The Trail

Issue date: 3/23/07 Section: Sports

Media Credit: Paul Wicks Emily Lau driving to first place.

Media Credit: Paul Wicks Adrienne Parrish

On March 19, the UPS women's golf team had a convincing win at the Willamette Invitational with a team score of 686.
The golf tournament was played on the beautiful OGA Golf Course in Woodburn, Ore.

"It was a beautiful day to play," Kristine Juhola said. "It was nice because the Northwest doesn't always give you those kinds of days."

However, some of the members on the women's team didn't appreciate OGA's beauty quite so much.

"This course is real tough on me," senior Adrienne Parrish said. "There is hazard that comes into play on just about every hole and it makes it a very difficult course to play."

Despite the difficulty, the Loggers came up with consistent play on both days posting a 345 on the first day and a 341 on the second day.

With a combined score of 686 they won by a huge margin; second-place Whitworth was 28 strokes behind them.

"We are one point behind Willamette in the conference. They are our biggest competition so this was a really good win for us," Parrish said.

Senior Emily Lau pace the Logger's first place tournament finish. On the opening day of the tournament she posted a 79 but was even more impressive on the second day finishing with a 76.

Lau's scores were only matched by Willamette's Whitney Ueno, both had a two-day total of 155.

Juhola came in second place in team score with two 88's leading to a round total of 176. It was a personal best in her Logger career.

The women's golf teams in the NWC recently switched to a new scoring system for the conference championships. The scoring system gives a point for every team beaten in a designated conference tournament, with the conference championships counting for double.

This particular tournament was not one of the tournaments that count for the conference standings but Juhola and the Loggers believe it still carries significance.

"It's another stepping stone in building confidence as we move toward the Spring Classic on at the end of March," Juhola said.
"If our team keeps performing at this level we have every possibility of winning the conference," Parrish said.

With that mentality, UPS looks to gain momentum in their conference schedule season as they travel back down to Oregon for the Pacific Invitational on Mar. 24 and 25 at Quail Valley and Pumpkin Ridge.

•Mackenzie Morton spent her break in the sun, it was toasty warm.

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