KINGSLAND, TEXAS-- With three golfers in the top ten, UC Santa Cruz closed their Fall season with a third-place finish at The Legends Cup tournament held at The Legends Golf Course.
The Banana Slugs finished with a team score of 628. Hosts and 22nd-ranked Mary Hardin-Baylor won the event, with help from Medalist Izzy Crow who shot one-under on Tuesday to win by one stroke.
"We put ourselves in a position to win after the first round, but couldn't hold on," said head coach
Paulette Pera. "If we keep giving ourselves a chance, we will learn to close the deal. We are a young team still figuring out how to navigate that."
Senior
Alyssa Yee finished seventh with a score of 153, seven strokes behind Crow. First-year
Jiya Dalal was right behind her in eighth place. Dalal took four strokes off her first round score to finish with a 75, her second-best score of the season so far. It's the second time the duo finished back-to-back in a tournament's top ten, along with the ASC Preview two weeks ago.
Tani Ng finished tenth with a score of 156 (12-over).Â
Mikaela Paracuelles was 30th with a 165,
Elana McGrew had a score of 169, and
Isabella Esquivel finished with a 178 after improving by six strokes from Monday.