FRESNO, Calif. – The #12 Pepperdine women's golf team closed out the Fresno State Classic in third-place at the par-72, 6,276-yard Copper River Country Club on Tuesday afternoon.  The Waves moved up three spots to finish strong after tying for the best third-round of the day and finishing with a three-round score of 878 (294-297-287).
 
Pepperdine shot the 1-under in the final round, along with champion Colorado State, Cal Poly and UC Riverside.  Attributing to the solid performance today were top-15 finishers for the Waves – Kaleiya Romero, Jeneath Wong and Lauren Gomez. 
 
Romero led the squad after shooting even through three rounds, finishing tied for fourth-place.  Wong and Gomez each finished tied for 11^th as well.   
 
PLAYER SCORES

• Senior Kaleiya Romero (San Jose, Calif.) finished tied for fourth with a three-round total of 216 (73-72-71).  She had four birdies in the round today, including a 3-under push from holes 11-16.  She led the Waves and tied the field-high with 11 birdies in total and was only four shots out of the lead after play finished.
• Junior Lauren Gomez (Murrieta, Calif.) tied for 11^th with a score of 219 (71-74-74).  She had four birdies throughout the tournament and led the tournament in par scoring, having shot for par on 44 of her 54 holes.
• Sophomore Jeneath Wong (Melbourne, Australia) moved up 14 spots in the final round to finish with a 219 (74-74-71).  She opened the day 4-under through six holes, but ended with the 1-under after 18.  She totaled eight birdies throughout the tournament.
• Senior Lion Higo (Gold Coast, Australia) shot a 224 (76-77-71) through three rounds to finish tied for 37^th.  She posted a 1-under in the first seven holes of her round today and ended 1-under after some back-and-forth on the back nine.  She posted seven birdies overall.
• Sophomore Yingzhi Zhu (Nanjing, China) finished tied for 68^th with a 229 (77-77-75).  She had three birdies in the final round and four all together.

 
THE NUMBERS
Team Scores: 1. Colorado State 867; 2. Cal Poly 871; 3. Pepperdine 878; 4. Sacramento State 881; 5. UC Riverside 885; 6. Washington State 886; 7. Fresno State 887; 8. Rutgers 888; 9. Nevada 890; 10. Arkansas State 891; 11. Grand Canyon 892; 12. CSU Fullerton 895; 13. UC Davis 896; 14. BYU 902; 15. Santa Clara 903; 16. Northern Arizona 908; 17. UAB 917; 18. Utah Valley 926; T19. California Baptist 927; T19. Hawai'I 927; 21. UC Irvine 946.
 
Individual Scores: 1. Andrea Bergsdottir (Colorado State) 212; T2. Sarah Yoo (Cal Poly) 214; T2. Leigha Devine (Rutgers) 214; T4. Kaleiya Romero (Pepperdine) 216; T4. Jensen Jalufka (Cal Poly) 216; T4. Davina Xanh (CSU Fullerton) 216; T4. Anna Shultse (Nevada) 216.
 
NEXT UP
The Waves will continue the spring season from April 8-10 at the Silverado Showdown in Napa, Calif.