TU women in ninth at Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown

Boulder City, NV –– The Tulsa women golfers sit in 9^th place after 36 holes at the 54-hole Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown, while Hurricane sophomore Lorena Tseng is in 6^th place individually at the par-72 Boulder Creek Golf Club.

Tulsa carded a second-round score of 301 today for a 611 two-round total, while Tseng turned in a score of 73 for a 3-over par 147.

Junior’s Taylor Dobson and Haley Greb are tied for 28^th place overall with 36-hole totals of 153. They each carded a score of 75 today.

Freshman Lilly Thomas and sophomore Sammy Liu are In a 61^st place tie, totaling 158 after identical rounds of 78 today. Alex Christeso, who is playing the tournament as an individual, is tied with Liu and Thomas for 61st place.

Host UNLV leads the field with a 592 score, while the Rebels’ Elina Saksa leads the individual field with a score of 4-under par 140.

The final round will be played on Tuesday.

Team Results

1. UNLV                                       301-291=592

T2.    South Dakota State            297-302=599

T2.    San Francisco                       296-303=599

4. Long Beach State                301-301=602

T5.    Oral Roberts                         309-297=606

T5.    Fresno State                         306-300=606

7. Colorado State                    310-297=607
8. New Mexico State              308-300=608
9. Tulsa                                        310-301=611

T10. Nevada                                   318-300=618

T10. Northern Illinois                  310-308=618

12. Idaho                                       311-308=618
13. Portland State                     312-308=620
14. East Tennessee St.             312-312=625
15. Northern Arizona               322-305=627
16. UC Riverside                         312-317=629
17. UC Irvine                                318-314=632
18. Wyoming                               313-320=633

Tulsa Individual Scores

T6.    Lorena Tseng                        74-73=147

T28. Taylor Dobson                     78-75=153

T28. Haley Greb                            78-75=153

T61. Lilly Thomas                          80-78=158

T61. Sammy Liu                            80-78=158

T61. Alex Christeson*                 77-81=158

*playing as an individual

Top-5 Individuals

1. Elina Saksa, UNLV                                     69-71=140 (-4)

T2.    Samantha Gong, San Francisco           72-72=144 (E)

T2.    Tereza Melecka, East Tennessee St.  71-73=144 (E)

T2.    Teresa Toscano, S. Dakota State         71-73=144 (E)

5. Brigitte Thibault, Fresno State             70-75=145 (+1)