RESULTS
LAUREL, Mont. – Kyla Currie and Bryden Brown earned top-three finishes at the Beartooth Invitational at the Laurel Golf Club. The non-conference tournament wrapped up on Tuesday with the No. 20 LC State men in second place and the No. 25 women in third.
Currie, who notched her second straight second-place finish, recorded two birdies on the back nine to finish with a second consecutive round of 79 to finish in a tie for second place. Brown carded 11 consecutive pars en route to his best collegiate finish. He holed in a birdie on No. 18 to take sole possession of third place.
"The weather made for some tough conditions yet again," coach Zach Anderson said. "It was hard to get in a rhythm today."
The Warrior men finished in a comfortable second place thanks to a 2-under, 70 for Kye Krall. The sophomore recorded birdies on Nos. 9, 14, 15 and 18 and finished in a tie for seventh. Alex Navarro shot a 77 in his final round to come home in a tie for 10th.
"The guys battled, but (North Idaho) played some solid golf today," Anderson said. "Happy to see some solid golf, but still work to be done. A step in the right direction for sure."
The Warrior men carded a team score of 298 to finish 14 strokes behind North Idaho, but 12 ahead of NCAA Division II Montana State-Billings.
The LC State women improved to shoot their best round of the tournament, carding a team score of 218. Deana Caruso had the best round on the team with a 4-over, 76 to finish in eighth place, with younger sister Chase Caruso finishing her final round with a 78. The Warriors finished nine strokes behind Montana State-Billings and 15 strokes behind winning No. 17 Rocky Mountain.
"The girls battled and ended up with the best team round on the day," Anderson said. "The Carusos, Deana and Chase, stepped up today."
MEN
Team scores – 1, North Idaho 289-856. 2,
LC State 298-870. 3, MSUB (A) 298-882. T4, Spokane CC 303-891. T4, Rocky Mountain (A) 300-891. 6, MSUB (B) 300-906. 7, Rocky Mountain (B) 311-921. 8, Montana Tech 318-938. 9, Carroll 331-981. 10, Providence 328-991. 11, MSU-Northern 382-1137.
Individual winner – Josh McCartain, North Idaho 68-208.
LC State – 3, Bryden Brown 74-215. T7, Kye Krall 70-218. T10, Alex Navarro 77-220. T5, Oscar Behle 79-222. T19, Juan Pablo Quisoboni 77-224.
WOMEN
Team scores – 1, Rocky Mountain (A) 326-949. 2, MSUB 322-955. 3,
LC State 318-964. 4, Montana Tech 350-1008. 5, North Idaho 344-1016. 6, Carroll 367-1069. 7, Rocky Mountain (B) 367-1108. 8, Providence 407-1246.
Individual winner – Valentina Zuleta, Rocky Mountain 71-216.
LC State – T2, Kyla Currie 79-236. 8, Deana Caruso 76-240. 12, Dallis Shockey 85-246. 13, Chase Caruso 78-249. T24 Natalia Gomez 92-260.
UP NEXT
The Warriors will be back on the course on Oct. 22-23 for the Whitman Confluence Invitational in Walla Walla, Wash., in their final event before the winter break.
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