Final Results

FRESNO, Calif. - The University of Hawai`i Rainbow Wahine golf team (301-302-314-917) fell to a third-placed finish at the Western Athletic Conference Championships at the Sunnyville Country Club Wednesday. Also announced at the tournament were the 2007-08 awards with Xyra Suyetsugu earning first-team all-WAC honors.

Corie Hou (72-73-79-224) was UH's top finisher, tying for fourth, individually. Suyetsugu (75-79-76-230) finished tied for 11th, followed by Lisa Kajihara (76-81-78-235), in 17th place, Phyllis Lai (78-77-81-236), tied for 18th, and Carolina Perez (84-73-83-240), tied for 28th.

Fresno State (+41) shot the best round of the tournament, at 295 in round three, to win the WAC title and earn an automatic bid to the NCAA Regional. New Mexico State (+48) finished second, followed by UH (+53), San Jose State (+56), Idaho (+59), Boise State (+69) and Nevada (+82).

Fresno State's Laura Luethke won the individual title at four-over-par. New Mexico State's Suteera Chanachai (+6) finished second, followed by NMSU's Brittany Collins (+7) and Hou, San Jose State's Cristina Corpus and Erica Moston and Idaho's Kelly Nakashima (+8), all tying for fourth.

The third-placed finish ties UH's best-ever finish at the WAC Tournament, along with their performance in last year's conference championship.

2007-08 Western Athletic Conference Awards
First Team All-WAC
Laura Luethke, Sr., Fresno State
Xyra Suyetsugu, Sr., Hawai'i
Kelly Nakashima, Sr., Idaho
Suteera Chanachai, Fr., New Mexico State
Erica Moston, Jr., San Jose State

Second Team All-WAC
Taylor Siebert, Jr., Fresno State
Amanda Jacobs, So., Idaho
Melanie DeLeon, Jr., Nevada
Katrina Delen Briones, Fr., San Jose State
Cristina Corpus, So., San Jose State

Player of the Year: Erica Moston, San Jose State
Freshman of the Year: Suteera Chanachai, New Mexico State
Coach of the Year: Angie Cates, Fresno State

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