BREMERTON, Wash. – After another dominant round at the par-72, 6,112-yard Gold Mountain-Olympic Course on Saturday, the Pepperdine women's golf team extended an already impressive lead to a 23-stroke advantage at the West Coast Conference Championships.
 
The Waves are the only team to shoot under par collectively in any round thus far, fueled by three competitors in the top-four after 36-holes.  Pepperdine has amassed a two-round score of 577 (290-287), which leads San Francisco in second-place, as well as Santa Clara by 25-shots and Gonzaga by 26-shots. 
 
Junior Lauren Gomez gave a stellar performance with a 4-under 68 in the round today, marking the best two rounds of the tournament by anyone thus far.  She is 6-under overall and has a four-stroke lead over second-place, which is currently held by fellow Wave, senior Lion Higo.  Higo leads Grace Lee of Gonzaga in third by two strokes.  Gomez and Higo are two of only four competitors that have posted a single round below par – and they have achieved the feat twice.  Sophomore Jeneath Wong rounds out the top-four for Pepperdine. 
 
For the third and final round tomorrow, the Waves will once again be paired with the Dons.  Action will begin at 8:20 a.m. PT for Pepperdine.
 
PLAYER SCORES

• Junior Lauren Gomez (Murrieta, Calif.) is in first-place with a 138 (70-68).  She picked up a birdie before the turn and shot 1-under on the front nine to start off strong.  She then shot 3-under in her first five bogeyless holes on the back.  Though she bogeyed once on the 15^th, she rallied to finish with a birdie on 18 for her 4-under in the round.  After her five today, she leads the tournament with 10 birdies, while the next player has seven.
• Senior Lion Higo (Gold Coast, Australia) is in second-place with a 142 (71-71).  She picked up four birdies in the second round, with a pair on each the front and back.  She has produced seven birdies overall.
• Sophomore Jeneath Wong (Melbourne, Australia) shot a 145 (73-72) and in fourth-place.  She opened the round with a birdie today and stayed bogeyless through 10 holes.  She tabbed another birdie on the back nine, though finished even on the day.  She has tallied five birdies overall this weekend.
• Sophomore Yingzhi Zhu (Nanjing, China) finished the round tied for 13^th with a score of 152 (76-76).
• Junior KaYee Kwok (Tianjin, China) is in 20^th with a score of 171 (81-90).

 
THE NUMBERS
Team Scores: 1. Pepperdine 577; 2. San Francisco 600; 3. Santa Clara 602; 4. Gonzaga 603.
 
Individual Scores: 1. Lauren Gomez (Pepperdine) 138; 2. Lion Higo (Pepperdine) 142; 3. Gonzaga 144; 4. Jeneath Wong (Pepperdine) 145; T5. Toni Sottile (USF) 149; T5. Chaewon Baek (Gonzaga) 149; T5. Meva Schmit (SCU) 149.