Cougars finish season at NCAA West Regionals

CORVALLIS, Ore.--BYU ended its season with an 18th place finish at the NCAA West Regional on Saturday at Trysting Tree Golf Course.

The Cougars faced strong afternoon winds which drove scores up and made it difficult to gain ground on the other schools. BYU shot a final round

Individually, BYU was led by Carrie Summerhays who was only Cougar to shoot in the 70s on the final day. Lisa Dernick struggled with the windy conditions and shot her highest round of the season while Adrianne Gibby shot the second-best final round for BYU.

Arizona's Natalie Gulbis capped off her first-ever NCAA West Regional women's golf tournament with a 1-under 71 on Saturday to help her Wildcats to the team title and claim medalist honors in the process. The freshman shot a total of 9-under 207 at the par-72, 6,089-yard Trysting Tree Golf Club over the 54-hole tournament, while Arizona put up a team total of 4-over-par 868 to win by 20 strokes.

Six of the eight schools who qualified for the NCAA West Regional were from the PAC-10 Conference. Ohio State and Michigan State joined Arizona, Stanford, UCLA, Arizona State, Washington and USC as qualifiers for the national championships in Howey-in-the-Hills, Florida May 22-25.

BYU INDIVIDUAL SCORES

Carrie Summerhays--77-75-79--231

Lisa Dernick--77-77-87--241

Summer Pierce--90-78-85--253

Adrianne Gibby--88-85-83--256

Nicole Newren--80-83-85--248

TEAM SCORES

1 Arizona, U. of 287 292 289 868

2 Stanford University 302 292 294 888

3 Michigan State U. 304 298 299 901

4 UCLA 307 297 299 903

5 Ohio State Univ. 306 298 302 906

6 Arizona State U. 308 294 308 910

7 Washington, U. of 308 302 304 914

8 Southern California 308 298 310 916

9 Oregon, U. of 308 304 311 923

10 Oregon State U. 311 306 307 924

11 Tennessee, U. of 308 300 318 926

12 Missouri, U. of 318 304 311 933

13 Nevada, U. of 310 311 313 934

14 Memphis Univ of 305 312 320 937

15 Colorado State Univ. 320 303 319 942

16 Furman University 312 311 320 943

17 Indiana University 314 311 325 950

18 Brigham Young Univ. 322 313 332 967

19 SW Missouri St. U. 335 324 347 1006

20 Weber State Univ. 352 327 331 1010

21 Central Conn. St. U. 363 336 369 1068