Nov. 4, 2009

Complete 54-Hole Results in PDF Format

KAHUKU, Hawai'i - Victoria Fallgren shot a final-round 76 Wednesday and Gonzaga University moved up one spot to finish 14th in the Turtle Bay Resort College Invitational women's golf tournament.

Fallgren finished with a 54-hole score of 232 to finish tied for 47th to pace the Bulldogs, which had a 54-hole total of 939 to finish 14th.

UC Davis led wire-to-wire to take a 9-stroke victory at 868, with seventh-ranked UCLA second at 877 and sixth-ranked University of Southern California third at 879. The University of California, ranked 16th, was fourth at 883.

Lizette Salas of USC captured medalist honors at 208 after rounds of 71-67-70 for a 5-stroke victory.

The Bulldogs shot a final-round 322 and finished at 939.

Wednesday's final round was played at the 6,361-yard par 72 Arnold Palmer Course after the first two rounds were played on the George Fazio Course.

"This course was way tougher," Gonzaga head coach Brad Rickel said. "And the rain wasn't good. We had a couple of players go sideways early."

Fallgren finished tied for 47th for the Bulldogs with rounds of 77-79-76 for a 54-hole score of 232. She was the lone Bulldog to break 80 Wednesday.

"Victoria hit her first drive into the hazards, took a drop that wasn't much better and had a double bogey. She had double bogeys on 10 and 14 but played the other 16 holes in even par," Rickel said of her 4-over par round.

Rickel said the front nine holes were exposed more to the elements and the Bulldogs started on the back nine Wednesday.

"The front nine was more windy and exposed," Rickel said. "The last nine holes were more respectable. We would have had to play a really good round to move up," Rickel said.

Rickel said the Palmer course was more difficult than the Fazio.

There's a hazard on every hole, there's more slope to the greens, there are more bunkers and the bunkers are deeper," Rickel said.

But Rickel thinks his team can grow from competing against the best in the country.

"This was a great experience and hopefully it will help us in the future," Rickel said. "Washington played really well today and showed us where we need to be."

The Huskies shot a final-round 299 and finished 10th after being 16th the first day.

Rickel thinks the Bulldogs can take a positive approach into the spring season.

"I think they showed we're better than we've ever been. I never felt we played to our full potential this fall. I'm looking for great things in the spring season," Rickel said.