Cantlay Leads Cal Poly to Seventh Place in Bruin-Wave Invitational

Tuesday, February 25

Los Angeles, CA

Seventh Place

Bruin-Wave Invitational

Cantlay Leads Cal Poly to Seventh Place in Bruin-Wave Invitational

2/25/2020 12:00:00 AM | Women's Golf

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. -- Caroline Cantlay carded a final-round 74 to lead the Cal Poly women's golf team to a seventh-place finish in the Bruin-Wave Invitational on Tuesday at the San Luis Obispo Country Club.

Cantlay (pictured at right) finished in a tie for 19th place with a 10-over-par 226 total.

Northwestern's Kelly Sim with a 67, 69 and 75 and Emma Spitz of UCLA with rounds of 71-71-69--211 claimed co-medalist honors. Third place went to Emilie Paltrinieri of UCLA with a 214 total.

USC captured first place in the team standings with a 14-over-par 878 total, two shots ahead of UCLA. Northwestern and Oregon shared third place, another two shots back.

Cal Poly, which opened with a 312 Monday morning, added a 301 Monday afternoon and a 304 Tuesday for a 53-over-par 917 total.

"The Bruin-Wave invitational is the toughest tournament we play all spring outside of post season," said fifth-year Mustang head coach Sofie Aagaard. "The San Luis Obispo CC is a great course, in great conditions always and challenging in every way with the setup for a long course with tough pin positions.

"We are fortunate to be able to play this course as a home course as I believe there is a mental advantage in this, knowing how tough it can be out there," Aagaard added. "A great shot is good and a good shot sometimes is not good enough. Course management is important, knowing when to be aggressive and when to play conservative as a missed shot can get you in trouble and cause big scores.

In addition to Cantlay, Cal Poly's other scoring golfers were Vanessa Wang with a final-round 78 for a 228 total and 25th-place tie, Jensen Jalufka with a 75 for a 232 total and 35th-place tie, Madi Daniel with a 77 for a 235 total and 41st-place tie, and Elizabeth Scholtes with an 80 for a 241 total and 54th place.

Cantlay finished fifth in par-4 scoring at even par. Wang's 37 pars were good for a sixth-place tie in the field of 63 golfers.

"The first round yesterday was our highest-scoring round," said Aagaard. "The wind was swirling and we didn't adjust well at the start. We recovered in the afternoon, stayed patient and had a great finish to the second 18 with a six-under-par team score over the last six holes.

"Today in the final round we had optimal conditions with sunshine and a slight breeze," Aagaard added. "We played steady all day, and again finished strong to stay ahead of two teams ranked in the top 100 nationally and another two teams ranked in the top 50. These are big 'wins' for us as a team, being ranked 98th nationally and 11 out of 12 teams going into this event."

Cal Poly will compete in The Gunrock Invitational next Monday at the Del Paso Country Club in Sacramento.