Lacy Erickson’s performance at the Ping/Arizona State Invitational mirrored the effort of the Oregon women’s golf team.
The redshirt freshman shot a nine-over par 81 over the first round of the tournament in Tempe, Ariz. Then she came back with a two-under par 70 in the second round, and finished with an even-par 72 on the final day.
The Ducks followed Erickson’s lead, shooting a team total 312 the first round, then lowering their scores to shoot a 304 the second round, and finishing with a 299. Oregon ended the tournament 10th of 15 teams.
Oregon senior Jerilyn White led the way for the Ducks, as she is accustomed to doing. White shot a 222 to finish tied-for-12th place, but only was six strokes behind the winner, Stanford’s Stephanie Keever.
White has paced the Ducks at five of Oregon’s eight tournaments this year, and has been the second-best Duck twice. In fact, White has led the Ducks at their past five tournaments. Her best overall finish was at the Verizon “Mo” Morial, where she finished third.
Erickson finished a stroke behind White, in 15th place overall. Her second-round 70 was the best second-round score of the tournament.
Rounding out the Oregon finishers, junior Kathy Cho shot a 233 to finish 52nd, senior Dawn Berry shot a 239 to finish 62nd, sophomore Megan Heckeroth shot a 241 to finish 67th and senior Claire Hunter finished in 79th after shooting a 246.
Southern California won the Ping/ASU Invitational by four strokes over the Sun Devils. Texas Christian, Arizona and Stanford rounded out the top five finishers.
California, UCLA, Oregon State, Washington and Washington State were the other Pacific-10 Conference schools to participate in the Ping/ASU Invitational. Cal finished 9th, UCLA 10th, OSU 12th, Washington 13th and Washington State finished last.
The Ducks will compete in the Peg Barnard California Collegiate at the Stanford Golf Course next weekend, in their final tune up before the PAC-10 Championships.