Texas A&M
PING/ASU Invitational
Aggies Finish Third at PING/ASU Invitational
Apr 01, 2012 | Women's Golf
TEMPE, Ariz. - The No. 13 Texas A&M women's golf team earned a third-place finish Sunday at the PING/ASU Invitational at the ASU Karsten Golf Course.
The Aggies carded an 873 (287-287-299), their lowest three-day score of the season, and only trailed No. 1 UCLA (857) and host and No. 5 Arizona State (869). TCU (879) finished fourth, while No. 3 USC and UC Davis (881) tied for fifth. The rest of the field included Texas (883), UNLV (884), No. 8 LSU (885), No. 19 Arizona (889), Stanford (890), No. 7 Vanderbilt (899), Oklahoma State (900), New Mexico and No. 23 Washington (906), San Diego State (915) and Oregon State (927).
"We battled today," A&M head coach Trelle McCombs said. "It was tough out there and the golf course really showed its teeth on the last few holes. The girls came out with a great mindset and followed through with the entire round."
A&M was led by Patricia Garcia who tied for seventh with a 2-over 215 (70-73-72). She was the top freshman finisher at the invitational and also turned in her lowest collegiate three-round score. Garcia's 1-over 72 in the final round was also the best on the day by an Aggie.
"Patty was great again this week," added McCombs. "She has matured so much in these last couple of weeks with her game. She was solid all 54 holes this weekend."
Junior Sarah Beth Davis tied for 22nd with 220 (72-72-76) and junior Mary Michael Maggio tied for 26th with 222 (71-75-76). Sophomore Katerina Ruzickova followed with 223 (74-70-79) to finish tied for 32nd and sophomore Natalie Reeves tied for 66th with 229 (82-72-75).
Up next, Texas A&M competes at the Big 12 Championship April 27-29 in Lawrence, Kan.
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