Wednesday, April 17
Southern Hills Plantation Club / Brooksville, Fla.
All Day
Tulsa
vs
American Athletic Conference
Tulsa Golfers Place Second at AAC Championship; Gunnar and Kilcrease Finish 2-3
4/17/2024 4:03:00 PM | Women's Golf
BROOKSVILLE, Fla. –– SMU took the lead on the final six holes and held on for a two- stroke victory over second-place Tulsa Wednesday at the American Athletic Conference Championship. Tulsa junior Lovisa Gunnar and sophomore Grace Kilcrease placed second and third in the individual standings.
The Golden Hurricane carded a final round 281 to finish with a 19-under score of 845, while the 28th-ranked Mustangs turned in a 12-under par total in the final round to finish at 21-under par 843 to take home the team title and the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Championship.
Tulsa counted three under-par scores and one even-par tally on the final day of the championship at the par-72 Southern Hills Golf Club.
Gunnar shot 1-over par 73 today for an 8-under par 208 total to place one stroke behind medalist Daniela Abonce of UTSA. Kilcrease turned in Tulsa's best round of the day with a 4-under par 68 and climbed from 10th to third place with a final 6-under par 210 total.
She turned in six birdies and had two bogeys for the day. Kilcrease opened the day with a birdie on the par-4 first hole and was 3-under after the first nine. She bogeyed the 10th and birdied par-5 holes 12 and 16 to end the day with the second-best round of the day for any of the 60 participants.
Redshirt freshman Allyn Stephens had Tulsa's second-best day with a 2-under 70 score. After making the turn at 1-under par, it was a roller-coaster back nine for Stephens with birdie-bogey-birdie-bogey-birdie on the first five of her final nine holes. She finished with a bogey on hole 16 and birdie on the par-3 17th hole.
Stephens finished in a 10th place tie with a 2-under 214 total for the 54 holes.
Junior Sydney Seigel placed 16th and sophomore Jenni Roller 21st overall for the Hurricane. Roller had Tulsa's third under-par round of the day with a 1-under 71, while Seigel shot even-par for her final 18 holes.
South Florida, who began the day in first place by six strokes, finished in third place with a 14-under par score of 850, followed by East Carolina (866) and UTSA (871) to round out the top-five teams.
By finishing among the top-7 overall, Gunnar and Kilcrease earned all-conference honors.
The Tulsa women will wait for the announcement of NCAA Regional qualifiers on Wednesday, April 24, with the NCAA selection show scheduled for 1 p.m. (CT) on Golf Channel. Regionals then take place May 6-8, followed by the championship finals from May 17-22 in Carlsbad, California.
In regional play, six 54-hole regional competitions will be played to determine the participants in the championship finals. In each regional, 12 teams and six individuals not on those teams will compete.
2024 AAC WOMEN'S GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP
Final Team Standings
1. SMU 278-289-276=843 (-21)
2. Tulsa 283-281-281=845 (-19)
3. South Florida 281-277-292=850 (-14)
4. East Carolina 279-292-295=866 (+2)
5. UTSA 282-302-287=871 (+7)
6. North Texas 286-300-288=874 (+10)
7. Florida Atlantic 290-295-297=882 (+18)
8. Charlotte 299-295-302=896 (+32)
9. Wichita State 294-298-308=900 (+36)
10. Tulane 297-306-300=903 (+39)
11. UAB 304-305-305=914 (+50)
12. Memphis 306-308-306=920 (+56)
Tulsa Scores
2. Lovisa Gunnar 68-67-73=208 (-8)
T3. Grace Kilcrease 74-68-68=210 (-6)
T10. Allyn Stephens 73-71-70=214 (-2)
16. Sydney Seigel 70-75-72=217 (+1)
T21. Jenni Roller 72-77-71=220 (+4)
Top-5 Individuals
1. Daniela Abonce, UTSA 66-72-69=207 (-9)
2. Lovisa Gunnar, Tulsa 68-67-73=208 (-8)
T3. Grace Kilcrease, Tulsa 74-68-68=210 (-6)
T3. Melanie Green, USF 71-67-72=210 (-6)
T5. Emily Odwin, SMU 69-73-69=211 (-5)
T5. Mackenzie Lee, SMU 67-75-69=211 (-5)
T5. Ellie Szeryk, SMU 69-68-74=211 (-5)
T5. Mason Lewis, UNT 68-73-70=211 (-5)
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