ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – The California women's golf team finished in the top half of the standings at the season-opening Dick McGuire Invitational, battling through rainy conditions to take eighth place. The Golden Bears finished with a team score of 14-over 878 (303-279-296), overcoming a slow start to the tournament to move up seven spots over the final 36 holes.

Out of 16 teams in the field, Cal posted the sixth-best score in rounds two and three with a 1-under 576. Leading that charge was freshman Constance Fouillet, who ended the three-day, par-72 tournament at UNM Championship Golf Course with back-to-back under-par rounds.

Fouillet birdied on holes 1, 4 and 7 on Tuesday, eventually ending her Cal debut as the team's low scorer and tying for 17th individually at 1-under 217 (76-71-70). 

Ending in a tie for 31st place individually at 4-over 220 were sophomore Adora Liu (76-69-75) and senior Rina Tatematsu (73-72-75). Liu finished strong with two straight birdies heading into the final hole of the day. Tatematsu similarly bounced back from a shaky start to round three – which was delayed for an hour due to the rain – by shooting 1-under over the last 10 holes.

Junior Kaylyn Noh (+6, 222) settled in 41st place after carding an even-par 144 in the last two rounds. Senior Cristina Ochoa (81-73-76 – 230) also contributed to Cal's round-three score, shooting 4-over 76.

TEAM LEADERBOARD

Place	Team	To Par	R1	R2	R3	Total
1	Pepperdine	-14	292	270	288	850
2	Kansas	-4	302	284	274	860
3	Arizona State	+3	295	278	294	867
4	UNLV	+5	291	286	292	869
T5	SMU	+11	298	292	285	875
T5	New Mexico	+11	292	293	290	875
7	Kent St.	+13	290	295	292	877
8	California	+10	303	279	296	878
9	Iowa St.	+16	297	292	291	880
T10	Denver	+19	303	290	290	883
T10	Ohio State	+19	296	285	302	883
T12	Northwestern	+22	302	299	285	886
T12	Texas St.	+22	298	292	296	886
14	Oregon St.	+23	302	288	297	887
15	Boise St.	+25	296	305	2986	897
16	San Diego St.	+45	295	304	310	909

 
CAL ON INDIVIDUAL LEADERBOARD
 

Place	Name	R1	R2	R3	Total
T17	Constance Fouillet	76 (+4)	71 (-1)	70 (-2)	217 (+1)
T31	Adora Liu	76 (+4)	69 (-3)	75 (+3)	220 (+4)
T31	Rina Tatematsu	73 (+1)	72 (E)	75 (+3)	220 (+4)
T41	Kaylyn Noh	78 (+6)	67 (-5)	77 (+5)	222 (+6)
T75	Cristina Ochoa	81 (+9)	73 (+1)	76 (+4)	230 (+14)

 
NEXT UP
The Bears will be in the Bay Area for their next two competitions. On Sept. 25-26, they will host the Molly Collegiate Invitational at Bayonet and Black Horse in Seaside. Two days after that concludes, they will join forces with the Cal men's team to take on Stanford in the Big Match at Menlo Country Club in Woodside.

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