April Martinez

Women Golfers End Season After Sixth Place Finish at Regionals

Posted April 17, 2007
LUBBOCK –- The UTB/TSC women's golf team finished its 2006-07 season after a sixth place at the Red River Athletic Conference and Region VI Championships at the Rawls Golf Course Tuesday, April 17.

Oklahoma City University, the top-ranked NAIA women's golf team in the country, won the tournament championship with a 329-305=634 total, 21 shots ahead of Southern Nazarene University. OCU's Tamara Campbell was the individual medalist with a 156 score.

The individual medalist and the winning team qualify for the NAIA National Championships May 15-18 at Lake San Marcos Country Club in San Diego, California.

April Martinez led the Scorpions with a round of 83 Tuesday, seven shots better than her opening round score of 90 for a 173 total, which was good for 18th place.

Other scores were Tara Calderon 101-83=184, Allison Valle 100-94=194, Dena Dutchover 101-96=197, and Annette Valdez 114-102=216.

The tournament highlight for the Scorpions came Sunday during the practice round, when Martinez shot a hole-in-one on the par-three, 135-yard third hole witnessed by Lucio and her teammates. "That was fun to watch," Lucio said. "That's her third one, which is three more than I have ever had."