Lumberjacks Have Best Team Performance of the Season at Red Rocks Invitational

RESULTS
CORNVILLE, Ariz. (March 24, 2019) – Northern Arizona University's golf program hosted the final day of the 14^th Annual Red Rocks Invitational at the Agave Highlands Course in Cornville, Ariz., on Sunday.
 
The 'Jacks sat at 11-over par at the conclusion of the final round. NAU went four-over par for a total third round tally of 288.
 
New Mexico State was crowned as Invitational champions after finishing at only one-over par as a team after three rounds. In the third round the Aggies were six-under par as a team. Chanikan Yongyuan of Southern Utah was named the individual champion of the Invitational after she was six-under par throughout the entire tournament.
 
Gonzaga tied with NAU for third-place. Cal State Fullerton placed second at six-over par as a team.
 
The Lumberjacks overall performance as a team was the best finish the squad has had on the team leaderboard all season. It is the 'Jacks second time placing in the top-five and the first of the season in the top three.
 
Aleksandra Chekalina took seventh-place with one of the best performances of her collegiate career thus far. In the third round Chekalina was two-over par, resulting with her Invitational total becoming just one-under par. Chekalina birdied on the 14^th Hole and only bogeyed three times (Fourth, Fifth and 12^th Holes) during the final round of play. This was Chekalina's best finish of the year. She placed ninth at the Hobble Creek Classic earlier this season.
 
Ashley Croft was only one-under par during the third round, bringing her tournament total to three-over par. Croft earned a tie for 17^th-place on the individual leaderboard. On the Fourth, Seventh and 11^th Holes Croft shot for a birdie and only bogeyed twice on the Eighth and 13^th Holes.
 
Elle Kocourkova was NAU's third student-athlete on the individual leaderboard. She placed in a tie for 21^st-place. Over the entire tournament she was right behind Croft at four-over par. In the third round she shot for three-over par and birdied on the 10^th and 11^th Holes.
 
Emma Reyes followed up a career single round performance from yesterday with another solid round of play. She was on-par at the end of the final round, bringing her tournament total to only five-over par. On the Eighth and 10^th Holes Reyes shot for a pair of birdies. She would tie for 28^th-place.
 
Rounding out the scoring for the 'Jacks was Sara Padilla who tied for 80^th-place. In the third round Padilla was five-over par. She was 20-over par after the conclusion of the second day.
 
NAU golf will return to the course on April 8^th and 9^th in Maricopa, Ariz., for the Wyoming Cowgirl Classic hosted by Wyoming. The Cowgirl Classic will be NAU's final tournament of the season before Big Sky Conference Championships on April 19^th-21^st.