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UCLA Finishes Fourth at The Match in the Desert
January 24, 2022 | Women's Golf
GOLD CANYON, Ariz. – Freshman Caroline Canales led the No. 12 UCLA women's golf team with the first top-10 finish of her career after posting a 1-under 143 through two rounds at The Match in the Desert on Monday. As a team, the Bruins placed fourth at 1-over 577 and 19 strokes behind tournament champion No. 20 Arizona State.
Reigning National Champion No. 24 Ole Miss and runner-up No. 2 Oklahoma State were the two other schools to place ahead of UCLA at 13-under and 2-under, respectively.
The Bruins' three other counting scores all placed within the top 20: junior Emilie Paltrinieri tied for 15th and junior Emma Spitz and freshman Zoe Antoinette Campos tied for 17th.
Oklahoma State's Maddison Hinson-Tolchard took the individual title with a 10-under 134 performance, posting scores of 5-under 67 on both days.
Canales – who shot a 2-under 70 on Sunday – fell back three spots to tie for 10th after recording a 1-over 73. Canales parred 15 of her 18 holes and birdied the par-4 18th.
Paltrinieri recorded both UCLA's lowest score of the day and her lowest of the season through three tournaments with a 1-under 71 to shoot up nine spots on the individual leaderboard. Paltrinieri birdied four times on the par-5 second, par-3 eighth, par-5 10th and par-3 15th.
Spitz also jumped seven spots in the standings with her even-par 72 performance. Spitz parred 16 of her 18 holes and birdied the par-5 14th.
Campos repeated her 1-over 73 score from day one, holing one birdie on the par-5 fifth and bogeying twice.
Freshman Alessia Nobilio dropped out of the top 10 to tie for 23rd after shooting 4-over 76. Nobilio birdied twice on the par-5 fifth and par-5 10th.
Senior Simar Singh, who competed individually, scored 15-over 87 in her second round to finish the tournament at 26-over 170.
The Bruins return to action Feb. 14 and 15 to compete at the Lamkin Invitational at The Farms Golf Club in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.
Reigning National Champion No. 24 Ole Miss and runner-up No. 2 Oklahoma State were the two other schools to place ahead of UCLA at 13-under and 2-under, respectively.
The Bruins' three other counting scores all placed within the top 20: junior Emilie Paltrinieri tied for 15th and junior Emma Spitz and freshman Zoe Antoinette Campos tied for 17th.
Oklahoma State's Maddison Hinson-Tolchard took the individual title with a 10-under 134 performance, posting scores of 5-under 67 on both days.
Canales – who shot a 2-under 70 on Sunday – fell back three spots to tie for 10th after recording a 1-over 73. Canales parred 15 of her 18 holes and birdied the par-4 18th.
Paltrinieri recorded both UCLA's lowest score of the day and her lowest of the season through three tournaments with a 1-under 71 to shoot up nine spots on the individual leaderboard. Paltrinieri birdied four times on the par-5 second, par-3 eighth, par-5 10th and par-3 15th.
Spitz also jumped seven spots in the standings with her even-par 72 performance. Spitz parred 16 of her 18 holes and birdied the par-5 14th.
Campos repeated her 1-over 73 score from day one, holing one birdie on the par-5 fifth and bogeying twice.
Freshman Alessia Nobilio dropped out of the top 10 to tie for 23rd after shooting 4-over 76. Nobilio birdied twice on the par-5 fifth and par-5 10th.
Senior Simar Singh, who competed individually, scored 15-over 87 in her second round to finish the tournament at 26-over 170.
The Bruins return to action Feb. 14 and 15 to compete at the Lamkin Invitational at The Farms Golf Club in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.
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