Tulsa finishes strong in AAC Championship

Photo: Sophomore Taylor Dobson.

PALM COAST, Fla. –– The Tulsa women’s golf team turned in its best round of the 54-hole American Athletic Conference Championship on Tuesday to finish the event in 7^th place, thus closing out the season.

Tulsa carded a 1-under par 287 and finished with an 895 score at the par-72 Conservatory Course at the Hammock Beach Resort today. Tulsa’s final round score was the second-best of the day behind team champion Houston’s score of 280, while it also tied for the 4^th best round of the entire tournament.

The Hurricane team counted 2-under par scores of 70, a 1-over par 73 and 2-over 74 for its final round total. The 2-under par scores came from freshman Lorena Tseng and sophomore Taylor Dobson to tie for 15^th place with identical 3-round totals of 222.

Tseng started her final round at hole 10 and after ending her first 9 holes at 1-over par, she proceeded to birdie 4 consecutive holes on holes 4 thru 7, but a bogey on the final hole, the par-5 9^th, put her at 2-under for the day. Dobson, also starting on hole 10, had 3 birdie putts and just one bogey on the day.

Freshman Sammy Liu finished in 23^rd place with a score of 225 after today’s 2-over par 74, while senior Johanna Samuelsson had her tournament-best 1-over par 73 on Tuesday, moving into 31^st place with a 54-hole total of 229.

Tulsa freshman Jasmine Zhang placed 34^th overall with a 230 score after turning in her best round of the event with a 75 today.

Houston claimed the title with an overall score of 851, a 30-shot victory over second-place UCF (891).  The Cougars’ Leonie Harm won individual medalist honors with an 8-under par score of 208.

Team Results

1. Houston                      287-284-280=851
2. UCF                           294-297-290=881
3. Memphis                     304-292-289=885
4. East Carolina               296-299-293=888
5. South Florida              295-303-290=890
6. SMU                           298-304-290=892
7. Tulsa                          301-307-287=895
8. Tulane                        305-297-305=907
9. Wichita State               302-303-303=908
10. Cincinnati                   299-303-307=909

Tulsa Individuals

T15.  Lorena Tseng              77-75-70=222

T15.  Taylor Dobson            75-77-70=222

T23.  Sammy Liu                 75-76-74=225

T31.  Johanna Samuelsson    75-81-73=229

T34.  Jasmine Zhang            76-79-75=230

Top-5 Individuals

1.     Leonie Harm, Houston                    69-72-67=208
2. Elizabeth Moon, UCF                    70-71-69=210

T3.    Dorothy Forbrigd, ECU                 73-72-67=212

T3.    Maddy Rayner, Houston                74-68-70=212

5. Jennifer Rosenberg, Tulane            73-73-69=215