Monday, February 22
Corona, Calif.
8:00 AM
California Baptist University
vs
CBU Invitational
Never Say Never
2/23/2016 6:11:00 PM | Women's Golf
FINAL RESULTS
CORONA, Calif. – Against all odds, California Baptist University came back from a 22-stroke deficit to win the CBU Invitational in a rare team playoff at the Eagle Glenn Golf Club Tuesday.
After opening the tournament with a 325, the Lancers had to make up ground on round-one leaders Academy of Art. The Lancers showed grit and determination to score a phenomenal 301 team score in the second round Tuesday, which stood as the lowest team score for the tournament in either round.
It forced a tie with the Urban Knights, as both teams carding 626s over two rounds. It would all come down to one playoff hole, with both schools sending out five golfers to play the same hole. The lowest team score on the hole would win it all.
CBU won the playoff, with all five Lancers -- Marvi Monsalve, Erica Wang, Natalie Park, Tayler Hoag and Laura Scrivner -- shooting even par. Academy of Art played it two-over par.
"It was a fantastic comeback, we knew we were going to have to play great and ArtU would have to play poorly. There was no excuse for us and (assistant) Coach [Marc] Machado and I are very pleased with their response," Coach John Hackney said. "It shows a lot about their character, their passion and their talent that they were able to pull this off."
"It felt great to play in a playoff," Monsalve said. "The playoff showed that we deserved to win it because we played one-on-one and came out the victors."
Wang, who shot an impressive three-over-par 75 for the day, epitomized the team's calmness, as she hit a beautiful-recovery shot from a hazard 150 yards out to still claim a par in the playoff round.
"It was sensational, especially with the tournament trophy on the line," Hackney said of Wang's effort from the hazard.
It was Monsalve, however, who stole the show by putting a one-under-par 71 on the scoreboard for the second round. Monsalve and Wang would finish tied for second place on the individual leaderboard with 153s.
"We played great today and made a comeback, especially after yesterday," Monsalve said. "We weren't expecting a comeback, we just focused hole-by-hole and we kept improving as the day went on."
Monsalve contributed to the teams second-round success with four birdies and averaged a 4.25 score on all par-four holes.
"It was an unbelievable round by her today, she really carried us," Hackney said of Monsalve.
CBU had five individuals place in the top-20. Natalie Park collected the most pars for the tournament (25) and finished with a 159 (83, 76) to tie for 11th place.
Katherine Pimpanit tied for ninth place, scoring a 158 (76, 82). Pimpanit competed as an individual for CBU, so her scores did not count towards the Lancers' team score. Sharon Oh competed as an individual, as well, and tied for 17th with a 161 (84, 77).
Hoag ended the invite with a combined score of 165 (82, 83), while Scrivner, who has been battling an injury all tournament long, shot 168 during the Invite with an 89 on the first day and 79 on the second.
"It was a total team effort today," Hackney said. "Some were great leaders, some were great players today, but they all played their part."
CORONA, Calif. – Against all odds, California Baptist University came back from a 22-stroke deficit to win the CBU Invitational in a rare team playoff at the Eagle Glenn Golf Club Tuesday.
After opening the tournament with a 325, the Lancers had to make up ground on round-one leaders Academy of Art. The Lancers showed grit and determination to score a phenomenal 301 team score in the second round Tuesday, which stood as the lowest team score for the tournament in either round.
It forced a tie with the Urban Knights, as both teams carding 626s over two rounds. It would all come down to one playoff hole, with both schools sending out five golfers to play the same hole. The lowest team score on the hole would win it all.
CBU won the playoff, with all five Lancers -- Marvi Monsalve, Erica Wang, Natalie Park, Tayler Hoag and Laura Scrivner -- shooting even par. Academy of Art played it two-over par.
"It was a fantastic comeback, we knew we were going to have to play great and ArtU would have to play poorly. There was no excuse for us and (assistant) Coach [Marc] Machado and I are very pleased with their response," Coach John Hackney said. "It shows a lot about their character, their passion and their talent that they were able to pull this off."
"It felt great to play in a playoff," Monsalve said. "The playoff showed that we deserved to win it because we played one-on-one and came out the victors."
Wang, who shot an impressive three-over-par 75 for the day, epitomized the team's calmness, as she hit a beautiful-recovery shot from a hazard 150 yards out to still claim a par in the playoff round.
"It was sensational, especially with the tournament trophy on the line," Hackney said of Wang's effort from the hazard.
It was Monsalve, however, who stole the show by putting a one-under-par 71 on the scoreboard for the second round. Monsalve and Wang would finish tied for second place on the individual leaderboard with 153s.
"We played great today and made a comeback, especially after yesterday," Monsalve said. "We weren't expecting a comeback, we just focused hole-by-hole and we kept improving as the day went on."
Monsalve contributed to the teams second-round success with four birdies and averaged a 4.25 score on all par-four holes.
"It was an unbelievable round by her today, she really carried us," Hackney said of Monsalve.
CBU had five individuals place in the top-20. Natalie Park collected the most pars for the tournament (25) and finished with a 159 (83, 76) to tie for 11th place.
Katherine Pimpanit tied for ninth place, scoring a 158 (76, 82). Pimpanit competed as an individual for CBU, so her scores did not count towards the Lancers' team score. Sharon Oh competed as an individual, as well, and tied for 17th with a 161 (84, 77).
Hoag ended the invite with a combined score of 165 (82, 83), while Scrivner, who has been battling an injury all tournament long, shot 168 during the Invite with an 89 on the first day and 79 on the second.
"It was a total team effort today," Hackney said. "Some were great leaders, some were great players today, but they all played their part."
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