Fallgren One Shot Out Of Lead In Circling Raven Collegiate
9/13/2010 12:00:00 AM | Women's Golf
Sept. 13, 2010
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WORLEY, Idaho - Gonzaga University sophomore Victoria Fallgren is only one shot off the lead and Gonzaga University is tied for fourth after Monday's 36 holes of the Circling Raven Collegiate Invitational women's golf tournament at Circling Raven Golf Club hosted by the Bulldogs.
Fallgren bounced back for a second-round 69 - two strokes off her school record set last year in the Bulldog and Eagle Invitational at Hangman Valley Golf Course which was the precursor to this event - after posting an opening-round 76 for a 36-hole score of 145. Tiffany Schoning of Portland State University holds the lead at 144 after rounds of 75-69 over the 6,106-yard, par 72 course. Fallgren is tied with Stephanie Kim (74-71) of Northern Arizona University and Katrina Hegge (72-73) of the University of San Francisco.
The 69s by Fallgren and Schoning were two of the six under-par rounds of the day.
Brigham Young University, which will join the West Coast Conference next year, holds the team lead at 600, followed by NAU one shot off the pace, Portland State at 607 and Gonzaga and Oregon State University each at 609 and still very much in contention.
Junior Jessica Howe shot an opening-round 73 for the Bulldogs and finished tied for 16th at 151 after 36 holes. Genavive `Genna' Dodge shot a pair of 78s for 156, freshman Tai Jade `TJ' Kliebphipat shot 81-76 for 157 and junior Stephanie Corey shot 81-78 for 159.
Gonzaga head coach Brad Rickel said the first-round jitters in the season-opener are now behind his team.
"We had some first-round-of-the-year jitters and our first nine holes really showed that," Rickel said. "But we got better in the second round. I was encouraged by Jessica's 73 in the first round and Victoria's second-round 69. I was also encouraged by TJ's second-round 76. The freshman calmed down after her first collegiate round and played good golf."
Rickel said his team is in position to move up Tuesday, but needs a strong round.
"We need to have our best round of the tournament to maintain our position or move up. We're capable of that. I look forward to seeing if our team can rise to the occasion. In team golf you can move a long ways, but we need to count a third and fourth score that helps us, not hurts us. We had two good rounds in both rounds today, but our third and fourth score was just too high." Rickel said.
There was one hole-in-one Monday. USF freshman Peppiina Kaija aced the par 3, 145-yard 13th hole in the second round on the way to a 77.
