LIVE RESULTS
RANCHO SANTA FE, Calif – The Washington State women's golf team opened spring play on Monday, Feb 10, by advancing to the semifinals of the Lamkin Invitational, but the Cougars ultimately ended their day with a 1-1 record to set up a third-place match against Central Arkansas on Tuesday, Feb. 11, at the Farms Golf Course.
Round One Recap
The Cougars began their spring season with a match-play victory over BYU in the first round of the Lamkin Invitational, hosted by San Diego State. WSU had four golfers collect wins over the Cougars from Provo, Utah, to capture the 4.5-0.5 victory and advance to the Monday's semifinal round, where they challenged San Jose State.
Junior Emily Baumgart matched up against Anna Kennedy from BYU and came out on fire. Baumgart won the first four holes of the matchup and never looked back. The junior went up five holes with four remaining to win her first matchup of the day. Freshman Janine Surge also claimed victory in her head-to-head match. Like Baumgart, Surge also went four up within her first four holes, then held on strong for the remainder of the round, as she collected three birdies during the morning. The freshman won her matchup by being up four with three holes left to play.
Sophomore Amy Chu faced off took control toward the second half of her round to claim the victory. Chu fell behind early in the round, going down two by the eighth hole. She was able to rally back and shot consistently through the back half of the round and took a two-hole lead with only the final hole of the round left to play. Freshman Jiye Ham had a neck-and-neck battle on Monday morning. Going down early in the round, Ham was able to rally back going to tied up the match going into the final hole. The freshman fired in a birdie on that final hole to win her matchup by one.
Washington State's lone draw came from senior Marie Lund-Hansen, as she was all squared with BYU's Annick Hazckiewicz after their round of head-to-head play. Lund-Hansen trailed for the majority of the round, however, fought back to even the score through 17 holes to come out with a tie.
Round Two Recap
 The Cougars ended their day at the Lamkin Invitational with a 3.5-1.5 loss to San Jose State in the tournament's semifinal round. Lund-Hansen turned it on in the semifinals against Maddie White from San Jose State, as she finished her day with the Cougar's lone victory against the Spartans. Lund-Hansen capture the lead after the first hole and held that lead until the conclusion of the round. Firing three birdies, Lund-Hansen finished up four holes with three remaining against White.
Ham also kept her solid play going into the semifinal round against SJSU's Natasha Andrea Oon. Ham found herself down throughout half the round, but she was able to battle back and tie the match up to end the round all squared.
Chu found herself in a tough fight in Monday's nightcap, but ultimately fell short, as she lost her match by just one hole. Baumgart was also in a tight race with Antonia Malate in the semifinals. After three lead changes in, Baumgart found herself behind 3 holes with two remaining to play at the conclusion of play.
Finally, after a great first round victory, the freshman Surge endured a tough matchup against Ysabel Tran of San Jose State. Surge couldn't find the rhythm on Monday afternoon, as she fell five holes down with four remaining.
Head Coach Kelli Kamimura on Today's Results: "BYU is a solid, competitive team and to beat them 4.5-0.5 in the morning match was a strong showing. All day, each player was disciplined about sticking to their game plan and never gave up. A few of the matches this afternoon could have gone either way and I was proud of how the team fought hard until the end of each match. We are looking forward to getting back out on the course tomorrow morning."
The Cougars will continue play tomorrow at 7:30 a.m. against Central Arkansas in the third-place match of the Lamkin Invitational. Fans can follow along with live stats by clicking here. Visit wsucougars.com at the conclusion of competition tomorrow for final results and a recap from the 2020 Lamkin Invitational.
