HONOLULU – The fall season has drawn to a close with a second place finish at the Rainbow Wahine Inviational for NM State women's golf. The Aggies posted their lowest round of the tournament by firing a 283 (-5) but UC Davis was simply on fire. The California-based Aggies matched Baylor for the lowest round of the day, shooting 13-under at 275. Baylor ran away with the team championship in Hawai'i, besting the pair of Aggie squads by 19 strokes apiece.
NM State carded a pair of top-ten finishers in
Emma Bunch and
Alison Gastelum. Bunch posted the Aggies' low-round of the day on Wednesday when she fired a 68 (-4). The Lynge, Denmark native carded seven birdies throughout the round, including four on the front nine to shoot four-under before the turn.
Gastelum matched her best round of the tournament when she turned in her second straight 70 (-2) on Wednesday. Like Bunch, Gastelum finished the front nine holes with four birdies before finishing the round at two-under. Much like Gastelum, Isabel Laulhé and
Valentina Origel also turned in their lowest scores from Hawai'i on Wednesday.
Origel played a steady brand of golf in the final round. Throughout the round, Origel made par of better on 15 of the 18 holes to finish with a 74 (+2). Laulhé followed the same school of thought in the final round, shooting par or better on 16 holes. The Argentinian birdied holes two and 13 before finishing the round at an even 72.
NM State will be back in action on Tuesday, February 27 at the GCU Invitational. Hosted by Grand Canyon, the tournament will be a two-day event at the GCU Golf Course in Phoenix.
Final Round Notes
- NM State finished in a tie for second at the Rainbow Wahine Invitational alongside fellow Aggies, UC Davis.
- NM State fired its best round of the three-day event on Wednesday, shooting 283 (-5)
- Emma Bunch carded seven birdies in the final round to finish the tournament with 12.
- Bunch, Isabel Laulhé, and Valentina Origel all posted their lowest 18-hole scores of the tournament on Wednesday while Alison Gastelum matched her mark from Tuesday.
- The Aggies finished second in the field on Par 4 scoring, averaging 4.02 strokes on the holes.
- On Par 5s, NM State saw additional success, averaging 4.93 shots per hole – third lowest in the field.
- Emma Bunch finished at five-under on Par 5s throughout the event, averaging 4.58 strokes on those holes.
- NM State was third in the Rainbow Wahine Invitational field with 42 total birdies and second with 179 pars.
- The Aggies completed their fall season on Wednesday. NM State will not return to the course until late February when they compete at the GCU Invitational in Phoenix.
NM State Individual Results
Team Results
| 1 |
Baylor |
844 (-20) |
| T-2 |
NM State |
863 (-1) |
| |
UC Davis |
863 (-1) |
| 4 |
CSU Fullerton |
873 (+9) |
| 5 |
Nevada |
878 (+14) |
| 6 |
Kennesaw State |
879 (+15) |
| T-7 |
Iowa |
883 (+19) |
| |
Gonzaga |
883 (+19) |
| 9 |
Hawai'i |
884 (+20) |
| 10 |
CSUN |
885 (+21) |
| 11 |
Sacramento State |
891 (+27) |
| 12 |
British Columbia (Canada) |
899 (+35) |
| 13 |
UNC Asheville |
900 (+36) |
| 14 |
Osaka Gakuin (Japan) |
903 (+39) |
| T-15 |
Utah Valley |
918 (+54) |
| |
Murray State |
918 (+54) |
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