Tseng takes third, Thomas fires 69 to lift Tulsa in Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown

Boulder City, NV –– Tulsa’s Lorena Tseng placed third individually, while leading the Golden Hurricane golfers to an overall 7^th place performance at the 18-team Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown on Tuesday.

Tseng carded a final round 1-under par 71 to finish the 54-hole tournament with a 2-over par 218 score. As a team, Tulsa tallied a score of 291 today at the par-72 Boulder Creek Golf Club for a final total of 902.

Freshman Lilly Thomas placed 33^rd with a score of 227 today after scoring her best round of the day with a total of 69. Junior Haley Greb finished in 41^st place with a score of 229 after today’s round of 76, while fellow junior Taylor Dobson finished in 53^rd place with a score I 231.

Sophomore Sammy Liu had a score of 233 for 64^th place. Freshman Alex Christeson, who played the tournament as an individual, scored a round of 74 for a 232 total and 58th place.

Host UNLV won the tournament with a score of 879.

Tulsa has finished the 5-tournament fall season and will be back in action at the SMU Invite on February 3.

The final round will be played on Tuesday.

Team Results

1. UNLV                                            301-291-287=879
2. San Francisco                         296-303-288=887
3. Long Beach State                 301-301-286=888
4. South Dakota State            297-302-291=890
5. Fresno State                           306-300-285=891
6. Colorado State                      310-297-295=901
7. Tulsa                                            310-301-291=902
8. New Mexico State               308-300-296=904
9. Oral Roberts                           309-297-303=909
10. Nevada                                       318-300-293=911
11. Idaho                                           311-308-293=912
12. East Tennessee St.             312-312-288=913

T13. Portland State                       312-308-295=915

T13. Northern Arizona                 322-305-288=915

T13. Northern Illinois                  310-308-297=915

16. Wyoming                                   313-320-293=926
17. UC Irvine                                    318-314-296=928
18. UC Riverside                           312-317-304=933

Tulsa Individual Scores

T3.    Lorena Tseng                          74-73-71=218

T33.  Lilly Thomas                        80-78-69=227

T41. Haley Greb                               78-75-76=229

T53. Taylor Dobson                       78-75-78=231

T64. Sammy Liu                                80-78-75=233

T58. Alex Christeson*                  77-81-74=232

*playing as an individual

Top-5 Individuals

T1.    Tereza Melecka, East Tennessee St.                 71-73-68=212 (-4)

T1.    Elina Saksa, UNLV                                        69-71-71=212 (-4)

T3.    Valerie Hernandez, Portland St.        77-73-68=218 (+2)

T3.    Lorena Tseng, Tulsa                                    74-73-71=218 (+2)

T3.    Teresa Toscano, S. Dakota State       71-73-74=218 (+2)