FINAL STATS (PDF)
LAS VEGAS, Nev. (February 19, 2019) – Northern Arizona University's women's golf team participated in the final round of the Rebel Beach Invitational on Tuesday at the Spanish Trail Country Club in Las Vegas, Nev.
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The 'Jacks placed 16
th overall out of 16 teams after shooting 82-over par as a team for a total tally of 946. In the third round NAU was 24-over par as a team.
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Arizona (+14, 878) would take first place at the Invitational with host UNLV (+18, 882) coming in second. The Rebels Elizabeth Prior was the individual champion of the event shooting seven-under par throughout the Invitational for a tally of 209.
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NAU's top individual scorer was
Ashley Croft who tied for 46
th-place. She finished the Invitational at 17-over par (233). Croft birdied on the seventh and 16
th-holes. In the third round Croft went seven-over par.
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Elle Kocourkova was the Lumberjacks second leading golfer at the end of the Invitational. Kocourkova went 19-over par for a total tally of 235 to earn a tie for 56
th-place. She would also birdie on the seventh-hole in the third round.
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Aleksandra Chekalina tied for 70
th at 26-over par (242). Chekalina birdied on the eighth and 12
th-holes in the third round but double-bogeyed on holes one, 13 and 16. Ultimately she would finish the third round at 11-over par.
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Closely behind Chekalina was
Sara Padilla. Padilla tied for 75
th-place shooting 27-over par for a tally of 243 throughout the Rebel Beach Invitational.
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The last on the individual leaderboard for NAU was
Loren Skibba. Skibba's tally hit 244 after going 28-over par after the conclusion of all three rounds. In the final round Skibba would birdie on the third-hole.
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"We have a lot of work to do," said head women's golf coach
Brad Bedortha. "We need to improve a lot and we know what we need to work on."
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NAU will return to the golf course this upcoming weekend on Saturday, Feb. 23rd and Sunday, Feb. 24th at the Grand Canyon Invitational hosted by GCU in Phoenix, Ariz.
