Vaqueros finish second for fourth straight time

Stephanie Farouze, Corina Garcia and Lauren Calvin placed 9th, 10th and 12th on Monday, leading SBCC to second place in WSC women's golf tournament No. 3 at Kern River GC in Bakersfield.

It was the fourth straight runner-up finish for the Vaqueros.

Farouze shot 81, Garcia 82 and Calvin 84. Canyons claimed the top two individual spots with Haruka Koda firing a 3-under 70 and Jessie Lin shooting 71.

The Cougars shot a red-hot 293 (73.3 avg.) with five players between 70 and 78. The Vaqueros were 42 shots back at 335, followed by Bakersfield (343) and Citrus (376) in the six-team tourney.

Canyons has won all three WSC tourneys and leads the standings at 15-0. SBCC is second at 12-3 and Bakersfield is third (9-6).

Santa Barbara will host the North-South Invitational on Sunday and Monday at Morro Bay GC. Morro Bay will be the site of the State Championships on Nov. 11-12. The Vaqueros have finished first, second and third in the state the last three years (2015-17).

WSC No. 3
At par-73 Kern River GC
Final scores
 Team -- 1, Canyons 293. 2, SBCC 335. 3, Bakersfield 343. 4, Citrus 376. 5, Moorpark 393. 6, Antelope Valley 458.
 Medalist -- 1, Haruka Koda, Canyons, 70. 2, Jessie Lin, Canyons, 71. 3, Sydney Crawley, Bakersfield, 75.
 SBCC scores -- 9, Stephanie Farouze 81. 10 (tie), Corina Garcia 82. 12, Lauren Calvin 84. Alexa Bleth 88, Kayla Karst 94, Juliet Parsons 96.
 WSC standings -- 1, Canyons 15-0. 2, SBCC 12-3. 3, Bakersfield 9-6. 4, Citrus 5-10. 5, Moorpark 4-11. 6, Antelope Valley 0-15.
 SBCC overall record -- 18-5.