Jessica Hall became the first Bulldog since 2014 to win as individual champion at the Fresno State Classic Tournament.

Hall became the third Bulldog in history to medal at Fresno State’s home tournament, which was held last week. She now joins Taylor Siebert who medaled in 2008 and Madchen Ly who medaled in 2014. 

She entered the third round of the tournament leading the field at first place, but the pressure was put on Hall in the final 18 holes as Hawaii’s Momo Sugiyama responded with a late push. 

Despite the pressure at the end, Hall remained calm and kept her spot in first place with a strong showing in the back nine, securing an even par shot on hole 18 for the win. 

She led the field of 87 with a 6-under-par 210 (70-70-70). This first career tournament win comes hand-in-hand with her second-lowest tournament score of her career.

The Fresno State team finished third place overall for the Fresno State Classic, Hawaii taking the first place team win. The Bulldogs improved significantly in this tournament compared to their last tournament, shooting 19-over-par with a 883 (293-294-296).

Other Bulldogs also performed well at the tournament, notably freshman Yu Shang who finished second for the ‘Dogs, placing 18th with a 6-over-par 222 (76-72-74). 

Jinyoung Yun tied for 30th with a 8-over-par 224 (72-78-74). Harriet Lynch and Morgan Polley tied for 48th with a 229. Lynch finished with scores of 79-74-79 and Polley who competed had an individual shot scores of 80-74-75. 

The Bulldogs travel to their first out of state tournament with the Chambers Bay Invitational on April 11-12. This will be their final regular season tournament before the Bulldogs prep for the Mountain West Championship on April 18-20.­