PUEBLO, Colo. – The MSU Denver women's golf team tied the third-best one-round score in program history and defeated three of the four nationally-ranked teams in the field while finishing fourth overall at the Pack Classic completed Monday.
 
Led by 1-over-par 73s from both Vaijayanti Bharkhada and Winnie Shaw, MSU Denver followed up its first-round score of 17-over 305 with a 13-over 301 on Monday, finishing the tournament at 30-over 606. Monday's 301 is three strokes off the program record, while the 606 is also the third-best two-round tournament at MSU Denver.
 
"I'm really happy for the girls and how they played this week," MSU Denver coach Stef Ferguson said. "We beat three nationally-ranked teams and had nine scores in the 70s."
 
The Roadrunners finished eight strokes behind 43^rd-ranked Colorado Christian, the tournament winner, while finishing ahead of 31^st-ranked Western Washington, 46^th-ranked Simon Fraser (B.C.) and 50^th-ranked Sonoma State (Calif.).
 
Bharkhada birdied her first and last hole of the day and had only three bogeys in between for her 73 on the 6,000-yard, par-72 Walking Stick Golf Course. She finished the tournament tied for sixth overall at 4-over 148 after shooting a 75 on Sunday.
 
Shaw bogeyed her first hole, then recorded 13 straight pars before playing her final four holes at even par, with one birdie and one bogey. Shaw finished tied for 19^th at 8-over 152 after shooting 79 on Sunday.
 
"V had an awesome top-10 finish and Winnie had a top 20, which was great," Ferguson said. "They are moving in the right direction and are so close to really having a solid finish."
 
Also for the Roadrunners, Sydney Eye recorded an eagle-3 on the par-5 15^th hole while shooting 4-over and finished tied for 27^th at 78-76-154.
 
Mackenzie Carpenter tied for 35^th at 156, and Isabel Botero tied for 40^th at 157.