PHOENIX, Ariz. - UCR women's golf put in another benchmark performance at the GCU Spring Invite over Monday and Tuesday, placing fifth as a team with two top 10 finishers in Tiffany Le and Kate Villegas. 

This is the second straight year with a top 10 finish in the event after Villegas tied for eighth last year.

Le finished off her first collegiate spring tournament carding a 77 in Tuesday's third and final round to go 67-72-77-216 in Arizona. Villegas shot even par on Tuesday to finish at 74-70-72-216. 

Villegas bested her performance from last year at GCU by two strokes, and the 216s from the duo are UC Riverside's lowest individual scores at the event. The sophomore shot for par on 16 of 18 holes on Tuesday, birdying a par-4 15th hole and going 1-over on 13.

Mylan Hirata turned in a top-30 performance after Tuesday's final round, carding her second 74 of the tournament to finished tied for 29th (74-76-74-224).

This is the third time UCR has turned in a 54-hole total of 884 under Mary Ritchie, and first at the GCU Spring Invite. Earlier this year during the fall, the Highlanders matched the score at The Clash at Boulder Creek. 

UC Riverside has a quick turnaround now before its next event, as the Highlanders are island bound for the Dr. Donnis Thompson Invitational at the Kaneohe Klipper Golf Course in Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii from March 7-8. 

Team Scores: 1. Grand Canyon (860), 2. Santa Clara (865), 3. SMU (866), 4. Seattle (877), 5. UC Riverside (884), 6. Northern Arizona (887), 7. Gonzaga (896), 8. Idaho (897, 9. Grand Canyon (B) (901), T10. North Dakota State (902), T10. Southern Utah (902), 12. Boise State (905), 13. Cal State Fullerton (916), 14. Portland State (918), T15. UTEP (924), T15. UTRGV (924), T17. Montana State (935), T17. Eastern Washington (935), 19. CSU Bakersfield (964), 20. Dixie State (967)

Individual Scores: T8. Tiffany Le (67-72-77-216), T8. Kate Villegas (74-70-72-216), T29. Mylan Hirata (74-76-74-224), T46. Vanessa Betancourt (75-76-77-228), T82. Nicole Le (84-76-79-329)