DALLAS, Texas – Emily Shimkus posted a top-25 finish at the highly competitive West Regional Preview, hosted by Dallas Baptist University.  Shimkus finished tied for 24^th place with a 226.  As a team, the University of Colorado Colorado Springs women's golf team finished 16^th overall with a 965.  The three-round, 16-team tournament was played at the Golf Club of Dallas in Dallas, Texas. 
 
INSIDE THE WEST REGIONAL PREVIEW

• Location: Golf Club of Dallas | Dallas, Texas
• Par | Yardage: 72 | 5,997 Yards
• Place | Score: 16^th Place | 965 (328, 321, 316)

 
FROM THE TEE

• Shimkus, who started today on hole No. 12, posted a two-under par in her first seven holes behind birdies on holes 13 and 18.  She added two more birdies on holes 2 and 10 to finish the day at an even par 72.  Shimkus hit three of her four pars today on the back nine with a two-under par 34.
• Finishing within eight strokes of each other were Olivia Florence (242), Rachel Penzenstadler (251) and Kaya Kshatriya (252).
• Florence finished the tournament in a tie for 74^th place after carding an 82.  She posted her second birdie of the tournament on hole No. 9 (par 5) while adding eight pars in the final round.
• Just one stroke separated Penzenstadler (81^st place) and Kshatriya (tied-82^nd place).  For the second straight round, Penzenstadler sank two birdies after dropping them in on No. 9 and No. 13. Kshatriya hit par on her final four holes of the day to score an 87 today.
• Samantha Saile improved by nine strokes compared to yesterday's first round, shooting an 82 today to place 86^th overall with a 259.

 
TOURNAMENT LEADERS

• Host team DBU held onto their 16-team lead from Monday, besting all teams with a six-under par 858.  DBU tallied a 283 today, marking the lowest round of any team in the three-round tournament.
• Individual medalist honors went to DBU's Julia Garcia.  Garcia carded a six-under par 210, one stroke ahead of runner-up Brady Turnquist of Biola (211).

 
BEYOND THE SCORECARD

• Shimkus led the Mountain Lions for the second straight tournament.  She notched a team high 34 pars and six birdies in the three rounds. 
• Today's round of 72 by Shimkus is the lowest round recorded by a Mountain Lion this season.
• As a team, UCCS hit 130 pars and 17 birdies.
• Shimkus (72), Florence (82), Penzenstadler (80) and Saile (82) each shot their lowest round of the tournament today.
• The West Regional Preview featured four Top-25 teams: No. 1 Dallas Baptist, No. 10 West Texas A&M, No. 19 St. Mary's University, and No. 25 Oklahoma Christian University.  Seven more teams are also receiving votes in the WGCA Division II poll.

 
UP NEXT

• The Mountain Lions will play closer to home next week when they head to Pueblo Country Club Oct. 10-11 for the CSU Pueblo Farmers Insurance Invite.

 
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