Tseng boosts Tulsa into third-place finish at Texas State Invitational

KYLE, Texas – Top 10 finishes by Lorena Tseng and Johanna Samuelsson led the Tulsa women’s golf team to a third-place team performance at the Texas State Invitational Tuesday at the par-71 Plum Creek Golf Course. Oral Roberts shot a final-round 305 to finish in sixth place.

Tulsa carded a final round 298 to finish the 54-hole event with a 23-over par score of 875, while the freshman Tseng had her fifth top-10 finish in six tournaments this season, placing third overall today. Senior Johanna Samuelsson had a 10^th place performance for her top performance of the season.

Tseng had her best score of the three rounds with a 2-under par 69 today for a 3-under par 210 total. She sank birdie putts on the par-5 11^th hole, the par-4 14^th and the par-3 17^th hole and had just one bogey on the day. Samuelsson shot a final round score of 74 for a 3-over par 216 total score.

First-year player Sammy Liu, who joined the Tulsa program in January, had a 25^th place performance in her first collegiate event. She shot a final round 77 for a 9-over par 222. Fellow freshman ShaeLee Scarberry had a final score of 227 for 45^th place, while senior Olivia Jackson finished in 58^th place with a score of 231. Both Scarberry and Jackson turned in rounds of 78 today.

Tseng has now turned in first, second, third, fourth and ninth-place finishes in five of her first six collegiate events.

As a team, the Hurricane has finished among the top-5 in four tournaments this year, marking the most since Tulsa had four top-5 finishes for the entire 2012-13 campaign. Tulsa has four tournaments remaining in the regular season.

UTSA claimed the team title with an 854 score, while Sam Houston’s State’s Hannah Alberto won medalist honors with a 6-under par score of 207.

Tulsa will be in action later this month, Feb. 24-26, at the Edwin Watts Kiawah Island Classic in Charleston, South Carolina.

ORU’s sixth place finish is its highest since taking fifth at the Payne Stewart Invite September 10-11. Sarah Bell was ORU’s top finisher for the fourth time in six tournaments to start her collegiate career. Bell earned her third top 10 finish, while Isabella Caamal finished 11^th for the second highest finish of her career and her third top 20 finish.

Team Results

1. UTSA                         284-285-285=854
2. Kansas State                295-284-295=874
3. Tulsa                          287-290-298=875
4. Houston Baptist           292-285-302=879
5. Texas State                 282-288-310=880
6. ORU                           282-294-305=881
7. Sam Houston State      292-291-299=882
8. Cal State Fullerton       291-295-299=885
9. UTEP                         294-286-311=891
10. Boston College            298-294-302=894
11. Lamar                         294-297-304=895
12. Stephen F. Austin        298-299-312=909
13. Texas A&M-CC          296-299-316=911
14. Little Rock                  301-298-316=915
15. UT Arlington              308-307-302=917
16. UTRGV                      295-309-315=919

Tulsa Individuals

3. Lorena Tseng              70-71-69=210
4. Johanna Samuelsson    73-69-74=216
5. Sammy Liu                 71-74-77=222

T48.  ShaeLee Scarberry       76-73-78=227

59. Olivia Jackson             77-76-78=231

ORU Individual Results
T7 – Sarah Bell – 68-74-73—215
T11 – Isabella Caamal – 71-71-75—217
T40 – Beatriz Garcia – 70-75-81—226
T58 – Megan Lee – 73-74-84—231
T62 – Rachel Dupree – 75-82-76—23

Top-5 Individuals

1. Hannah Alberto, Sam Houston          70-68-69=207 (-6)
2. Julie Houston, UTSA                        71-68-69=208 (-5)
3. Lorena Tseng, Tulsa                         70-71-69=210 (-3)
4. Madison Kidd, UTSA                       71-72-69=212 (-1)

T5.    Elsa Lundquist, Cal Sate Fullerton     70-73-71=214 (+1)

T5.    Sarah White, Texas State                  71-70-73=214 (+1)