Maricopa, Ariz. – The Eastern Washington University women's golf team finished the Cowgirl Classic today in 18^th place after shooting 934 (309, 316, 309) strokes at the Ak-Chin Southern Dunes Golf Club in Maricopa, Ariz. The Eagles finished ahead of four Big Sky Conference programs in Northern Colorado, Montana, Portland State and Montana State.  
 
"We saw some good scores today from Kami Twining and Jaelin Ishikawa, and posted a decent team score," said head coach Brenda Howe. "It was great to beat some conference schools ranked ahead of us, and that should add some confidence as we get closer to the conference tournament."
 
The Eagles shot seven strokes behind 17^th place tournament host Wyoming (927). Jaelin Ishikawa and Kami Twining both hit their best score of the tournament in the final round shooting a 74. Additionally, EWU beat out UNC and PSU, both of which were ranked higher in this year's preseason coaches poll.
 
Santa Clara won the event shooting 880 (292, 293, 295) strokes to finish three strokes ahead of second place Long Beach State (883). Northern Arizona finished first among all Big Sky Conference schools competing with 912 (304, 305, 303), landing in 13^th place.
 
INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
 
T64      Jaelin Ishikawa (76, 82, 74) 232
T64      Carisa Padilla (79, 75, 78) 232
T69      Kami Twining (78, 81, 74) 233
T86      Meghan Singh (76, 78, 83) 237
114      Morgan Baum (86, 86, 86) 258
 
Up Next
Eastern Washington concludes the regular season next week at the Bobcat Desert Invite hosted by Montana State on April 11-12 in Goodyear, Ariz.