Tulsa women finish strong, place third in Columbia Classic

MELBOURNE, Fla. –– The Tulsa women’s golf team finished in third place at the Columbia Classic Monday afternoon with a 36-hole score of 4-over par 588 at the par-72 Duran Golf Club. The Hurricane had four golfers finish among the top-15 individually.

Tulsa carded a final round 2-under par 286 and finished behind team medalist Texas Tech and second-place Princeton. The third-place performance marked the fourth top-3 finish in six tournaments this season for the Hurricane.

The tournament was relegated to 36 holes after Sunday’s second round was canceled due to high winds on the course.

Sophomore Sydney Seigel finished with a career-best sixth place finished at even-par 144 after turning in back-to-back rounds of 72. Senior Lilly Thomas and freshman Grace Kilcrease tied for 10^th place at 145 for the 36 holes. Thomas had a 1-under 71 Monday, while Kilcrease carded a final round 1-over par 73.

Freshman Jenni Roller turned in the best round of the day for the Hurricane, carding a 2-under par 70 for a two-round total of 2-over par 146 for her best collegiate performance of 14^th place

Sophomore Lovisa Gunnar, playing as an individual, placed 23^rd overall with a total score of 149, while freshman Emily Boehrer finished in 45^th place a score of 154

Tulsa will be in action next at the ICON Invitational, Feb. 27-28, in Houston, Texas.

TEAM RESULTS

1. Texas Tech                        286-285=571
2. Princeton                           282-294=576
3. Tulsa                                    295-286=580
4. Penn State                        295-293=588
5. Notre Dame                      295-294=589
6. Old Dominion                  301-297=598
7. Columbia                           310-297=607
8. Seton Hall                          308-303=611
9. Richmond                          309-306=615
10. Boston U.                           314-302=616
11. Dartmouth                        310-313=623
12. Youngstown State          316-312=628

T13.     St. John’s                           319-314=633

T13.     Albany                                318-315=633

TULSA INDIVIDUALS

T6.        Sydney Seigel                   72-72=144 (E)

T10.     Lilly Thomas                      74-71=145 (+1)

T10.     Grace Kilcrease                72-73=145 (+1)

T14.     Jenni Roller                       76-70=146 (+2)

#T23.   Lovisa Gunnar                  72-77=149 (+5)

T45.     Emily Boehrer                  78-76=154 (+10)

TOP-5 INDIVIDUALS

T1.        Catherine Rao, Princeton                              73-69=142 (-2)

T1.        Linyu (Anna) Dong, Texas Tech                   72-70=142 (-2)

T1.        Yanjun Liu, Princeton                                      69-73=142 (-2)

T4.        Shannon Tan, Texas Tech                              72-71=143 (-1)

T4.        Lauren Zaretsky, Texas Tech                        70-73=143 (-1)