Women's golf team plays solid round at El Prado in OEC match

Women's golf team plays solid round at El Prado in OEC match

Irvine Valley's women's golf team finished third in the latest Orange Empire Conference match, which was held on Wednesday at El Prado in Chino.

The match was hosted by conference-leading Mt. San Antonio.

Mt. SAC won the match and earned an 8-0 record with a team score of 322.

The Mounties edged College of the Desert, which finished second three shots back at 325.

Irvine Valley came in third with a score of 339 to beat out fourth-place Palomar (341) and fifth-place Orange Coast (343).

IVC was paced by sophomore Rebecca Peng, who shot a 7 over par 79.

Sophomore Hyerin Kim came in at 83, sophomore Stuti Mandal finished at 84 and sophomore Liliana Gutierrez carded a 93 to round out the Lasers' scorers.

College of the Desert's Fumika Matsumoto was the medalist on the day with a 3 under par score of 69.

Peng finished fourth individually.

Mt. SAC improved its lead in the conference standings with the victory. The Mounties' record moved to 61-3 overall. College of the Desert remained in second and has a record of 53-11.

Irvine Valley is in third with a record of 49-15. Next is Palomar with a record of 37-27.

IVC plays again on Monday, Oct. 19 in a conference match at Sun Lakes in Banning.