Carpinteria struggles against strong La Reina squad

Carpinteria’s girls golf team ran into a skilled La Reina squad on a tough Rustic Canyon course and suffered a lopsided loss in Tri-Valley League match on Tuesday.

The homestanding Regents won 234-321.

“La Reina was very skilled on their home course and it was our first time to see Rustic Canyon, as last year’s match there was cancelled due to fires,” Carpinteria coach Chris Gahan said. “The greens were very difficult as they were extremely fast and hard breaking.”

Maggie Sharpe, Lauren Taira and Zoey Luna posted the low scores for Carpinteria with 59s. The match medalist was La Reina’s JoJo Style with a 42.

Carpinteria falls to 1-2 in league and overall. La Reina is 5-2, 3-0.

La Reina 234, Carpinteria 321.

At Rustic Canyon GC, Moorpark

Medalist—JoJo Style, LR, 42

Carpinteria scores—Maggie Sharpe 59, Zoey Luna 59, Lauren Taira 59, Christine Saito 68, Seanna Moens 76, Luz Gutierrez 78.

La Reina—Celia Sacks 48, Mary Pfaff 48, Carly Talnaker 49, Krista McPherson 50, Kirsten Mosesson 55