(Morro Bay, CA) With the fourth best round of the day, Mt. SAC's Precious Saelee finished with an overall fourth place in the North-South Women's Golf Invitational at Morro Bay Golf Course Monday (Sept. 23).

Saelee, who has been at or near the top in almost every round this season, carded a two-day, 155 (78-77) on the par-72 course that will host the CCCAA State Championships November 17-18.

The medalist, Haruka Koda of College of the Canyons, was nine strokes better than Saelee, shooting a 146 (73-73).

The team title went to Canyons (636), which won the event for the second year in a row. The Mounties placed a distant eighth out of 14 teams with a score of 688, which featured 77 golfers.

The remainder of the Mt. SAC scores are as follows: Katherine Chan 86-84 (170), Cristina Liu 93-85 (178), Lisa Romero 94-91 (185), Kima Blake 99-110 (209) and Malaysia Thompson 102-108 (210).

The Mounties return to Orange Empire Conference play Wednesday (Sept. 25) for Match No. 6 at St. Mark Country Club in San Marcos. The event is hosted by Palomar College.

North-South Invitational

At par-72 Morro Bay Golf Course

Final scores

Team -- 1, Canyons 319-317--636. 2, Desert 338-324--662. 3, Reedley 329-336--665. 4, Saddleback 326-340--666. 5, Modesto 337-334--671. 6, Sierra 332-346--678. 7, SBCC 345-343--688. 8, Mt. SAC 351-337--688. 9, San Joaquin Delta 374-348--722. 10, Sacramento City 380-381--761. 11, Mt. San Jacinto 395-386--781. 12, Bakersfield 457-467--924. 13, Citrus 475-473--948. 14, Moorpark, no score.

Medalist -- 1, Haruka Koda, Canyons, 73-73--146. 2, Jessie Lin, Canyons, 72-77--149. 3, Katie Stribling, Saddleback, 75-79--154. 4, Precious Saelee, Mt. SAC, 78-77--155. 5, Pratima Sherpa, SBCC, 82-75--157.

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