SEASIDE --- Women from 12 different colleges finished the second and final round of the Lady Otter Spring Invitational at Bayonet Golf Course on Tuesday, but the winner was a high school junior from Sweden, Anjelika Hammar, who shot an even par 146 to win by five strokes.

Hammar came with a team of high school girls from Sweden that competed as the Scandinavian Amateurs. All of them are hoping to be recruited by American colleges. They finished second to Tarleton State, of Texas, losing in a tiebreaker. Both scored 630 in the two-day tourney. Cal State Monterey Bay finished a close third at 633, a dozen strokes ahead of fourth-place Cal Baptist University and 32 ahead of fifth place Chico State.

Tarleton State of Texas, the defending champions of the invitational, have not lost a tournament all year and are the third-ranked Division II school in the nation. Head coach Jerry Doyle said his team played much better today, especially on the back nine. His players gained the three strokes they needed to beat CSUMB on the final hole.

“We didn't play that well yesterday and we almost lost,” said Doyle. “Those high school girls were tremendously talented. I wouldn't mind recruiting some of them.”

One of Doyle's past recruits, Shraddhanjali Singh, shot a 70 on Tuesday to set a tournament record. She finished at +5 with a 151. Andrea Lowe of Tarleton placed third at +8, Maline Thorberg of Cal Baptist finished +9 and #Cicilia Chudivan# of CSUMB finished fourth at +10.

“The coach really helped me out on the back nine and I got a little lucky. I hit an eagle on 10 and that's a tough hole,” said Singh.

The Otters' high finish was due to cluster of strong performances. #Tivi Latu#, #Jessica Yee# and #Lauren Grounds# (160 and +14) finished in a tie for sixth with two other players. Co-head coaches Marianne Towersey and Teri Greene both said they were very happy with the team's play.

“We had hopes of sneaking in there ahead of Tarleton, but we're pleased to beat our rivals Chico State,” said Towersey. “We're hoping on making regionals for the first time.”

Tarleton State is the alma mater of the Bayonet Golf Course's Director of Golf Joe Priddy and Doyle was his teammate on the golf team. Priddy said he was impressed with the caliber of play from the young women.

“The ladies were excellent players. The scores were significantly better on the second day and it's a real testament that women's golf keeps improving,” he said.

Everyone was impressed with Hammar. Her coach, Mimmie Dowling, said she recruited her for the squad the first time she saw her play. “I saw Hammar two years ago and I knew right away she was going to be very good,” said Dowling.

Hammar will be highly recruited and she has had a lot of exposure to American courses. The team tours the United States every year. “Last year we played in Florida and Kentucky,” said Dowling. “This course is beautiful; it has a great layout and is in great shape. This bay is a wonderful place for golf courses.”

       Lady Otter Spring Invitational
         Bayonet G. C.            Seaside, CA    
         Tournament Dates: 03/16 - 03/18, 2008
           Par:        73   73                 
           Yardage:  5814 5814                

 Fin Team                     Scores
   1 Tarleton State           322  308    630   +46
   2 Scandinavian Amateurs    318  312    630   +46
   3 CSU-Monterey Bay         320  313    633   +49 
   4 California Baptist U     331  314    645   +61 
   5 Chico State              329  336    665   +81 
   6 Notre Dame de Namur      351  333    684  +100 
   7 IUPUI                    348  347    695  +111 
   8 Grand Canyon U           362  341    703  +119
   8 CSU-Monterey Bay (BLUE)  356  359    715  +119
  10 Dominican (CA)           356  359    715  +131 
  11 Sonoma State U.          377  362    739  +155 
  12 CSU-East Bay             371  392    763  +179 
  13 Northwest Christian      444  408    852  +268 

 Fin  Name                  School      Scores
   1  Anjelika Hammar       Scan AM      71   75    146    --
   2  Shraddhanjali         TarletonSt   81   70    151    +5 
   3  Andrea Lowe           TarletonSt   77   77    154    +8 
   4  Malin Thorberg        CBU          79   76    155    +9 
   5  #Cicilia Chudivan#    CSUMB        80   76    156   +10 
   6  Adriana Niclotti      CBU          83   76    159   +13 
T  7  Brittany Carrera      NotDame-CA   80   80    160   +14 
T  7  #Etivise Latu#        CSUMB        83   77    160   +14 
T  7  Jessica McKay         Gnd Canyon   81   79    160   +14
T  7  Emma Burman           Scan AM      82   78    160   +14
T  7  Natalie Wille         Scan AM      81   79    160   +14
T  7  #Jessica Yee#         CSUMB        80   80    160   +14 
T  7  #Lauren Grounds#      CSUMB        77   83    160   +14 
  14  Melanie Tham          TarletonSt   81   81    162   +16 
  15  Katie Leong           Chico St.    83   81    164   +18
  15  Elin Marcsdottir      Scan AM      84   80    164   +18 
  16  Caroline Holmblad     CBU          84   81    165   +19 
T 17  Denise Canadas        Chico St.    85   81    166   +20 
T 17  Maury Shock           TarletonSt   86   80    166   +20 
T 17  Danielle Buckman      Sonoma St.   84   83    167   +21 
T 17  Taylor Welty          DminicanCA   83   84    167   +21 
  21  Erin Sears            Chico St.    81   87    168   +22 
T 22  Carla Cooper          TarletonSt   83   86    169   +23 
T 22  #Darcy Lake#          CSUMB        89   80    169   +23 
T 22  Kelli Holloway        IUPUI        83   86    169   +23 
T 22  Sara Ansolabehere     Chico St.    82   87    169   +23 
  26  Megan Chang           Chico St.    83   87    170   +24 
T 27  Kelly Ashton          NotDame-CA   88   83    171   +25 
T 27  Tara Boone            IUPUI        85   86    171   +25 
T 27  Tracy White           CBU          90   81    171   +25 
T 30  #Caroline Clements#   CSUMB        84   89    173   +27 
T 30  Kelly Tilton          East Bay     85   88    173   +27 
T 30  #Ashley Dickman#      CSUMB        89   85    174   +28 
T 30  Kylie Cardwell        IUPUI        89   85    174   +28 
T 30  Maren Jaramillo       CSUMB        89   86    175   +29 
T 30  Morgan German         TarletonSt   88   87    175   +29