Kajsa Arwefjall leads San Jose State to the MWC Women's Championship
San Jose State women's golf team (San Jose State Athletics Photo)
San Jose State won the 2024 Mountain West Conference Women's Championship at Mission Hills Country Club, the Dinah Shore course, Rancho Mirage, Calif., in commanding fashion, winning wire-to-wire and finishing 17-under, winning by 18 shots.
The Spartans were the only team to finish under par, shooting an 8-under 280 in the first round to go up by six shots and never look back.
San Jose State carded rounds of 280-288-279 to get to 17-under and run away with the tournament.
UNLV finished in solo second place at 1-over, Colorado State finished in solo third place at 2-over, New Mexico finished in solo fourth place at 4-over, and Nevada finished in solo fifth place at 10-over.
Kajsa Arwefjall of San Jose State led San Jose State to the win, finishing 9-under and three shots clear of the field. Arwefjall carded rounds of 68-73-66 to secure the individual win.
Arwefjall shot a final round bogey-free 6-under 66 to erase a two-shot deficit heading into the final round and ultimately win by three shots. She recorded six birdies on top of the bogey-free round, birding holes No. 2, 5, 8, 10, 11, and 15.
She is currently ranked No. 10 in the Golfweek/AmateurGolf.com Women's Rankings. She is coming off a co-medalist win at the Silverado Showdown and T26 at the 2024 ANWA.
Lauren Lehigh of New Mexico finished in solo second place at 6-under. Lehigh entered the final round with a two-shot lead over Arwefjall, but a final round 1-under 71 from Lehigh opened the door for the field.
Lehigh made the quarterfinals of the 2022 U.S. Women's Amateur.
Lucia Lopez-Ortega of San Jose State finished in solo third place at 5-under, and Stephanie Barbaglia of San Diego State finished in solo fourth place at 3-under. Andrea Bergsdottir of Colorado State and Myah McDonald of New Mexico finished T5 at 2-under.
ABOUT THE MWC Women's Championship
54-hole stroke-play event to crown the champion of
the
Mountain West Conference. Team (best four scores
out
of five players each round) and individual
competitions.
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