SAN DIEGO, Calif. - Freshman Lauren Holbrook (Bakersfield, Calif., Liberty HS) concluded her impressive tournament debut as a member of the CSU Bakersfield women's golf team by shooting a two-round score of 162 to finish in a tie for 11^th place in the inaugural Super San Diego Women's Collegiate Golf Championships hosted by Point Loma Nazarene on Tuesday.

Holbrook shaved two strokes off of her first-round score of 82 on Monday by carding an 80 on Tuesday. The Roadrunners improved as a team on the second day of the tournament, which was held at Riverwalk Golf Course, and jumped up from 12^th to 10^th place in the 19-team field. CSUB cut off nine strokes from its first-round team score to finish with a 679.

"I am real proud of how we played on the second day," said CSUB women's golf coach Tony Bernardin of the Roadrunners' performance in their first tournament of the season. "The course conditions were more difficult, but we managed to improve our team score by nine strokes."

CSUB's Vanessa Boileau (Sr., Palmdale, Calif., Paraclete HS) trimmed five strokes on her first round with an 82 on Tuesday to finish in a tie for 30^th place with a 169. Malea Miller (So., Bakersfield, Calif., Bakersfield College) also showed improvement, shooting nine strokes lower on her second round with an 82 for a total of 173 to finish in a tie for 52^nd place. Micah Lopez (Fr., Bakersfield, Calif., East Bakersfield HS) tied for 56^th place with a two-day total of 175.

Cal Poly took the team title with a two-round score of 634. Cal Poly's Laura Howard and Asia Adell battled it out for the individual title, needing a two-hole tiebreaker to determine Howard as the overall champion (81-75-156).

The Roadrunners will tee off next in the Cal State Fullerton Invitational Feb. 19-21.

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