WOLCOTT, Colo. — The Sacramento State women's golf team produced its best round of the Golfweek Red Sky Classic on Wednesday and tied for 10^th place in the 20-team field. The Hornets were led by Ella Kraft who finished the day at 1-under par and Tova Hatton and Darla May Dela Torre who were both even.
 
Sacramento State moved up three positions in the team standings and concluded the event with a team score of 294-303-289-886 to stand at 22-over. USC won the team title and set the tournament record by finishing at 45-under. The Trojans were 21-under during the third round alone and were guided by Kylie Chong and Jasmine Koo who tied for medalist honors at 13-under par.
 
Kraft started the third round with a par on the 15^th hole and then birdied the par-4 16^th. Her only bogeys of the day followed on Nos. 17 and 18 and she stayed at 1-over until a birdie on the par-5 fifth. Following eight-straight pars, Kraft birdied the par-4 14^th to get to 1-under. The senior has posted scores of par or better in four of her six rounds this season.
 
Hatton matched Kraft with three birdies during the third round on Wednesday. She birdied the par-4 13^th (her second hole) to get to 1-under and remained there until a double bogey on No. 18. A birdie on the par-4 third was immediately followed by a bogey and she returned to even three holes later with a birdie on the par-3 seventh.
 
Dela Torre opened play with five-straight pars and was never more than 1-shot over par during the round. She bogeyed No. 18, birdied the par-5 second, bogeyed No. 4 and birdied the par-3 ninth. Dela Torre and Hatton finished the tournament with identical totals of 223 to tie for 44^th place.
 
The best finish on the team belonged to freshman Sophia Lee who shot 72-75-74-221 over the three days. On Wednesday, Lee was 3-over at the midway point of her round before playing her final nine holes at 1-under with the help of birdies on the par-4 fourth and par-3 ninth to offset one bogey.
 
Sacramento State will next compete at the Golf Iconic Classic in Las Cruces, N.M., on Oct. 13-15.
 
GOLFWEEK RED SKY CLASSIC
Wolcott, Colo. | Red Sky GC
Par 72 | 6,376 Yards
 
Team Standings
1. USC 276-275-267-819
2. Pepperdine 278-286-272-836
3. LSU 274-296-275-845
4. Arizona 287-292-276-855
5. Kansas 299-299-290-274-863
6. Miami 292-298-280-870
T7. UC Irvine 291-297-290-878
T7. Northern Arizona 297-295-286-878
T7. Eastern Michigan 307-295-287-878
T10. SACRAMENTO STATE 294-303-289-886
T10. UNC Ashville 305-296-285-886
T10. Mercer 295-298-293-886
13. Charlotte 294-295-299-888
14. Boise State 292-308-292-892
15. Denver 288-305-301-894
16. New Mexico State 300-310-296-906
17. Campbell 297-315-295-907
18. Jacksonville State 312-302-299-913
19. East Tennessee State 311-307-301-919
20. Little Rock 308-313-304-925
 
Individual Top Five
T1. Kylie Chong, USC, 66-70-67-203
T1. Jasmine Koo, USC, 67-68-68-203
3. Kylee Choi, PEP, 71-69-65-205
4. Charlotte Back, ARIZ, 69-71-66-206
T5. Savannah de Bock, EMU, 71-67-69-207
T5. Francesca Liorellini, LSU, 63-72-72-207
 
Sacramento State Scores
T39. Sophia Lee 72-75-74-221
T44. Tova Hatton 71-80-72-223
T44. Darla May Dela Torre 73-78-72-223
T52. Ella Kraft 78-76-71-225
T74. Jocelyn Tseng 78-74-78-230