GOODYEAR, Ariz.---The Biola women's golf team ended their Arizona road trip as the RJGA Palm Valley Classic Champions. The Eagles A Team won the invitational with a two-round score of 573 at the Palm Valley Golf Club.

Biola's A Team broke two school records during the invitational and defeated the six other nationally-ranked top 50 teams in attendance. This included #13 West Texas A&M, #15 UT Tyler, #32 Cal State East Bay, #35 Colorado State-Pueblo, #45 Texas A&M International and #49 Lubbock Christian.

The first school record they shattered was the Biola Women's Golf Program's lowest single round team score. The A Team's single round score of 282 at the RJGA Palm Valley Classic was six strokes better than the previous team single round best of 288.

The second was set today by the A Team who recorded the lowest two-round team tournament score in program history (573). The previous Women's Golf Program best in that category was 591 made in 2018 at NCCAA West Regional.

Biola's A Team had a five-stroke lead on the next best team at the invite, second place and nationally-ranked #13 West Texas A&M.

The Eagles A Team totaled 32 birdies throughout the two rounds. Rachel Shaw and Claire Shubin led their squad with eight apiece. Theresa Shaw had six and Melanie Reyes and Karis Haltom recorded five.

Rachel Shaw led Biola's A Team on the leaderboard. Rachel Shaw excelled in her second round, recording a personal best single round score of 3-under-par 69. Rachel Shaw improved four strokes from her first round and moved up to lead Biola's A Team at T4 overall.

"I am so incredibly proud of my team and the ways they've battled this season," stated Rachel Shaw. "This was a special week with it being our last tournament of the regular season, and I'm so happy that our whole team got to compete."

Rachel Shaw continued, "Coming into today's round, I knew we were going to have to stay grounded, play our game, and give the rest to God. That's the mantra I told myself each shot. Every single one of my teammates is an essential part to our success, so to see all our hard work pay off this week is something I will never forget. It's cool to break so many records, but what makes it even better is having such an amazing team to do it with. These girls, Coach, Gary, and Brady mean the world to me. Today held so many special moments - some tears and lots of laughs. Grateful is an understatement."

Theresa Shaw and Shubin were tied for next best on the scoreboard with two-round scorecards of 143 and T6. Theresa Shaw improved one stroke from her first round. She carded 72-par in the first round and then one-under 71 in the second.

Behind Theresa Shaw and Shubin was Reyes (T18, 146) and Haltom (T47, 152). 

Biola's B Team finished the RJGA Palm Valley Classic 17th of 22 teams with a team score of 622. BU's B Team placed ahead of PacWest Conference opponent Hawaii Hilo who finished 20th with a team score of 636.

The B Team collected 14 birdies during the two-round tournament. Hailey Hays led her team with five birdies and she was followed by Laura Ortiz who scored four, Abigale Morris who had three, and Sofia Ingle and Emily Cons had one each.

Hays also led the B Team on the leaderboard with a two-round score of 149 which tied her for 23rd overall. The Sophomore had a one stroke improvement in her second round.

Trailing Hays was Ortiz (T34, 150), Morris (T90, 159), Ingle (T102, 164) and Cons (T105, 165).

Biola competes next at the PacWest Championships in North Las Vegas, Nevada. The conference championships begin Monday, April 21st at the Aliante Golf Club.