2025 PacWest Champions Biola!! (photo by Ron Smith)
2025 PacWest Champions Biola!! (photo by Ron Smith)

Women's Golf

Biola Cruises to Third Title

The Eagles roll to their third title in last four years to earn the PacWest's automatic bid into the NCAA tournament.

NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev.--The Biola University Eagles cruised to their third Pacific West Conference Women's Golf Championship title in the last four years, but that is only part of the story. 

One day after setting a PacWest record for the lowest team 18-hole score (-4), the Eagles flirted with California Baptist's three-round record of +11 before settling in at +16.

All of this came in Biola's final PacWest women's golf tournament, as the program will be discontiued at the end of the season. But first, the Eagles will go to the NCAA West Region Championships, May 5-7, in Amarillo, Texas. 

Biola sophomore Karis Haltom picked a great time to win her first collegiate tournament. One day after recording a 68 to climb up the leaderboard, Haltom shot a 73 today for a final tally of +2 to win the tournament by one stroke. 

The final medalist count wasn't for sure until the final hole while Haltom waited patiently. There ended up being a three-way tie for second, just one shot back at +3 between Lily Landt (Hawaii Pacific), Meritxell Illamola (Academy of Art) and Ellexis Mingming (Dominican). 

Tied for fifth place at +4 was Hannah Camara (Westmont) and Sehlai Purcell (Vanguard). Rounding out the top 10 was Rachel Shaw (Biola) +7, Rori Fanning (Menlo) at +8, Theresa Shaw (Biola) +7, and Holly Obermuller (Menlo) / Claire Shubin (Biola) at +8. 

In the team score, Hawaii Pacific (+36) finished comfortably in second place, followed by Academy of Art (+44) and Dominican (+51).. The Sharks and Urban Knights will await word from the NCAA as to whether their season will continue or not into next month's regional tournament. 

In fifth place was Westmont (+57), in sixth was Vanguard (+70), followed by Jessup (+71), Menlo (+73), Point Loma (+81) and Hawaii Hilo (+112). 

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