RANCHO MURIETA, Calif. — Sophomore Olivia Lee posted a team-leading 91 to lead St. Francis and earn an individual at-large berth to the section Masters Tournament, as the Troubadours placed 10th overall at the Sac-Joaquin Section Division I championship held at Rancho Murieta Country Club Monday.
The top six teams at the section tourney plus the nine top-finishing individuals not on one of those six teams move on to the Masters competition.
Junior Julia Geer added a 93 as part of St. Francis' team total of 513. Justine Canio (105), Sophia Edwards (110) and Natalie Zipser (114) formed the remainder of the Troubies scoring effort.
"Olivia has not been playing for very long, but she has put in a lot of time and a lot of effort into her golf game," said SFHS head coach Kelli Corlett. "I think she's an awesome role model in terms of what hard work can do for somebody. I am really excited for her, really proud of her, and really looking forward to the phone call to tell her family the good news."
Granite Bay won the team title with a 376 total, 12 strokes ahead of runner-up Pleasant Grove. Meanwhile, third-place Lodi's Amelia Garibaldi carded the best individual score of a 1-under-par 71, despite tough course conditions caused by the previous weekend's rainfall.
"It was a tough day," said Corlett. "Conditions were hard for everybody, but they showed up in great spirits and gave it their best effort, which is the most important thing for me as their coach. All season long, they represented St. Francis very, very well."
The CIF-SJS Masters Tournament takes place at Stockton's Reserve at Spanos Park on November 1. The top three teams and top four at-large individuals from the section advance to the CIF NorCal tourney at Berkeley Country Club (Nov. 8), from which three teams and nine individuals will qualify for the CIF State Championship at Poppy Hills (Nov. 16).
2021 SAC-JOAQUIN SECTION DIV. I CHAMPIONSHIP
Rancho Murieta Country Club
1. GRANITE BAY 376
Anika Varma 73
Hannah Harrison 74
Ellie Busnell 75
Tavia Burgess 80
Lauren Pierce 74
Taylor Peterson 82
2. PLEASANT GROVE 388
Alaythia Hinds 73
Petra Yee 73
Hannah Camara 80
Ingrid Yee 92
Molly Miller 80
Sophie Cook 82
3. LODI 430
Amelia Garibaldi 71
ClaraGrace Plath 86
Viviana Rojas 92
Reese Koenig 88
Delaney Vasquez 93
Kerrie Nickel 105
4. OAK RIDGE 455
Iliana Rubio 76
Haley Wong 81
Alyssa Dominguez 101
Summer Dixon 83
Hannah Impey 114
Elizabeth Lin 118
5. WHITNEY 467
Maddie Holmstrom 94
Tess Fernandez 86
Kiana Kim 81
Kaile McCallister 101
Alexa Topacio 105
Khalei Meeks 107
6. ROCKLIN 473
Lexi Booras 76
Jessica Burdick 85
Kate Phelan 100
Allie Monaghan 109
Jordan Wagner 112
Hana Jang 103
7. FOLSOM 483
Saanvi Kotti 83
Nishka Modi 90
Ashley Benedict 94
Ali Oxman 109
Emma Ames 107
Ashleyn Creig 119
8. ST. MARY'S 486
Hailey Widmer 81
Ellie Gianelli 84
Mackenzie Snider 96
Caroline Chavez 104
Kaitlyn Mudaliar 124
Maddy Dunn 121
9. DEL ORO 487
Cami Tennison 91
Delaney Smith 98
Sydney Shiles 97
Sydney Hoyt 102
Gina Musso 99
Ameila Bach 108
10. ST. FRANCIS 513
Julia Geer 93
Olivia Lee 91
Justine Canio 105
Sophia Edwards 110
Natalie Zipser 114
Chelsea McMahon 115
11. SHELDON 547
Rylie Kosney 77
Sushmeen Kaur 110
Van Nguyen 116
Adeline Saelee 120
An Van DQ
Navleen Kaur 124
INDIVIDUALS - DELTA LEAGUE
Sam Kaur 86
Jahzara Vang 111
Ella Tracy 111
Leia Dalisay 90
Alessandra Trask 111
Saera Ojha 106
INDIVIDUALS - TCAL
Amulya Nakka 108
Zoe Bertsch DQ
Emerson Frerichs 103
Gianna Smith 104
Miya Hoang 104
Lauren Hoock 121
