Cougars Finish Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown

HENDERSON -- The No. 20 BYU women's golf team finished the Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown in eighth place, beating the nationally ranked No. 3 team, Arizona, as well as beating all other MWC teams in the tournament.

Rachel Newren led the Cougar team to the eighth place finish. Newren ended the tournament even with par and placing 10th. The tenth place finish is Newren's 23rd top-20 appearance. Juli Erekson and Natalia Jimenez also helped the Cougars by each shooting a six-over-par, landing each in 27th place.

"As far as the tournament, it went fairly well," head coach Sue Nyhus said. "Everyone played really close to par today. It helped to move us up in the rankings."

The round shot at the tournament was the last in the Cougar fall season.

"The last round we played was great as we finished five-under with everyone hitting the hole just right," Nyhus said. "I am glad to see the fall season end on a really good note."

As far as the spring season, Nyhus sees a lot of potential awaiting the team.

"We are continuing to progress and refine," Nyhus said. "We are working hard to help everyone improve. The spring season should be lots of fun and we are expecting a lot of good stuff to happen."

The Cougar season will resume once again on February 26th at the Arizona Wildcat Invitational.

T10  	Rachel Newren   	70-71-75--216  E
T27     Juli Erekson 	        72-77-73--222  +6
T27	Natalia Jimenez         73-78-71--222  +6
T52  	Alexis Edwards          81-77-71--229  +13
T52     Daphne Vines*  	        74-76-79--229  +13
T73  	Hannah Summerhays  	81-79-74--234  +18
   1 Oklahoma State       292-280-283--855    -9 
   2 Arizona State        292-289-284--865    +1 
   3 Pepperdine           293-292-286--871    +7 
   4 Southern California  293-292-290--875   +11 
   5 UCLA                 297-303-284--884   +20 
   6 Texas A&M            304-291-290--885   +21 
   7 Kent State           302-291-293--886   +22 
   8 Brigham Young        296-303-289--888   +24 
   9 Arizona              295-296-298--889   +25 
  10 UNLV                 300-298-298--896   +32 
T 11 TCU                  303-300-294--897   +33 
T 11 UC - Irvine          300-299-298--897   +33 
  13 Colorado State       299-301-300--900   +36 
  14 Missouri             297-311-301--909   +45 
  15 Oregon State         304-305-302--911   +47 
  16 Washington           302-310-307--919   +55 
  17 Eastern Washington   320-308-313--941   +77