SAN DIEGO, Calif. — Allysha Mae Mateo turned in her third-straight top-6 finish as BYU women’s golf took ninth at the San Diego State Classic on Tuesday.
The Preseason All-WCC honoree braved the difficult conditions to turn in rounds of 76-75-72—223 for a 7-over-par total. Her even-par final round vaulted her nine spots up the leaderboard into solo sixth, her fourth top-6 finish of the season.
No. 30 Iowa State (303-289-305—897) took home the team championship after shooting 33-over as a team to best No. 39 Georgia (304-294-303—901) by four shots. No. 50 Denver took third at 45-over-par, followed by No. 29 Houston (303-300-315—918) at 54-over. UNLV (316-295-308—919) rounded out the top-5 at 55-over-par.
Georgia’s Caterina Don (75-71-70—216) went 3-under over her final 36-holes to earn the individual championship with teammate Jo Hua Hung (71-71-75—217) finishing runner-up. Karisa Chul-Ak-Sorn of Iowa State, the 10th-ranked player in the country, took third after shooting 76-70-73—219. Darcy Habgood of Washington State and Anna Zanusso of Denver tied for fourth with Mateo finishing sixth alone.
Alexa Udom finished in a tie for 29th after posting rounds of 79-75-80—234. After only recording one top-30 finish in three events last season, the sophomore has earned top-30 finishes in both events in which she has teed it up this spring.
Kerstin Ngakuru shot 78-80-80—238 to finish tied for 36th while Lila Galeai turned in rounds of 80-78-88—246. Adeline Anderson rounded out the scoring for BYU with rounds of 81-85-81—246.
After a week off, the Cougars will be back in California for the Gunrock Invitational at Del Paso Country Club, Feb. 27-28.
Individual Leaderboard
| Place | Player | R1 | R2 | R3 | Total | To Par |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T-6 | Allysha Mae Mateo | 76 | 75 | 72 | 223 | +7 |
| T-29 | Alexa Udom | 79 | 75 | 80 | 234 | +18 |
| T-36 | Kerstin Fotu | 78 | 80 | 80 | 238 | +22 |
| T-54 | Lila Galeai | 80 | 78 | 88 | 246 | +30 |
| T-56 | Adeline Anderson | 81 | 85 | 81 | 247 | +31 |
Team Leaderboard (Top 5)
| Place | Team | R1 | R2 | R3 | Total | To Par |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | No. 30 Iowa State | 303 | 289 | 305 | 897 | +33 |
| 2nd | No. 39 Georgia | 304 | 294 | 303 | 901 | +37 |
| 3rd | No. 50 Denver | 300 | 302 | 307 | 909 | +45 |
| 4th | No. 29 Houston | 303 | 300 | 315 | 918 | +54 |
| 5th | UNLV | 316 | 295 | 308 | 919 | +55 |
| 9th | BYU | 313 | 308 | 313 | 934 | +70 |
*12-Team Field