, shot a career 54-hole best of 228 to place 18th overall.

"This is the first tournament where everybody has shot under 240 individually," BYU head coach Gary Howard said. "We had a really good effort in this tournament. This is the kind of stuff we are capable of."

Howard is excited about warmer temperatures in Utah Valley that should give his Cougar squad more practice time and a chance to concentrate on the team's short game, which has been BYU's weakness as of late.

"It's hurt us not being able to practice very much the last few weeks," Howard said.

BYU next plays in the Lady Aztec Spring Invitational in San Diego on March 27-28.

"Last year the Lady Aztec Tournament was the turning point for us," Howard said. "We're starting to improve and I think we are ready to have another good showing down there."

FINAL STATS
1. Pepperdine	288	304	289	881
2. Oklahoma State	300	302	294	896
3. UCLA		298	305	296	899
4. Texas A&M	300	307	297	904
5. California	295	312	299	906
6. Washington St.	304	308	300	912
7. Brigham Young	302	316	304	922
8. Oklahoma	302	319	313	934
9. Northern Ariz.	312	321	306	939
10. SMU		314	308	322	944
11. San Francisco	305	319	321	945
12. CSU Northridge	320	317	313	950
13. San Diego State	306	326	320	952
14. Long Beach St	322	320	318	960
14. Nevada	321	321	322	964
16. Portland State	341	338	306	985
BYU SCORES
t11 Carrie Summerhays	75	77	72	224
t18 Adrianne Gibby		73	79	76	228
t41 Jessica Gardner		77	79	79	235
t46 Summer Pierce		78	82	77	237
t51 Nicole Parry		77	81	81	239