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March 1, 2009
The Colorado State women's golf team heads back to California for the Spartan Invitational hosted by San Jose State on Monday and Tuesday.
This will be the second tournament in the spring season for the Rams. A total of 54 holes will be played in the invitational. Monday will consist of 36 holes with the final round of 18 being played on Tuesday. Play begins with a shotgun start at 9:30 a.m. MT on both Monday and Tuesday.
The tournament is held at the 6,210-yard, par-72 course at Almaden Country Club, located in San Jose, Calif.
Including Colorado State, 16 teams are set to compete in the Spartan Invitational. In-state rival Colorado and conference rival San Diego State are among the teams. The rest of the lineup includes No. 17 California, Boise State, UC Davis, UC Irvine, Fresno State, Georgia State, Hawaii, Miami, Oregon, San Francisco, No. 19 San Jose State, Stanford and Washington.
The players ready to represent Colorado State at the Invitational are freshman Melissa Martin, senior Stefanie Ferguson, junior Kasey Claussen, sophomore Cecilia Edlund and freshman Brianna Espinoza.
Freshman Melissa Martin began the tournament in strong fashion with a first-round score of 74 (+2) and came out as the Rams’ top finisher. Senior Stefanie Ferguson fired a 72 in the last round, 13 strokes less than her second round, allowing her to jump from a tie at 66th to a tie at 38th. Due to weather delays, Cecilia Edlund, among other individual competitors, was withdrawn from the tournament during the second round. In spite of bad weather, the team managed to finish in 13th place out of 18 teams.
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