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Women’s golf team finishes 10th in Hawaii


It was another ho-hum finish for the Washington women’s golf team, as it wrapped up fall-tournament play with a mediocre final round at The Turtle Bay Invitational in Kahuku, Hawaii.

The team lowered its second-round 300 by one shot, firing a final round, team-combined 299. They finished in 10th place, 43 shots behind tournament-champion UC Davis.

Junior Anya Alvarez led all Huskies with a final-round even-par 72. She shot a three-day total of 221 and finished tied for 14th overall. The native of Jenks, Okla., led the UW in scoring at three of the four fall tournaments.

Sophomore Sadena Parks, who has played well this fall, was consistent yesterday with two bogeys and one birdie en route to a 1-over 73. Parks played better as the tournament went on, firing a first-round 80, a second–round 75, and the 73 yesterday.

Struggling all week was senior Molly Aronsson. Before tournament play began this fall, head coach Mary Lou Mulflur noted that Aronsson had worked harder last summer than any previous summer. But it didn’t show yesterday, as the senior fired an 8-over 80 and had the highest tournament score of any Husky at 22-over.

Junior Karinn Dickinson, who was the low finisher last week, shot her second consecutive 75 and finished tied for 42nd. Senior Christina Yoon, who has been inconsistent this fall, shot a seven-over 79 and finished tied for 66th.

This fall, the UW finished in sixth place three consecutive times before finishing in 10th place yesterday in Hawaii. Perhaps the biggest disappointment of the fall was the final round at last week’s Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown, where the Huskies entered the final round one shot out of the lead before firing a final-round 320 and ending up in sixth place.

Alvarez was the most impressive Husky this autumn. The junior finished 10th, third, 22nd and 14th in each of the past four tournaments. Dickinson also displayed flashes of good play, highlighted by her ninth-place finish last week in Las Vegas.

The women will have three months before they hit the links again. Mulflur didn’t have many answers this week as to why the team struggled. The women will use the break to regain some confidence and come back strong when the season begins in February.

Reach reporter Taylor Soper at sports@dailyuw.com.


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