2017 PLNU Reach Final Results
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SAN DIEGO – No. 13 Academy of Art women's golf wrapped up their first tournament of 2017 on Tuesday, finishing in third place with junior
Sterling Hawkins grabbing the third individual spot.
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After posting a first round of 311 strokes, the Urban Knights followed with 312 on Tuesday, five behind CSU-San Marcos and 18 behind first-place California Baptist.
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Junior
Sterling Hawkins entered the day in first place after shooting a 72 in the opening round. However, after a 77-stroke round two, she was unable to maintain her lead and finished the tournament in third. CBU's Erica Wang won the invitational after a two-under par performance on Tuesday (70) and Point Loma's Haley Fuller finished in second with 148 strokes overall.
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In second for Academy of Art was redshirt freshman
Han-Chuan "Vicky" Kuo. Kuo improved one stroke over her first-round score of 80 (+8) on Tuesday to come away tied for 20th. Junior
Shu-lin Lin was not far behind as she also scored 79 which was two strokes better than her opening 18 holes. Freshman
Elan Hawkins rounded out the Urban Knights' top scorers, tying for 28th after scoring 77 on Tuesday and 84 on Monday. Competing as an individual, senior
Roxanne Matta finished the tournament tied for 20th with a 78 first round and 81 second round.
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ART U will now return to San Francisco to prepare for the CBU Women's Invitational February 20-21 in Riverside, Calif.