VALLEJO, Calif. --- The 54-hole NAIA West Championship tournament came to a close on Wednesday afternoon, and it was a great day all around as all but two of the eight teams saw drops from their second-round scoring.
 
The Eagles were one of the more improved teams as they cut down from a 352 in round two to a 329 in round three. The 329 was their tournament-best tally and helped them finish the tournament securely in second place.
 
Head Coach Jane Carr's team finished with a 1,028 (347-352-329 | +164). That three-round total was nearly 100 strokes better than the third-place team and helped BU finish only behind the tournament champion, Embry-Riddle.
 
The second-place finish matches the Eagles' overall finish at its 2015 and 2016 end-of-season tournaments. This tournament featured three teams from the Golden State Athletic Conference and five teams from the CalPac Conference.
 
Alexis Gopfert was the highlight of the final day of competition, and the tournament as a whole, for Biola. The freshman shot a career-best 73 to record the lowest individual tally of the entire competition. Even the tournament winner couldn't get as low as a 73 this week, shooting a 77, 78 and 74. For the tournament Gopfert shot a +28 (84-87-73) to earn a fifth-place individual finish.
 
Biola had three women finish inside of the top-10 on the individual leaderboard. Behind Gopfert was Tori Roeske, who finished up her freshman year strong with an eighth-place finish. She also shot her best round of the tournament on Wednesday, carding an 83. Roeske was in the 80s for all three rounds, finishing with a total of +41 (86-88-83).
 
The other Eagle inside of the top-10 was Mary Karnazes. The sophomore actually had her best round of the competition in the first round (86), however she was one of the most consistent players in the tournament with all three rounds coming within three strokes of one another. Her 86-89-89 score line helped her finish with a +48.
 
The final Eagles to turn up on the leaderboard came in at 14^th and 17^th as Jenny Zhang and Amanda Hobbs rounded out the scorers. Hobbs was playing in her final collegiate tournament and finished up by dipping into the 80s for the first time during the final round. She was 17^th overall with a +59. Zhang bounced back quite nicely from a tough first round to shoot 88 and 84 over the final two days of play to work her way up into the top half of the field.
 
The Eagles' season comes to a close as they came one spot shy of qualifying for the NAIA National Tournament. The next time you'll see this team on the links they will be NCAA Division II members competing in the PacWest Conference.