Sophomore Carrie Summerhays shot a season low round of 71 to finish second overall at the Bay Area Classic while helping her team to a fifth-place finish on Tuesday.
"Carrie played with more confidence than she has all season," BYU head coach Gary Howard said. "I think as a team we struggled that first day, but they all seemed to come back with more confidence that second round."
The Cougars, who got off to a slow eighth-place start shooting 322 the first round, seemed to shake off the winter cobwebs the second round. BYU shot a 310 the second day jumping from eighth place to fifth place overall.
Fifteenth-ranked Pepperdine won the tournament by 19 strokes followed by San Diego State and California. Summer Pierce was the second leading Cougar placing 33rd after shooting a second round score of 76.
BYU's next tournament is March 6-8 at the Spartan Invitational in Monterrey, California. This will be a very important tournament for the Cougars as they will be facing four top-20 teams.
"The top half of the field is really strong," Howard said. "We need to get off to a good start and play well against Hawaii. It is one of those teams we need to do well against to qualify for regionals. I think the attitude of this team is good and we should come out and have a good tournament."
Team Scores (17 teams)
1. Pepperdine 297 290 587 +23
2. San Diego State 306 300 606 +42
3. California 308 299 607 +43
4. CS Northridge 315 308 623 +59
5. Brigham Young 322 310 632 +68
6. Denver 318 317 635 +71
7. Portland 320 318 638 +74
8. Nevada 323 316 639 +75
9. San Francisco 316 324 640 +76
10. British Columbia340 316 656 +92
11. Sacramento St. 326 335 661 +97
12. Weber State 339 331 670 +106
13. Northern Arizona330 343 673 +109
14. Long Beach St. 336 340 676 +112
15. Santa Clara 346 +346 692 +128
16. Gonzaga 353 342 695 +131
DNF Portland State 333 DNF
Top Individual Scores (91 golfers):
1.Tamie Durdin, Pepperdine 74 69 143 +2
2.Lindsey Wright, Pepperdine 71 73 145 +4
Heather Rollo, SD State 72 73 145 +4
Carrie Summerhays, BYU 74 71 145 +4
5.Anne Walker, California 74 73 147 +6
Megan Radonich, Portland 73 74 147 +6
7.Katherine Hull, Pepperdine* 78 70 148 +7
8. Jenny Glasgow, Pepperdine 76 73 149 +8
10. Sarah Walter, Portland 77 74 151 +10
Jill Janotta, SD State 75 76 151 +1
BYU Scores
t2 Carrie Summerhays 74-71-145 +4
t33 Summer Pierce 85-76-161 +20
t39 Adrianne Gibby 79-84-163 +22
t54 Jessica Gardner 84-82-166 +25
t60 Nicole Parry 87-81-168 +27