SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – The Jessup women's golf team wrapped up the Westmont Invitational on Tuesday at Sandpiper Golf Club, finishing eighth in a nine-team field with a two-round total of 659 (326-333). Host Westmont won the title at 600, and Jessup finished four strokes ahead of Occidental (663) in the par-73, 5,904-yard layout.

Senior Julianne Canda paced the Warriors, finishing T26 overall at 157 (+11) after rounds of 79 and 78. Her second-round 78 was the lowest score on the team that day and a one-stroke improvement from Monday. Natalie Ang placed T37 at 165 (+19), opening with a 79 that matched Canda for the team's best first-round score before shooting 86 in the second round. Ally Bettencourt took 42nd at 170 (+24), cutting two strokes from her opening round with an 86 and 84. Isabella Dowd placed 49th at 175 (+29) and made the biggest jump of any Jessup player, going from a 90 in round one to an 85 in round two. Pippa Cooper finished 48th at 174 (+28), carding an 82 in round one, the third-best score on the team in the opening round, before a 92 in round two.

Competing as an individual, Callie McLoughlin finished 29th at 159 (+13) with rounds of 80 and 79. She was just two strokes behind Canda for the best total among Jessup's entrants.

As a team, Jessup counted a 326 in round one, which placed eighth, with Canda and Ang each shooting 79 and Bettencourt and Cooper contributing 86 and 82. The Warriors' 333 in round two was the team's highest score of the event, as Occidental turned in a 320 to close the gap. Still, Jessup held on for eighth, finishing 26 strokes behind seventh-place Dominican (CA), at 633.

At the top of the leaderboard, Westmont's Ashley Chang took medalist honors at 140 (-6) with rounds of 68 and 72. Hawaii-Hilo finished second as a team (613), followed by CSU East Bay (615), Menlo (617) and Point Loma (620).

The Warriors return to action Oct. 26-27 at the East Bay Fall Invitational, hosted by Cal State East Bay at Stonebrae Country Club in Hayward, Calif. The field is expected to include several teams from this week's event, among them CSU East Bay, which finished third at Westmont with a 615.  
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