2019 SBCC Women's Golf News

Season
Chuck Melendez, bottom, led women's golf to four state titles in his 20 years as head coach.
  • Women's Golf
  • May 05, 2020
Melendez, Hodges to retire after 61 years of coaching

The two longest-tenured coaches in SBCC history are calling it a career with 61 combined years as teachers and head coaches.

  • May 05, 2020
Pratima Sherpa of Nepal shot 1-under 70 in her second college round and finished fourth in the CCCAA State Championships. (File photo by Ken Sciallo/Sevilla Photography)
  • Women's Golf
  • April 30, 2020
Pratima Sherpa is SBART Women's Golfer of the Year

Pratima Sherpa has seen many mountains growing up in Kathmandu, Nepal where she first learned how to play golf using a club fashioned out of a tree branch by her father.

  • April 30, 2020
Pratima birdied the last two par-5's to record her second straight 74 and finish 4th in the CCCAA State Shampionships.
  • Women's Golf
  • November 18, 2019
Sherpa fires second straight 74 to take fourth in state

Pratima Sherpa shot her second straight 74 on Monday to claim fourth in the CCCAA Women’s Golf State Championships at Morro Bay Golf Course.

  • November 18, 2019
Alexa Bleth, putting on the postcard-ready 12th hole, opened with a season-best 76 and is tied for eighth. (Photo by Rocco Constantino)
  • Women's Golf
  • November 17, 2019
Sherpa, Bleth guide Vaqueros to fourth after first round of State Championships

SBCC’s Pratima Sherpa shot 2-over 74 on Sunday and is tied for third after the first round of the 36-hole CCCAA Women’s Golf State Championships at Morro Bay Golf Course.

  • November 17, 2019
Pratima Sherpa shot 10 strokes better than Sunday's round with a final-round 77 that earned her sixth place in the Southern Cal Regional. (File photo by Ken Sciallo/Sevilla Photography)
  • Women's Golf
  • November 11, 2019
Vaqueros grab fourth and final state berth; Sherpa takes sixth

Pratima Sherpa shaved 10 strokes off her first-round score and Marie Naud was 15 shots better on Monday as SBCC finished fourth in the Southern Cal Regional women’s golf tournament at Via Verde CC in San Dimas.

  • November 11, 2019
Freshman Pratima Sherpa shot 77 and 80 to finish fourth in the 36-hole WSC Finals. She was one of five Vaqueros to make the All-WSC team. (File photo by Ken Sciallo/Sevilla Photography)
  • Women's Golf
  • October 28, 2019
Sherpa, Smith, Bleth finish 4th, 5th and 6th in WSC Finals

Pratima Sherpa, Melanie Smith and Alexa Bleth all shot 80 on Monday and placed fourth, fifth and sixth in the WSC Finals women’s golf tournament at Camarillo Springs GC.

  • October 28, 2019
Melanie Smith, a freshman from El Paso, Texas, played her first tourney in more than two months and placed fifth at 78. (File photo by Ken Sciallo/Sevilla Photography)
  • Women's Golf
  • October 27, 2019
Smith returns from long layoff and finishes 5th with 78

SBCC’s Pratima Sherpa made the top four in her ninth straight WSC tournament on Monday and teammate Melanie Smith played her second round of the year and finished fifth in WSC No. 9 at Camarillo Springs GC.

  • October 27, 2019
Alexa Bleth, a sophomore from Novato, shot 84 to place fifth. She's finished between fourth and sixth in the last five WSC tourneys. (File photo by Ken Sciallo/Sevilla Photography)
  • Women's Golf
  • October 21, 2019
Sherpa, Bleth grab 2nd and 5th in WSC No. 8

Pratima Sherpa tied for second and Alexa Bleth took fifth in WSC No. 8 on Monday at Sand Canyon CC in Santa Clarita.

  • October 21, 2019
Marie Naud lowered her season-best for the second time in three days with an 83 that earned her sixth place. (File photo by Ken Sciallo/Sevilla Photography)
  • Women's Golf
  • October 16, 2019
SBCC shoots 2nd-best score, falls 3 strokes shy of Canyons

SBCC turned in its second-best score of the season on Wednesday but still came up a couple of shots short in its quest to dethrone Canyons from the top spot.

  • October 16, 2019
Pratima Sherpa, a freshman from Nepal, won her first WSC tournament with an even-par 72 at San Dimas Canyon. (File photo by Ken Sciallo/Sevilla Photography)
  • Women's Golf
  • October 14, 2019
Sherpa fires 72 to claim first medalist honor at WSC No. 6

Pratima Sherpa fired an even-par 72 on Monday to take home medalist honors in WSC No. 6 at San Dimas Canyon GC.

  • October 14, 2019
Honey Lawrie, a freshman from Ontario, Canada, shot a season-low 86 to finish sixth. (File photo by Ken Sciallo/Sevilla Photography)
  • Women's Golf
  • October 09, 2019
Vaqueros take three of top six spots in WSC No. 5

Pratima Sherpa shot 80 and Alexa Bleth carded an 84 on Monday, leading SBCC to second place in WSC No. 5 at Rio Bravo CC in Bakersfield.

  • October 09, 2019
Freshman Paris White shot her second-best score of the year (85) and finished seventh in WSC No. 4. (File photo by Ken Sciallo/Sevilla Photography)
  • Women's Golf
  • September 30, 2019
Vaqueros are second; Sherpa is third in WSC No. 4

Pratima Sherpa shot a 6-over 79 on Monday to tie for third in WSC No. 4 at Antelope Valley Country Club in Palmdale.

  • September 30, 2019
Pratima Sherpa put in extra time on the putting green on Sunday afternoon and it paid off as she turned in the second-best score on Monday with a 3-over 75. (File photo by Ken Sciallo/Sevilla Photography)
  • Women's Golf
  • September 23, 2019
Sherpa grabs fifth in North-South Invitational

Pratima Sherpa fired the second-best round of the day with a 3-over 75 on Monday and finished fifth in the North-South Invitational women's golf tournament at Morro Bay GC.

  • September 23, 2019
Alexa Bleth, a sophomore from Novato, shot in the 70s for the first time this year and is tied for fourth at 78, (File photo by Ken Sciallo/Sevilla Photography)
  • Women's Golf
  • September 22, 2019
Bleth tied for fourth in North-South Invitational

Alexa Bleth shot a season-best 78 on Sunday and is tied for fourth after the first round of the North-South Invitational women’s golf tournament at Morro Bay GC.

  • September 22, 2019
Honey Lawrie, a freshman from Ontario, Canada, shot a season-low 87 and placed sixth in WSC No. 3. (Photo by Ken Sciallo/Sevilla Photography)
  • Women's Golf
  • September 09, 2019
Vaqueros are second for third straight WSC tourney

SBCC took second in a WSC tourney for the third straight time on Monday at the Santa Barbara Golf Club.

  • September 09, 2019
Pratima Sherpa shot 78 and 74 for a 6-over-par 152. She tied for third in a field of 44 golfers. (File photo by Ken Sciallo/Sevilla Photography)
  • Women's Golf
  • August 31, 2019
Sherpa takes third in Desert Classic; Vaqueros are fourth

Pratima Sherpa fired a 2-over 74 on Saturday to earn a share of third place in the Desert Classic at Tahquitz Creek GC in Palm Springs.

  • August 31, 2019