Canadian University/College Championship - Day 3

The defending UBC Thunderbirds completed their third round on a rain soaked Kingswood Park course in Fredericton, N.B with a 901 total -- 25 shots in front of the University of Victoria Vikings, although that's one shot less than yesterday's lead. In third place with a score of 992 is the University of Montreal.

In women's individual play, the TBird's Kylie Barros (73-74-76,-- 223) is tied for first place with UVic's Anne Balser (75-74-74--223). Jocelyn Alford of UBC (75-77-74-226) is alone in third.

"The greens are pretty consistent which we all found really helpful," said Barros. "The course played really great and we avoided the bad weather which was an added bonus for us, they (the greens) rolled evenly and I was able to make some good putts."

Accustomed to playing in BC's spring showers, Barros said the women are "used to the rain." In terms of their game plan for the final round they don't want to get too far ahead of themselves.

"We are just going to stick with what we've been doing by focusing on the process, taking it one hole at a time. There are some strong teams out there - hopefully we can maintain our lead."

On the men's side, 80 players finished their third round before the Championship was suspended due to darkness at 8:56 p.m. Twenty-three players have yet to finish.

With only partial scoring in for day three, the men's team division and individual competition are not complete. However, as darkness fell over Kingswood Park, Université Laval was in the lead, 10 strokes ahead of the first-round leader, the University of British Columbia, and Humber College. In the men's individual competition, University of Montreal's Philippe André Bannon is in first place, with a score of 138 for two rounds.

"The weather was a lot better this afternoon and the greens dried up a bit. The game plan is different, the ball will roll more, similar to Monday," said Bannon. "The focus is the same though. We have a plan with the team and hope to all play well - as well as the first round. For me, I will try to probably do the same [game plan], sometimes you make putts or sometimes not."

The cut Thursday will result in the top 10 teams in the men's division and the top five teams in the women's division battling it out for the national title. Individuals within 15 strokes of the lead will also tee off tomorrow for the final round.

In all, 156 male and female golfers from post-secondary institutes across Canada travelled to Fredericton, N.B., to compete for both team and individual titles at this year's event. The field is comprised of 20 men's and 10 women's teams as well as six individuals.

The team championship involves five-player teams competing over 72 holes with the top four individual scores counting towards the team total. After 54 holes, the field will be reduced to the top 10 men's and top five women's teams, as well as individuals within 15 strokes of the lead. Individual champions will also be crowned after 72 holes.

Women's Team Division
1. University of British Columbia, *297-305-299-901 +37
2. University of Victoria, *313-309-304-926 +62
3. Université de Montréal, *337-339-316-992 +128
4. University of Calgary, *340-333-339-1012 +148
5. University of Alberta, *339-337-337-1013 +149
6. University of Manitoba, *342-342-342-1026 +162
6. Queen's University, *347-343-336-1026 +162
8. Université Laval, *354-341-345-1040 +176
9. University of Toronto, *338-359-355-1052 +188
10. Humber College, *358-353-350-1061 +197

Women's Individual
1. Anne Balser, University of Victoria, *75-74-74-223 +7
1. Kylie Barros, University of British Columbia, *73-74-76-223 +7
3. Jocelyn Alford, University of British Columbia, *75-77-74-226 +10
3. Vanessa Leon, University of British Columbia, *75-76-75-226 +10
5. Megan Woodland, University of Victoria, *77-77-74-228 +12
6. Alyssa Human, University of British Columbia, *74-80-75-229 +13
6. Lindsay Manion, University of British Columbia, *76-78-75-229 +13
6. Danielle Greene, Humber College, *77-77-75-229 +13
9. Laurence Mignault, Université de Montréal, *77-83-73-233 +17
10. Alyssa Herkel, University of Victoria, *81-75-78-234 +18
11. Lauren Diederichs, University of Calgary, *74-82-79-235 +19
12. Melissa Coré, McGill University, *77-81-78-236 +20
13. Tiffany Terrier, University of Waterloo, *74-82-81-237 +21
13. Jennifer McLean, University of Alberta, *82-79-76-237 +21
15. Kate Burnett, Queen's University, *80-75-84-239 +23
16. Michaela Misener, University of Victoria, *80-83-78-241 +25
17. Alexandra Lévy, Université de Montréal, *86-81-75-242 +26
17. Anisha Chong, University of Alberta, *83-78-81-242 +26
19. Sarah Stebeleski, University of Manitoba, *81-81-84-246 +30
20. Laura Upenieks, University of Toronto, *76-87-84-247 +31
21. Casey Ward, Queen's University, *84-85-81-250 +34
22. Lindsay Stewart, University of Manitoba, *86-84-81-251 +35
23. Aryn Flette, University of Calgary, *87-81-85-253 +37
24. Hailey Ingleson, Queen's University, *88-85-81-254 +38
25. Mylène Chalifoux, École de technologie supérieure, *83-85-87-255 +39
25. Annick Groulx, Université de Montréal, *84-86-85-255 +39
27. Kristy Chew, University of Victoria, *87-85-84-256 +40
27. Virginie Boulianne, Université Laval, *85-84-87-256 +40
29. Kathryn Ross-Bell, Université Laval, *85-84-88-257 +41
30. Ashley Nantes, University of Calgary, *90-84-85-259 +43
31. Lauren Rousseau, University of Manitoba, *86-88-87-261 +45
31. Julie Foster-Brassard, Université Laval, *86-86-89-261 +45
31. Christine Ho, University of Toronto, *85-90-86-261 +45
34. Bobbi Wilson, St. Thomas University, *87-90-85-262 +46
35. Bev Peel, Humber College, *88-88-87-263 +47
36. Melissa Mah, University of Alberta, *85-92-87-264 +48
37. Jane Jhung, University of Toronto, *89-89-87-265 +49
38. Véronique Lorquet, Université Laval, *98-87-81-266 +50
39. Katie Avram, University of Calgary, *89-88-90-267 +51
40. Andréanne Chabot, Université de Montréal, *90-95-83-268 +52
41. Fany Loranger, Université de Montréal, *97-89-85-271 +55
42. Anne Thorimbert, University of Manitoba, *90-89-93-272 +56
42. Allison Seto, University of Calgary, *92-86-94-272 +56
44. Diana Kastelic, University of Alberta, *89-91-93-273 +57
45. Paulina Johnson, University of Alberta, *89-89-96-274 +58
46. Chelsea Hummelt, University of Manitoba, *89-96-90-275 +59
47. Na Eun Park, University of Toronto, *88-93-98-279 +63
48. Jessica Payne, Humber College, *96-91-96-283 +67
49. Jessica McLean, Humber College, *97-97-92-286 +70
50. Megan Zalewski, Queen's University, *100-98-90-288 +72
51. Nina Wan, Queen's University, *95-106-94-295 +79
52. Wendy Dobson, University of Toronto, *110-105-112-327 +111

DID NOT FINISH
WD. Julie Désilets, Université Laval, *+48

Starting times, post-round results and a full field list for the 2010 Canadian University/College Championship are available at www.rcga.org/championships.