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Arizona Wildcat Invitational (The Golf Club at Vistoso)
Yoo Goes Low, Beavs Rally To Finish Fifth At Wildcat Invitational
February 07, 2012 | Women's Golf
Feb. 7, 2012
TUCSON, Ariz. - Freshman Anica Yoo fired a career-best 2-under 70 and the Oregon State women's golf team shot its best round of the Wildcat Invitational on Tuesday to move up three spots and place fifth at the 14-team event for the Beavers' third top-five finish of the 2011-12 season.
Yoo threw five birdies on her scorecard for her first career sub-par round and the best by an Oregon State player in the spring's first event to help the Beavers finish with a 44-over 307-302-299--908 after rallying for the fourth-best team total on Tuesday at the par-72, 6,250-yard Golf Club at Vistoso.
"We really got off to a good start today under some windy and cold conditions," Oregon State head coach Risë Alexander said. "We didn't finish as strong but definitely made a strong move to finish the event in fifth place. We had three consistent and good days of golf.
"Everyone contributed to our team score," she added. "This is a solid start to our spring season and I am proud of this team. We plan on continuing to work hard and improve. Of course it's fun to see Anica begin to play the way she is very capable of. She has a great sense of how to play and score."
| 5 | Oregon State | 307 | 302 | 299 | 908 |
| T18 | Seshia Lei Telles (2) | 76 | 75 | 75 | 226 |
| T18 | Anica Yoo (4) | 80 | 76 | 70 | 226 |
| T26 | Whitney French (3) | 74 | 78 | 77 | 229 |
| T34 | Rachael Fischer (5) | 77 | 75 | 79 | 231 |
| T47 | Lauren Sewell (1) | 85 | 76 | 77 | 238 |
Sophomore Seshia Telles and Yoo both finished individually in a tie for 18th place with a 10-over 226 but each took different paths to get there. Telles was consistent as always with a 4-over 76 in the opening round and back-to-back 3-over 75's in the final two rounds, while Yoo opened with an 8-over 80 but battled back with a 4-over 76 on Monday and the 2-under 70 on Tuesday.
Senior Whitney French shot a 13-over 74-78-77--229 to finish in a tie for 26th, junior Rachael Fischer was tied for 34th with a 15-over 77-75-79--231 and sophomore Lauren Sewell made a great comeback after a tough opening round to finish in a tie for 47th with a 22-over 85-76-77--238.
Four Pac-12 members finished ahead of the Beavers as No. 22 Arizona ran away with the team title with a 13-under 851, No. 1 UCLA placed second with a 1-under 863 and No. 8 Arizona State and No. 23 Colorado finished third and fourth, respectively, with a 20-over 884 and 41-over 905.
Oregon State finished ahead of four ranked teams according to the golfstat.com rankings with No. 40 Denver, No. 41 Stanford, No. 44 New Mexico and No. 34 San Diego State finishing in sixth through ninth place.
The Beavers return to action Feb. 18-19 at the Peg Barnhard Invitational in Stanford, Calif.
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