Tulsa Golfers Finish 3rd at the Marilynn Smith Sunflower Invitational

Monday, September 16

Manhattan, Kan.

Tulsa

Marilynn Smith/Sunflower Invitational

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Tulsa Golfers Finish 3rd at the Marilynn Smith Sunflower Invitational

9/16/2019 5:50:00 PM | Women's Golf

MANHATTAN, Kan. –– The Tulsa women's golf team finished in third place at the Marilynn Smith Sunflower Invitational today. The Golden Hurricane carded its best round of the tournament with a 292 for a 54-hole score of 887, just six strokes back of host and team champion Kansas State.

Individually, Tulsa had three golfers place among the top-15 at the par-72 Colbert Hills Country Club course. Sophomore Lorena Tseng turned in her second top-10 performance in just two events for the Hurricane, as she finished in 9^th place with a one-under par 71 on Monday for a 4-over par total of 220. The finish was also Tseng's 9^th career top-10 performance in 13 collegiate events.

Junior Taylor Dobson and freshman Alex Christenson placed in a 13^th-place tie as Christeson tied Tseng for the best round of the day for the Hurricane with a 71, while Dobson carded a 74. They both finished with scores of 8-over par 224.

Junior Haley Greb finished in 24^th place with a 228 score, while freshman Lilly Thomas turned in a 46^th place finish with a total of 236.

Sophomore Jasmine Zhang, playing as an individual, finished in 21^st place after turning in a 3-round score of 227.

Tulsa will be back in action at the Furman Lady Paladin Invitational, Sept. 27-29, in Greenville, South Carolina.

TEAM SCORES
1.     Kansas State 295-293-293=881
2. North Texas 306-284-295=885
3.    Tulsa 297-298-292=887
T4.      New Mexico State   294-300-299=893
T4.      Kansas                    311-294-288=893
6.        Rutgers                   304-305-299=908
7.        Texas State             318-298-294=910
8.        Central Arkansas     317-308-304=929
9.        Florida Gulf Coast    320-306-315=941
10.      UMKC 324-315-308=947
11.      UT Arlington 316-308-324=948

TULSA INDIVIDUALS
9.           Lorena Tseng                73-76-71=220
T13.       Taylor Dobson 75-75-74=224
T13.       Alex Christeson             74-79-71=224
T24.       Haley Greb 75-75-78=228
T47.       Lilly Thomas                  88-72-76=236

T21.       Jasmine Zhang*            76-76-75=227

TOP-5 INDIVIDUALS
1.           Niamh McSherry, KSU               70-71-70=211 (-5)
2.           Dominique Galloway, NMSU      71-73-71=215 (-1)
3.          Reid Isaac, KSU 71-74-71=216 (E)
T4.        Sean Yi Yip, Texas State 76-70-72=218 (+2)
T4.        Patricia Sinolungan, UNT 76-68-74=218 (+2)