Oct. 16, 2007

San Diego, Calif. -The UC Irvine women's golf team won the 19-team Lady Aztec Fall Classic at the Salt Creek Golf Course Tuesday with three players in the top 10 including sophomore Patty Chawalitmetha who earned medalist honors.  

Chawalitmetha was the only player under par for the tournament, shooting a 140 (70-72) to win her first collegiate title, three shots ahead of Cal State Northridge's Krystina Gillenwater. Chawailitmetha becomes the fourth UCI women's player to earn medalist honors joining Selaneé Henderson, Stella Lee and Walailak Satarak.

As a team, the Anteaters captured the 12th tournament title in program history with a 36-hole total of 593 (297-296). UCI topped second place East Tennessee State and Hawaii (603) by 10 shots. Eastern Washington was fourth (612), while Middle Tennessee State and Cal State Northridge tied for fifth at 613.

UCI senior Kim Lorenzana tied for third after carding a 148 (72-76), her best career finish. Freshman Hillary Packard had a team-best 71 Tuesday to move from 50th to a seventh place tie with a two-day total of 150 (79-71), a top 10 performance in her first collegiate event. Freshman Sarah Fox was 23rd after shooting a 153 (76-77) and senior Selaneé Henderson was 96th with a score of 170 (89-81).