Coming into the weekend with a three-shot lead, the UBC Okanagan Heat menº¦Ðß²ÝÑо¿Ëù™s team would ending up falling short in their bid for the 2017 PACWEST golf championship.
The Heat fired a solid second day total of 281 (+1) but a poor first day was too much to overcome at the final conferenceº¦Ðß²ÝÑо¿Ëù”the UFV Invittationalº¦Ðß²ÝÑо¿Ëù”at the Ledgeview Golf Club in Abbotsford last weekend.
The Fraser Valley Cascades took the conference championship with a season score of 2,317, while the Heat was second at 2,336.
UFV won the season-ending tournament with a 577 score, while the Heat was second at 599.
Individually, James Casorso finished his PACWEST career with a closing round of 68 which earned him the individual bronze medal, along with his second consecutive conference all-star award.
Along with the team silver medal, fifth-year head coach Cass Hritzuk was named the conferenceº¦Ðß²ÝÑо¿Ëù™s coach of the year, as voted on by his peers.
The second-place showing performance earns the menº¦Ðß²ÝÑо¿Ëù™s squad a spot into next weekº¦Ðß²ÝÑо¿Ëù™s 2017 PING CCAA National Championship in Oshawa, Ont.
Heat womenº¦Ðß²ÝÑо¿Ëù¦
Going wire to wire with second-place team finishes in all four tournaments, the UBC Okanagan Heat womenº¦Ðß²ÝÑо¿Ëù™s golf team captured the silver medal after the final PACWEST tournament in Abbotsford.
The womenº¦Ðß²ÝÑо¿Ëù™s squad finished second at the UFV Invitational, with UBCO duo McKenna Lesiuk and Emily Adams finishing fourth and fifth overall, individually.
The second-place finish earns the Heat squad a berth in the 2017 PING CCAA Golf National Championships at Durham College.
For the four tournaments, McKenna Lesiuk led the team with a total score of 674 to finish in fourth place overall.
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