Tulsa’s Samuelsson Places 2nd, Women Golfers 3rd at Marilynn Smith/Sunflower Invitational

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Tulsa’s Samuelsson Places 2nd, Women Golfers 3rd at Marilynn Smith/Sunflower Invitational

9/19/2017 3:59:00 PM | Women's Golf

By: photo by Scott Weaver, K-State

Manhattan, Kansas –– Tulsa junior Johanna Samuelsson turned in a career-best 2^nd-place finish at the Marilynn Smith/Sunflower Invitational in leading the Golden Hurricane women golfers to a 3^rd place performance in the second event of the fall season.

Samuelsson began the day in 4^th place and moved up two spots with her best round of the tournament, a one-under par 71. She improved each of the three rounds by one stroke each day and finished with an even-par 216 total for the 54 holes.

As a team, Tulsa had a sub-300 round for the second time this week at the par-72 Colbert Hills Golf Course, shooting 299 on Tuesday to finish with an 899 score. The Hurricane was one stroke behind second-place Kansas, while Kansas State won the event with an overall score of 881.

Tulsa junior Olivia Jackson equaled her opening round score with a 73 on Tuesday and finished the tournament in 17^th place with a total of 228.

Senior Nicole Marquardt and junior Anneke Strobach finished in a tie for 24^th place with an identical total of 230. Strobach carded a final round score of 75, while Marquardt finished with a round of 80. Freshman Randi Romack placed 40^th overall with a total of 237.

Sophomore Taylor Dobson, playing the event as an individual, finished in 30^th place with a score of 233.

Tulsa will be back in action later this week at The Schooner Fall Classic, Saturday-Monday, Sept. 23-25, in Norman, Oklahoma.

Team Results
1.        Kansas State                287-296-298=881
2.        Kansas 307-292-299=898
3.        Tulsa    299-301-299=899
4.        Rutgers 309-287-308=904
5.        North Texas 303-302-301=906
6.        Arkansas State             306-299-303=908
7.        Little Rock 309-309-300=918
8.        Central Arkansas          316-308-308=932
9.        Georgia Southern 310-319-322=951

Tulsa Individuals
2.        Johanna Samuelsson     73-72-71=216
T17.    Olivia Jackson 73-82-73=228
T24.    Anneke Strobach 79-76-75=230
T24.    Nicole Marquardt 76-74-80=230
T30.    Taylor Dobson** 76-76-81=233
T40.    Randi Romack 77-79-81=237

**played as an individual

Top-5 Individuals
1.     Connie Jaffrey, Kansas State 66-72-72=210 (-6)
2.     Johanna Samuelsson, Tulsa 73-72-71=216 (E)
3.     Chloe Weir, Kansas State                       71-71-76=218 (+2)
4.     Ashleigh Greenham, Rutgers 78-66-75=219 (+3)
T5.   Sabrina Bonanno, Little Rock                 77-70-74=221 (+5)
T5.   Lizzie Winyarat, Kansas                         76-73-72=221 (+5)
T5.   Reid Isaac, Kansas State 72-77-72=221 (+5)