Sept. 12, 2006

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FORT COLLINS, Colo. - The University of Northern Colorado women's golf team opened its season, its first-year in the Big Sky Conference and first under new head coach Brandon White, with a 16th place finish at the Ptarmigan/Ram Fall Classic held at the Ptarmigan Country Club and hosted by Colorado State.

The event was won by Colorado, who topped Baylor by a lone stroke. The field included five fellow Big Sky Conference schools, with Eastern Washington taking the honest honors among those schools with a sixth place finish. Montana was 10th, Montana State 12th, Portland State three shots back in 13th and Weber State 17th, six strokes behind the Bears.

Individually, senior Kelley Newton was the team's top finisher, placing 54th overall with a score of 235 (+19). After a 10-over par score in Monday's first round, Newton rebounded with rounds of +4 and +5 to close the event. She was a stroke ahead of redshirt junior Regina Rodriguez (60th) and four strokes ahead of junior Jenny Henderson (68th). Sophomore Heather Daviner was 75th (+27) while Shayna Godfrey was 79th (+29).

Long Beach State's Kay Hoey was the individual medalist (-7).

Northern Colorado is back in action on Sept. 25-26 when they compete at Denver's Ron Moore Intercollegiate, which will be held at Highlands Ranch Golf Course.

Northern Colorado Individual Scores

54, Kelley Newton      82-76-77  235 (+19)
60. Regina Rodriguez   81-78-77  236 (+20)
68. Jenny Henderson    81-80-78  239 (+23)
75. Heather Daviner    84-77-82  243 (+27)
79. Shayna Godfrey     85-74-86  245 (+29)

Final Team Standings

 1. Colorado             286-292-294  872 (+8)
 2. Baylor               290-291-292  873 (+9)
 3. San Jose State       291-299-289  879 (+15)
 4. Colorado State       292-306-296  894 (+30)
 5. Fresno State         292-303-300  895 (+31)
 6. California           301-300-295  896 (+32)
    Eastern Washington   303-296-297  896 (+32)
 8. Long Beach State     295-309-294  898 (+34)
 9. Kansas               295-310-298  903 (+39)
10. Montana              302-315-294  911 (+47)
11. Arkansas State       308-308-298  914 (+50)
12. Montana State        307-309-307  923 (+59)
13. Portland State       307-316-303  926 (+62)
14. Gonzaga              319-306-317  942 (+78)
15. Wyoming              313-323-310  946 (+82)
16. Northern Colorado    328-305-314  947 (+83)
17. Weber State          327-317-309  953 (+89)