KALIUA KONA, Hawaii – The Washington State women's golf team finished 11th at the Nanea Pac-12 Preview hosted by the University of Hawaii, after a third round score of 301(+9). WSU finished ahead of Hawaii and behind No. 11 Washington. With the close of the tournament the Cougars also close out their fall schedule. WSU will resume play in February.
The Cougars competed in a tough Pac-12 field with several nationally ranked teams. No. 14 Arizona took home the tournament title, carding an overall score of 874(-2) through three rounds of play. No. 39 California placed second, posting an overall score of 875(-1) and No. 1 USC placed third.
Junior
Marie Lund-Hansen led the Cougars after posting a final round score of one-under, 72, to bring her overall score to a 222(+3). Lund-Hansen's score tied her for 25th place overall with No. 60 Bianca Pagdanganan from Arizona.
Redshirt-sophomore
Emily Baumgart wen four-over in the final round to finish the tournament at 225(+6). Baumgart finished alongside of No. 17 Olivia Mehaffey from No. 10 Arizona State and No. 80 Petra Salko from No. 48 Oregon. Senior
Madison Odiorne scored a one-over, 74, in the final round to tie for 45th place.
Individually, Yu-Sang Hou from Arizona and No. 68 Tze-Han Lin from Oregon tied for the tournament title. Hou and Lin carded went six-under through three rounds of play after carding an even-par, 73, and three-under, 70, respectively, in the third round.