Lalita Patipaksiri, a senior at UCI, shot 76-71-76 (223) to finish in a tie for 5th place, only 3 shot’s off the winning score of 220 shot by Mallory Kent of Washington State University. Lalita’s teammate, Michelle Park shot a 222 to tie for 3rd and helped UCI finish 5th out of 15 schools. Washington State University won the event with a 3 round total of 904 and beat Brigham Young University by 6 shots.
Lalita will graduate this summer and has plan’s to enter the LPGA Tour Qualifying School. Lalita has been a long time (approximately 12 year’s) student of George Pinnell at the George Pinnell Golf Academy.