Cowgirls finish tied for 11th in Regional Challenge

PALOS VERDES, Calif. – The Oklahoma State women’s golf team jumped one spot up to 11th place with an 11-over 295 in the final round of the Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge. The No. 18 ranked Cowgirls took on 11 other teams ranked in the top 30, and finished with a 33-over 885.

Chih-Min Chen climbed 23 spots up the leaderboard with a 2-over 73 in the final round. The reining Big 12 Freshman of the Year finished the tournament in 45th place at 10-over 223.

Alexis Sadeghy carded seven pars in the first nine holes and rose three places to 55th. She scored a 12-over 225 for all three rounds of play.

Maddie McCrary parred her first seven holes of the day, finishing at 2-over 73. She jumped up two spots on the leaderboard with an overall 8-over 221 to end the final round.

Southern California was 5-over 289 for the day, but that was good enough to move the Trojans into first place with a 4-over 856 finish. Florida opened the day atop the leaderboard, but fell to 4th place with an 11-over 295 for the final round of play.

Linnea Johansson was the highest finishing Cowgirl at 31st with a 7-over 220 total.  Kenzie Neisen fell to 50th place and finished with a 1-over 224 for the tournament.

The Cowgirls will travel to New Orleans for the All-State Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate, which starts Sunday, Feb. 19.

Team Leaderboard
1. Southern California (+4) 285-282-289—856
2. Arizona State (+5) 293-282-282—857
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T11. Oklahoma State (+33) 297-293-295—885

Individual Leaderboard
T1. Leona Maguire, Duke (-4) 68-71-70—209
T1. Mackenzie Raim, UNLV (-4) 72-68-69—209
T1. Taylor Tomlinson, Florida (-4) 71-69-69—209

Oklahoma State
T31. Linnea Johansson (+7) 76-70-74—220
38. Maddie McCrary (+8) 73-75-73—221
T45. Chih-Min Chen (+10) 75-75-73—223
T50. Kenzie Neisen(+11) 73-75-76—224
T55. Alexis Sadeghy (+12) 77-73-75—225
(IND) T84. McCandren Mack (+27) 78-82-80—240