Summerhays leads BYU to fifth-place finish.

Sophomore Carrie Summerhays shot a season low round of 71 to finish second overall at the Bay Area Classic while helping her team to a fifth-place finish on Tuesday.

"Carrie played with more confidence than she has all season," BYU head coach Gary Howard said. "I think as a team we struggled that first day, but they all seemed to come back with more confidence that second round."

The Cougars, who got off to a slow eighth-place start shooting 322 the first round, seemed to shake off the winter cobwebs the second round. BYU shot a 310 the second day jumping from eighth place to fifth place overall.

Fifteenth-ranked Pepperdine won the tournament by 19 strokes followed by San Diego State and California. Summer Pierce was the second leading Cougar placing 33rd after shooting a second round score of 76.

BYU's next tournament is March 6-8 at the Spartan Invitational in Monterrey, California. This will be a very important tournament for the Cougars as they will be facing four top-20 teams.

"The top half of the field is really strong," Howard said. "We need to get off to a good start and play well against Hawaii. It is one of those teams we need to do well against to qualify for regionals. I think the attitude of this team is good and we should come out and have a good tournament."

Team Scores (17  teams)
1.      Pepperdine      297     290     587     +23
2.      San Diego State 306     300     606     +42
3.      California      308     299     607     +43
4.      CS Northridge   315     308     623     +59
5.      Brigham Young   322     310     632     +68
6.      Denver          318     317     635     +71
7.      Portland        320     318     638     +74
8.      Nevada          323     316     639     +75
9.      San Francisco   316     324     640     +76
10.     British Columbia340     316     656     +92
11.     Sacramento St.  326     335     661     +97
12.     Weber State     339     331     670     +106
13.     Northern Arizona330     343     673     +109
14.     Long Beach St.  336     340     676     +112
15.     Santa Clara     346     +346    692     +128
16.     Gonzaga         353     342     695     +131
DNF Portland State      333     DNF
Top Individual Scores (91 golfers):
1.		Tamie Durdin, Pepperdine        74      69      143     +2
2.		Lindsey Wright, Pepperdine      71      73      145     +4
		Heather Rollo, SD State         72      73      145     +4
		Carrie Summerhays, BYU          74      71      145     +4
5.		Anne Walker, California         74      73      147     +6
		Megan Radonich, Portland        73      74      147     +6
7.		Katherine Hull, Pepperdine*     78      70      148     +7
8. 		Jenny Glasgow, Pepperdine       76      73      149     +8
10.  	Sarah Walter, Portland          77      74      151     +10
   		Jill Janotta, SD State          75      76      151     +1
BYU Scores
t2 Carrie Summerhays 74-71-145  +4
t33 Summer Pierce 85-76-161  +20
t39 Adrianne Gibby 79-84-163  +22
t54 Jessica Gardner 84-82-166 +25
t60 Nicole Parry 87-81-168 +27