Sept. 18, 2010
Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invitational Results | Complete Results in PDF Format 
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Sophomore Demi Runas birdied four of her first nine holes, including three straight, on her way to a 2-under 71, helping lead UC Davis on Saturday to a fourth-place tie at the Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invitational at the University of New Mexico.
Runas tied for eighth among the 92 players, carding a 54-hole total of 1-over 220 after opening the tournament on Friday with rounds of 73 and 76. Senior Chelsea Stelzmiller also posted a strong performance, shooting 75 over the final 18 holes to tie for 11th at 2-over 221.
Sophomore Belen Hernandez tied for 29th at 226 after firing a 76, senior Alice Kim tied for 33rd while shooting a 75 on Saturday, and sophomore Amy Simanton posted a 76 to tie for 36th.
UC Davis finished with a 297 team score for the second consecutive round, tying for fourth at 892 with No. 16 Denver. Oregon, ranked 34th, finished the tournament at 5-over 881 to post a two-shot win over No. 34 Ohio State. Colorado was third, just three shots behind Oregon. The 31st-ranked Aggies finished five shots in front of No. 26 TCU which took sixth.
More than half the 17-team field is ranked among Golfweek's top 50.
Runas opened her day with a birdie on her first hole - the par-4, 4th - and then had five straight pars before stringing consecutive birdies on the 10th through 12th holes. That got her to 4-under before she eventually came back closer to par and finished two shots in the red.
Stelzmilller got to 2-under quickly in her final round before moving to 2-over later and then finishing with six straight pars. Hernandez netitor.com/javascript/wysiwyg/tiny_mce/themes/advanced/langs/en.js">script type="text/javascript" src="http://netitor.com/javascript/wysiwyg/tiny_mce/themes/advanced/langs/en.js"> and Simanton each had two birdies on Saturday to help highlight their final-round efforts while Kim had three.
Erica Omlid of Oregon closed her event with a 4-under 69 to post a one-shot win over Rachel Rohanna of Ohio State. Omlid had a three-round total of 8-under 211.
UC Davis returns to action on Sept. 26-28 at the Golfweek Challenge in Vail, Colo.
BRANCH LAW FIRM/DICK MCGUIRE INVITATIONAL
Albuquerque, N.M. (Univ. of New Mexico)
UNM Championship Course
Par 73, 6,187 yards
Final
TEAMS
1. Oregon, 295-297-290-881
2. Ohio State, 292-295- 296-883
3. Colorado, 302-294-288-884
T4. UC DAVIS, 298-297- 297-892
T4. Denver, 303-291-298-892
6. TCU, 301-309-287-897
7. San Diego State, 294-294-309-900
8. UNLV, 307-299-302-908
9. BYU, 307-307-298-912
10. New Mexico, 314-299-300-913
11. Northwestern, 302-307-305-914
12. Colorado State, 307-311-299-917
13. Georgia State, 315-306-297-918
14. UC Irvine, 315-314-305-934
15. Indiana, 323-308-311-942
16. Wyoming, 315-319-309-943
17. Hawaii, 328-318-319-965
INDIVIDUAL
1. Erica Omlid, Oregon, 70-72-69-211
UC DAVIS
T8. Demi Runas, 73-76- 71-220
T11. Chelsea Stelzmiller, 77-69-75-221
T29. Belen Hernandez, 74-76-76-226
T33. Alice Kim, 75-77-75-227
T36. Amy Simanton, 76-76-76-228
