Vanessa Bouvet fired a one-under-par 71 on Tuesday to surge to a top-10 finish and lead the Nebraska women's golf team at The Molly Collegiate in Seaside, Calif.
Bouvet, a senior from Brunei, produced her best round of the season on the par-72, 6,131-yard layout of the Bayonet Golf Course to finish with a three-round total of 222 (78-73-71) by slashing her scores in each successive round. The took 10th overall in a strong 83-player field.
Bouvet's performance helped Nebraska secure a seventh-place finish in a talent-laden 14-team field, as the Huskers produced a three-round team score of 916 (307-308-301). Stanford (878) won the team title, edging out UCLA (885) and San Jose State (885), while the co-hosts from California (4th, 890) and Oregon State (5th, 904) rounded out the top five. New Mexico finished sixth (911), just five strokes ahead of the Huskers.
In addition to a top-10 effort from Bouvet, the Huskers got a second straight top-20 tournament finish from true freshman Miu Takahashi (Nasu-machi, Japan). Takahashi tied for 18th with a 54-hole score of 226 (75-76-75).
Senior Kirsten Baete put up Nebraska's No. 3 performance in the tournament with a three-round total of 232, including a final-round 78 to tie for 39th individually.
Sophomore Lindsey Thiele produced NU's No. 3 score on Tuesday with a 77 to move into tie for 67th with a 54-hole score of 240. Nicole Hansen rounded out the Husker contingent in a tie for 77th with a three-round total of 250 that included an 84 Tuesday.
Stanford's Rose Zhang took medalist honors with a three-round score of 213 (-3) as the only golfer in the field to finish better than par. Stanford teammate Caroline Sturdza (76-73-67) and San Jose State's Natasha Andrea Oon (71-74-71) tied for second with even-par scores of 216.
Nebraska will take a week off from competition next week before returning to action at the Dale McNamara Invitational in Tulsa, Okla., Oct. 11-12.
The Molly Collegiate
Sept. 27-28, 2021
Seaside, Calif. (Bayonet Golf Course)
Par 72, 6,131 Yards
Final Team Results
1. Stanford - 301-295-282=878 (+14)
T2. San Jose State - 293-298-294=885 (+21)
T2. UCLA - 293-298-294=885 (+21)
4. California - 301-300-289=890 (+26)
5. Oregon State - 301-298-305=904
6. New Mexico - 302-309-300=911 (+47)
7. Nebraska - 307-308-301=916 (+52)
8. Sacramento State - 313-302-304=913 (+55)
9. UNLV - 317-302-301=920 (+56)
10. Nevada - 310-311-302=923 (+59)
11. San Francisco - 303-313-313=929 (+65)
T12. Cal Poly - 318-307-307=932 (+68)
T12. Fresno State - 313-311-308=932 (+68)
14. UC Davis - 326-329-325=980 (+116)
Final Individual Results
1. Rose Zhang (Stanford) - 73-72-68=213 (-3)
T2. Caroline Sturdza (Stanford) - 76-73-67=216 (E)
T2. Natasha Andrea Oon (San Jose State) - 71-74-71=216 (E)
4. Mika Jin (California) - 75-69-73=217 (+1)
T5. Alessia Nobilio (UCLA) - 73-73-73=219 (+3)
T5. Antonia Malate (San Jose State) - 72-73-74=219 (+3)
7. Katherine Zhu (California) - 71-76-73=220 (+4)
T8. Aline Krauter (Stanford) - 77-74-70=221 (+5)
T8. Zoe Campos (UCLA) - 70-73-78=221 (+5)
10. Vanessa Bouvet (Nebraska) - 78-73-71=222 (+6)
Nebraska Individuals
10. Vanessa Bouvet - 78-73-71=222 (+6)
T18. Miu Takahashi - 75-76-75=226 (+6)
T39. Kirsten Baete - 74-80-78=232 (+16)
T67. Lindsey Thiele - 84-79-77=240 (+24)
T77. Nicole Hansen - 80-86-84=250 (+34)
Vanessa Bouvet took 10th at the Molly Collegiate in California.