PEORIA, Ariz. – No. 22/23 Trinity University Women's Golf dropped out of its day-one tie with No. 16/17 Illinois Wesleyan University Sunday to finish fifth in the 2023 Westbrook Invitational despite improving by three shots at 304 (+20) in Sunday's round at the par-71, 5,810 Lakes Course at the Westbrook Village Golf Club.
 
The Tigers fell in line behind No. 12/10 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges (CA), No. 4/5 George Fox University (OR)—this weekend's host—No. 2/1 University of Redlands (CA) and the No. 16/17 Titans but bested No. 16/13 Bethel University (MN) and University of California-Santa Cruz—ranked 28^th in NCAA III in the latest GolfStat.com metrics.
 
Junior Kiona Hsiu (Missouri City, Texas / Elkins) finished in a tie for 10^th to lead Trinity's lineup for the weekend as she closed the event with a four-over 75. Hsiu kept a two-over pace on either side of the course, maintained by a birdie on the par-four ninth. All four of the counted cards for the Tigers were two-over or better through the front nine after taking the course on a tee-time start from the first tee box.
 
Sophomore Alejandra Sanchez De la Fuente Molino (Marbella, Spain / Atalaya) stole the show early in the morning as she logged a hole-in-one on the par-three third, one of only three eagles across the 55-player field for the tournament though all three were posted in Sunday's second round. Sanchez finished in a three-way tie for 16^th as she closed her Sunday trip with a 73—a five-shot improvement from the first round.
 
Juniors Erin Flynn (League City, Texas / Clear Falls) and Lucy Hansen (Gilbert, Ariz. / Camp Verde) rounded out Sunday's counted cards with nearly-identical 78s. Both Tigers posted the exact same scores through the final 11 holes of Sunday's round while each picked up a birdie in the first six holes. Hansen matched Sanchez's par-four birdie on the sixth while Flynn found a bird on the par-five fourth. Flynn finished tied for 24^th overall in the field while Hansen knocked off four shots from Saturday's round to finish 31^st.
 
Sanchez led the tournament as the only player to finish under par on par-threes between her one-swing effort on the third pin plus birdies on both the seventh and 12^th pins in Saturday's round.
 
Hsiu posted the second-best rate on par-fives for the event as she went two-under through six total attempts at the long holes with birdies on the fourth and 18^th in Saturday's round.
 
No. 22/23 Trinity Women's Golf shifts to the Texas Cup March 19-20, the annual event hosted by No. 8/4 University of Texas-Dallas. A visit to Georgetown, Texas April 3-4 stands between the Texas Cup and the 2023 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Championships hosted by Schreiner University in Kerrville, Texas.