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Lady Raider Golf Claims Mountain View Collegiate Title
March 24, 2012 | Women's Golf
March 24, 2012
LUBBOCK, Texas - For only the first time since 1996, Texas Tech claimed its second tournament title of the year, winning the Mountain View Collegiate Saturday behind an even-par final round in Tucson, Ariz.
The Lady Raiders, who also won the Texas State Challenge to close the fall, held onto their first-day lead for a seven-stroke victory over second place Iowa State. It marks only the fourth time in school history that a Tech squad has won multiple tournaments in a year and the first since the 1995-96 team won two.
Tech finished 6-under for the tournament with an 858 final card that was two strokes shy of the lowest 54-hole score in school history that was set just a few weeks back at the Westbrook Spring Invitational.
"This a great win for our team today," said Tech head coach JoJo Robertson, who picked up her fourth victory in only three seasons. "Our team played hard today and I was proud of their effort throughout the weekend. They led from the start and never looked back and I couldn't have asked for a better performance."
As they have all season, the duo of Gabby Dominguez and Kim Kaufman led Tech throughout the final 18 holes with both players posting top-five finishes.
Kaufman recorded a final-day best 4-under 68 to finish in a tie for fourth while Dominguez shot a 2-under round to finish third, marking her fifth-straight top-10 performance. The top-five finish was Kaufman's third of the year as she has been among the top 20 in all nine tournaments thus far.
For the second-straight day, Beverly Mendoza was consistent throughout the round, finishing with an even-par card to tie for 13th overall, her second top 20 performance this season.
Elin Arvidsson completed Tech's final-round card with a 6-over round to finish tied for 32nd while Hannah Arnold followed up a solid first day with a disappointing 13-over score. Deborah DeVilla, who was playing as an individual, was 2-over for the final 18 holes to finish tied for 47th overall.
Jennifer Brumbaugh of San Jose State finished just a stroke up on Dominguez for the medalist honors after she beat Northwestern's Lauren Weaver in a playoff.
The Lady Raiders will have one more test prior to the Big 12 Championships in late April as Tech travels next to the Knights and Pirates Invitational on April 9-10 in Melbourne, Fla. The Big 12 Championships will be held April 27-29 in Lawrence, Kan.
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