It was close but no cigar for Simon Fraser University golfers at last week’s regional competitions.
In Texas, the SFU women’s team witnessed Coquit-lam native Jaya Rampuri miss a berth to the NCAA championships by a single shot, finishing the Div. 2 West Super Regional among the top 12 golfers at the Wichita Falls Country Club.
With the top-three individuals outside of the qualifying teams advancing, Rampuri’s three-round score of 227 fell one shot shy of a berth.
Rampuri and teammate Emily Leung were inside the top 10 entering the final nine holes, but three tough holes were enough to knock them out of contention. Tied for seventh overall, the wheels began to fall off when Rampuri shot a double-bogey, finishing the day at 2-over par 74. It left her 12th overall after beginning the three-day tourney with rounds of 80 and 73.
Leung, meanwhile, racked up three straight bogeys to fall to 16th overall.
On the men’s side, SFU junior Chris Crisologo finish tied for 11th place at the Brookside Country Club in Stockton, Calif., at the NCAA Div. 2 West/South Central Super Regionals.
He missed a spot at the national championships by five strokes.
Crisologo, voted the Great Northwest Athletic Conference’s golfer of the year, closed out the tourney with a 2-under par 70, shooting four birdies on the back nine.
He was the program’s lone representative, having qualified as an individual.
