DOVE CANYON, Calif. - The Northern Colorado women's golf team finished their third tournament of the spring this week in Irvine, Calif.  The Bears steadily moved up each round in the tournament finishing in 11^th place with an overall score of 988 (336, 335, 317).

Leading the Bears throughout the tournament was senior Heather Daviner.  Daviner shot the most consistent three rounds carding an 80 in the first two rounds and an 81 in the third.  The senior finished the tournament tied in 41^st carding an overall score of 241.

Next in the rankings for the Bears was freshman Chelsea Silvers who finished with an overall score of 249 and tied for 55^th place.  Silvers shot an 84 in the first round and after slipping to an 86 in the second she was able to bounce back and finish strong in the third with a score of 79.

Redshirt senior Katie Avery improved her play dramatically throughout the tournament.  After carding a 90 in the first round, Avery improved to an 84 in the second round and only got better from there.  Avery shot a 77 in the third round improving 13 strokes from the first round.  Avery finished tied for 60^th tallying an overall score of 251.  Not far behind was sophomore Abby McNeley who finished tied for 66^th with an overall score of 253 (82, 88, 83).

Another Bear who saw tremendous improvement throughout the tournament was freshman Ali Nelson.  Nelson carded a 90 in round one and improved five strokes each round after.  The freshman would finish the tournament in 68^th with an overall score of 255 (90, 85, 80).

Long Beach State won the team title with a final score of 891 (302, 300, 289).  The individual winner of the tournament was UC Davis's Chelsea Stelzmiller who carded a 221 (72, 69, 71).

The Bears will next travel to Chandler, Ariz. on April 6-7 to compete in the Cowgirl Classic hosted by the University of Wyoming.