NAPA, Calif. – Play at the Silverado Showdown closed up on Wednesday afternoon, ending with the #17 Pepperdine women's golf team finishing tied for fifth out of 16 teams at the par-72, 6,146-yard Silverado Resort and Spa.
 
Jeneath Wong led the Waves, tying for 13^th to end the tournament.  She was only two shots out of the top-eight.  Lauren Gomez picked up the best round of the day with an even 72, finishing up tied for 23^rd.  San Jose State's Kalsa Arwefjall and USC's Catherine Park won the tournament with 7-under 209 performances.
 
Pepperdine bested #8 Texas by a stroke, #4 UCLA by two strokes and tournament co-host #16 Oregon by five strokes.  #9 USC and #11 Northwestern ended as co-champions after posting team scores of 4-over 868. #14 Arizona (+11) and #27 San Jose State (+13) rounded out the top four.
 
PLAYER SCORES

• Sophomore Jeneath Wong (Melbourne, Australia) finished tied for 13^th with a 218 (72-73-73).  She tallied eight birdies, including two on the back nine today to finish the tournament.
• Junior Lauren Gomez (Murrieta, Calif.) marked a 220 (74-74-72) to finish tied for 23^rd.  She had a pair of birdies on the front nine today, but finished strong with a 2-under through her final 10 bogeyless holes.  She amassed five birdies throughout the tournament, while tying for the tournament-high of shooting even par on 41 holes.
• Senior Kaleiya Romero (San Jose, Calif.) finished tied for 43^rd with a 224 (69-75-80).  She had a solid open to the tournament with a 3-under 69.  In the round today, she tabbed a pair of birdies on back-to-back holes – the 14^th and 15^th – and amassed eight birdies overall.
• Senior Lion Higo (Gold Coast, Australia) shot a 225 (72-78-75) to finish tied for 48^th.  She produced seven birdies overall, including a pair on holes 14 and 15 today.
• Sophomore Yingzhi Zhu (Nanjing, China) finished with a 227 (74-76-77) to tie for 57^th overall.  She tabbed six birdies, two on each day including the final round.

 
THE NUMBERS
Team Scores: T1. Northwestern 868; T1. USC 868; 3. Arizona 875; 4. San Jose State 877; T5. Pepperdine 882; T5. Cal 882; T7. TCU 883; T7. Texas 883; 9. UCLA 884; 10. Oregon 887; T11. Denver 890; T11. Oregon State 890; 13. Iowa State 896; 14. Washington 897; 15. San Francisco 901; 16. Colorado 924.
 
Individual Scores: T1. Kajsa Arwefjall (SJSU) 209; T1. Catherine Park (USC) 209; 3. Caroline Canales (UCLA) 213; 4. Hsin Chun Liao (Texas) 214; T5. Chayse Gomez (Oregon State) 215; T5. Liyana Durisic (Iowa State) 215; T5. Carlina Melgrati (Arizona) 215.
 
NEXT UP
Next, the Waves will begin the postseason push with the WCC Championships in Bremerton, Wash. from April 19-21.