St. Mary’s held a two-stroke lead over Northern Colorado after the first round of the Bear Spring Invitational, but the Bears outshot the Rattlers on day two to win the tournament by four strokes. The tournament, hosted by the University of Northern Colorado, was held April 13-14 at the Pelican Lakes Country Club in Windsor, Colo. UNC’s Meagan Dahlberg shot a 72 on the second day to win the tournament with a seven-over 151. The Rattlers’ Jillian Wyne, in third-place after the first round shot a 79 to finish in second with a 12-over 156. St. Mary’s Kate Meyer moved up from seventh to finish third (13-over, 157) while first-day co-leader Catherine Carvajal finished in a tie for fourth with two UNC players (14-over, 158), Chelsea Silver finished tied for 19th (20-over, 164) and Nicole Wyne finished tied for 23rd (23-over, 167).

Northern Colorado is the first Division II squad to finish ahead of St. Mary’s in any of the 10 tournaments in which the Rattlers have competed during the 2002-03 season. The top four spots at the Bear Spring Invitational were all taken by teams in the top 15 of Golfstat.com’s statistical rankings; #4 Northern Colorado, #3 St. Mary’s, #13 Nebraska-Omaha and #9 Western New Mexico.

Team Top Ten
1 Northern Colorado 318 311 629 +53
2 St. Mary's U. (TX) 316 317 633 +57
3 Nebraska - Omaha 329 308 637 +61
4 Western New Mexico 322 317 639 +63
5 Grand Canyon U. 329 330 659 +83
6 Nebraska-Kearney, U. 347 323 670 +94
7 Mesa State 343 332 675 +99
8 Chadron State Coll 354 350 704 +128
9 Rockhurst University 374 345 719 +143
10 Montana St-Billings 442 452 894 +318
Individual Top Ten
1 Meagan Dahlberg N Colorado 79 72 151 +7
2 Jillian Wyne StMarys-TX 77 79 156 +12
3 Kate Meyer StMarys-TX 80 77 157 +13
T 4 Catherine Carvajal StMarys-TX 76 82 158 +14
T 4 Emily Russell N Colorado 80 78 158 +14
T 4 Petra Lindgren N Colorado 79 79 158 +14
T 7 Amanda Garrett W New Mex. 76 83 159 +15
T 7 Jessica Allee Mesa State 82 77 159 +15
T 7 Kim Cammer W New Mex. 81 78 159 +15
T 7 Tanis Hastmann NE-Omaha 85 74 159 +15

Complete results for the tournament can be found at Golfstat.com.

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