Monday, April 9
Goodyear, AZ
UC Riverside
at
Bobcat Desert Invitational
Photo by: Mary Ritchie
Facchini Takes Second-Place, Highlanders Place Third at Bobcat Desert Invitational
4/10/2018 7:20:00 PM | Women's Golf
GOODYEAR, Ariz. – UC Riverside Women's Golf put together one of its best two-round stretches of the season to close out the Bobcat Desert Invitational in Arizona, finishing in third-place led for the second straight tournament by Hannah Facchini.
No golfer out of the other 85 in competition was better over the final two rounds than Facchini, who was a -7 over Rounds 2 and 3 combined. The senior finished with a score of 2-under 214, moving up four spots on the final day to take second-place overall.
Facchini began the final round positioned in sixth-place, which is where junior Jakeishya Le who would end the day. Le finished 4-over par, charting her team-leading third top-10 finish of the year.
Prior to Tuesday, Le had UCR's only other top-five finish of the year, when she took fifth at the Wyoming Desert Intercollegiate back in October of 2017.
Junior Hana Furuichi tied for 31st overall, ending the competition with a score of 14-over 230. She was the best in the field on Par 3, finishing with a -2 on an average score of 2.83.
Rounding out the lineup were senior Julia Sander and sophomore Hailey White, who were a +16 and +18, respectively.
As a team, the Highlanders ended the tournament 27 strokes over par, good for their third-lowest total of the season. They were at their best on Par 4, where they were a +30 for the third-best score among 16 teams in the field. The Highlanders also finished the third-most birdies (34) – 11 of which came from Facchini, who also nabbed one of the tournament's three eagles.
This was UC Riverside's final competition ahead of the Big West Championship, which will be held Sunday-Tuesday, April 15-17 at the Strawberry Farms Golf Course in Irvine, CA.
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No golfer out of the other 85 in competition was better over the final two rounds than Facchini, who was a -7 over Rounds 2 and 3 combined. The senior finished with a score of 2-under 214, moving up four spots on the final day to take second-place overall.
Facchini began the final round positioned in sixth-place, which is where junior Jakeishya Le who would end the day. Le finished 4-over par, charting her team-leading third top-10 finish of the year.
Prior to Tuesday, Le had UCR's only other top-five finish of the year, when she took fifth at the Wyoming Desert Intercollegiate back in October of 2017.
Junior Hana Furuichi tied for 31st overall, ending the competition with a score of 14-over 230. She was the best in the field on Par 3, finishing with a -2 on an average score of 2.83.
Rounding out the lineup were senior Julia Sander and sophomore Hailey White, who were a +16 and +18, respectively.
As a team, the Highlanders ended the tournament 27 strokes over par, good for their third-lowest total of the season. They were at their best on Par 4, where they were a +30 for the third-best score among 16 teams in the field. The Highlanders also finished the third-most birdies (34) – 11 of which came from Facchini, who also nabbed one of the tournament's three eagles.
This was UC Riverside's final competition ahead of the Big West Championship, which will be held Sunday-Tuesday, April 15-17 at the Strawberry Farms Golf Course in Irvine, CA.
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| Pos | Bobcat Desert Invitational | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Total | Par |
| 3 | UC Riverside | 307 | 291 | 293 | 891 | +27 |
| 2 | Hannah Facchini | 77 | 68 | 69 | 214 | -2 |
| 6 | Jakeishya Le | 75 | 71 | 74 | 220 | +4 |
| T31 | Hana Furuichi | 75 | 80 | 75 | 230 | +14 |
| T35 | Julia Sander | 80 | 77 | 75 | 232 | +16 |
| T42 | Hailey White | 83 | 75 | 76 | 234 | +18 |
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