Stephanie Farouze, Corina Garcia and Lauren Calvin placed 9th, 10th and 12th on Monday, leading SBCC to second place in WSC women's golf tournament No. 3 at Kern River GC in Bakersfield.
It was the fourth straight runner-up finish for the Vaqueros.
Farouze shot 81, Garcia 82 and Calvin 84. Canyons claimed the top two individual spots with Haruka Koda firing a 3-under 70 and Jessie Lin shooting 71.
The Cougars shot a red-hot 293 (73.3 avg.) with five players between 70 and 78. The Vaqueros were 42 shots back at 335, followed by Bakersfield (343) and Citrus (376) in the six-team tourney.
Canyons has won all three WSC tourneys and leads the standings at 15-0. SBCC is second at 12-3 and Bakersfield is third (9-6).
Santa Barbara will host the North-South Invitational on Sunday and Monday at Morro Bay GC. Morro Bay will be the site of the State Championships on Nov. 11-12. The Vaqueros have finished first, second and third in the state the last three years (2015-17).
WSC No. 3
At par-73 Kern River GC
Final scores
Team -- 1, Canyons 293. 2, SBCC 335. 3, Bakersfield 343. 4, Citrus 376. 5, Moorpark 393. 6, Antelope Valley 458.
Medalist -- 1, Haruka Koda, Canyons, 70. 2, Jessie Lin, Canyons, 71. 3, Sydney Crawley, Bakersfield, 75.
SBCC scores -- 9, Stephanie Farouze 81. 10 (tie), Corina Garcia 82. 12, Lauren Calvin 84. Alexa Bleth 88, Kayla Karst 94, Juliet Parsons 96.
WSC standings -- 1, Canyons 15-0. 2, SBCC 12-3. 3, Bakersfield 9-6. 4, Citrus 5-10. 5, Moorpark 4-11. 6, Antelope Valley 0-15.
SBCC overall record -- 18-5.
