CARMEL, Calif. – Cal Lutheran women's golf traveled up to northern California to compete in the RCA Electric Invitational hosted by Menlo at the par-71 Quail Lodge Golf Course in Carmel. In the two-day, three round tournament, the Regals finished in third as a team behind two top-10 finishes from Maya Dela Rama (T-6th) and Caroline Morris (8th).

Teeing off for Cal Lutheran were Dela Rama, Morris, Kaylie Hesse, Anna Poulin, and Brooke Alderson. Lily Stern joined them as an individual. The first day of action saw the golfers begin with a shotgun start at 9:00am Monday morning.

Dela Rama (H5) recorded a birdie on the par-3 hole 8 before enduring a tough stretch. She dug herself out with two birdies and five pars over her final seven holes to end the round at +2. Morris (H7) caught fire early, birdying two of her first three holes. She later added another birdie on the par-4 hole 3, and she finished at +4. Hesse (H5) knocked in seven consecutive pars from holes 6-12 and sunk a birdie on the par-4 hole 18 en route to a +7 round. Poulin (H6) managed a birdie on the 463-yard, par-5 hole 1 and finished at +11. Alderson (H7) shot +21 with eight pars, and Stern (H7) shot +16 with six pars.

As a team, the Regals ended the opening round in 3rd place at +24. Dela Rama was T-5th, while Morris was T-8th.

Round 2 was another shotgun start later in the day at 2:00pm.

Morris (H7) knocked in three birdies and led the Regals at +4. Poulin (H6) remained consistent with one birdie on the par-4 hole 3, slightly improving with a round of +10. Dela Rama (H5) dropped in a birdie on hole 1 and finished at +11. Hesse (H5) managed a birdie near the end of her round on hole 3 as she etched a +13 in her scorecard. Alderson (H7) improved, shooting +14 in the second round with a birdie on hole 1. Stern's (H7) eight pars led her to a +15.

Despite the +38 as a team, the Regals still sat in 3rd place entering the final round. Morris ended Round 2 in the top-5 at +8 through 36 holes.

The final round teed off as another shotgun start at 9:00am the following morning.

Dela Rama (H1) shot the best round of any Cal Lutheran player throughout the tournament, starting with a birdie out of the gate followed by six consecutive pars. She birdied the par-5 hole 9 to finish -1 in the front-nine. She would end the round at +1. Morris (H1) dropped in a birdie on the par-5 hole 14 and ended with a +8. Poulin (H3) sunk a birdie on the par-3 hole 17 en route to a +9 round. Hesse (H2) collected a birdie on the par-4 hole 11, finishing at +14. Alderson (H4) racked up two birdies on holes 13 and 15 to end with a score of +20. Stern (H7) contributed five pars and shot +14.

The Regals finished with the second-lowest score of Round 3 at +32, but it wasn't enough to lift them up a rung on the scoreboard, as they finished in 3rd place at +94 as a team through three rounds.

Dela Rama finished T-6th at +14 and Morris ended right behind her in 8th at +16.

Cal Lutheran will next compete at the Golfweek Classic in Destin, Florida from October 12-14.