March 25, 2008

EUGENE, Ore. - No. 15 California finished in third place at the Duck Invitational Tuesday at the Eugene Country Club. The Bears shot a 297 to climb from a tie for fourth to third with a 54-hole score of 912 (+48).

Oregon won the 14-team tournament with a score of 900, while UC Davis was second at 904. The Ducks shot the low team score of the day at 294.

Junior Shannon Yocum paced the Bears by placing third at three-over 219. Yocum shot a two-under 70 in the final round. This marks the second time this season that she has led the Bears at a tournament, with the other being a first-place showing at the Ptarmigan Ram Fall Classic in September. Yocum posted five birdies to earn her third top-10 result of 2007-08.

Cal freshman Pia Halbig tied for 12th at 227 on the strength of four birdies. Halbig shot bogey-free golf on the front nine and sank three of her birdies. Junior Allison Goodman tied for 21st for the Bears at 231 after a 77 in the final round.

Sophomore Roseanne Niven tied for 32nd at 235 and wrapped up the tournament with her low round of 77. Freshman Andrea Waters finished 75th (254).

Oregon's Kendra Little won the individual crown at two-under 214, and Washington State's Amy Eneroth was the runner-up at 218.

Cal returns to action at the PING/ASU Invitational April 4-6 in Tempe, Ariz.

Duck Invitational
Eugene Country Club
Par 72, 6,052 yards
Final of Three Rounds

Team Scores (15):
1. Oregon 900 (297-309-294), 2. UC Davis 904 (302-305-297), 3. California 912 (314-301-297), 4. Washington 923 (309-306-308), 5. Idaho 925 (310-309-306), 6. Washington State 926 (304-309-313), 7. Colorado 927 (308-311-308), 8. Oregon State 928 (316-306-306), 9. Wyoming 941 (308-325-308), 10. Minnesota 944 (323-314-307), 11. Portland State 951 (318-321-312), 12t. Texas-San Antonio 961 (315-322-324), 12t. Montana 961 (316-323-322), 14. Long Beach State 962 (327-330-305), 15. Oregon B team 968 (326-317-325).

Top 3 Individual Scores:
1. Kendra Little, Oregon 214 (70-73-71), 2. Amy Eneroth, Washington State 218 (72-72-74), 3. Shannon Yocum, California 219 (77-72-70).

Other Cal Scores:
12t. Pia Halbig 227 (78-77-72), 21t. Allison Goodman 231 (80-74-77), 32t. Roseanne Niven 235 (79-78-77), 75. Andrea Waters 254 (83-85-86).