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Freshman Lorena Tseng Wins Title at the Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown Leading Tulsa to Second Place Finish
10/23/2018 5:10:00 PM | Women's Golf
LAS VEGAS, Nev. –Tulsa freshman golfer Lorena Tseng won individual medalist honors Tuesday at the Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown, leading the Golden Hurricane women to a second-place team finish at the par-72 Boulder Creek Golf Club.
Tseng finished with a 7-under par round of 65 today for a 54-hole total of 13-under par 203, giving her a fourth straight top-10 performance in her first collegiate season and her first collegiate victory. Tseng had eight birdie putts on the day, going 5-under on the front nine and was 8 under going into the 18th hole, but had her only bogey of the round to finish at 7-under.
As a team, the Hurricane turned in a 6-under par 280 today and finished with a 22-under par score of 842, falling four shots shy of team champion Oregon State.
Tulsa senior Olivia Jackson placed 6th overall with a score of 8-under 208 after today's 3-under par score of 69. Sophomore Taylor Dobson placed 31st with a total of 2-over par 218, while freshman ShaeLee Scarberry had Tulsa's third best round of the day with a 1-over par 73 to finish at 4-over par 220.
Senior Johanna Samuelsson finished in 47th place with a total score of 222 after a round of 78 today.
In four fall tournaments the Hurricane has finished among the top-5 three times with first, second and fifth-place finishes.
Tulsa will close out the fall season at the Battle at the Beach in San Jose Del Cabo, Mexico, Nov. 2-4.
Team Results
1. Oregon State 280-278-280=838
2. Tulsa 284-276-282=842
3. Augusta 286-279-281=846
4. Long Beach State 284-285-287=856
5. Idaho 286-284-287=857
6. UNLV 290-290-283=863
7. Fresno State 291-292-281=864
8. Colorado State 291-285-290=866
9. Nevada 292-292-290=874
10. Nebraska 290-294-291=875
11. San Francisco 288-300-289=877
12. Northern Arizona 296-295-294=885
13. Minnesota 299-297-291=887
14. Portland State 299-296-296=891
15. UC Riverside 296-294-303=893
T16. UC Irvine 305-295-295=895
T16. Oral Roberts 297-292-306=895
Tulsa Individuals
1. Lorena Tseng 69-69-65=203 (-13)
6. Olivia Jackson 66-73-69=208 (-8)
T31. Taylor Dobson 74-69-75=218 (+2)
T43. ShaeLee Scarberry 78-69-73=220 (+4)
T47. Johanna Samuelsson 75-69-78=222 (+6)
Top-5 Individuals
1. Lorena Tseng, Tulsa 69-69-65=203 (-13)
2. Brigitte Thibault, Fresno State 69-70-66=205 (-11)
T3. Ellie Slama, Oregon State 67-68-71=206 (-10)
T3. Charlotte Alran, Augusta 75-66-65=206 (-10)
5. Sophie Hausmann, Idaho 72-69-66=207 (-9)
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