Irvine Valley freshman Araceli Esquivel placed sixth and earned a spot on the all-state team at the CCCAA Women's Golf State Championships on Monday at the Morro Bay Golf Course.
Esquivel shot a round of 2 over par 74 on Sunday and followed that a 5 over par 77 on Monday to finish sixth with a score of 151.
Carolin Chang of Santa Barbara City and Nao Bando of Sierra finished with identical 3-under-par 69's on Monday and posted identical 36-hole, two-day totals of 141.
In a card-off used as the tiebreaker, Chang's back nine score of 3-under-par 34 earned her the individual medalist title for the second consecutive year.
But Bando earned the last laugh as Sierra came from seven strokes back to post a state championship record 294 to earn the team title. It is only the second time that a team north of Morro Bay has captured the state title (Sacramento City, 2009).
Cuyamaca finished third in the eight-team field with a score of 647 while Modesto placed fourth at 657.
Irvine Valley finished in seventh place out of eight teams overall.
The Lasers ended with a two-day score of 701. IVC placed one spot ahead of conference rival Saddleback, which was eighth at 704.
Sophomore Marisa Bhanubandh, who was the Orange Empire Conference player of the year, placed 10th individually at 155 (77 and 78).
Irvine Valley got a score of 182 (89 and 93) from freshman Akie Sannomiya and a score of 213 (109 and 104) from freshman Esther Kim.
The Lasers played without head coach Ben Burnett, who was home due to medical reasons.
Assistant coach, Ailam Newkirk, who was a former player at IVC 10 years ago, guided the squad.
"She has done an outstanding job for us," Burnett said.
